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1、霍?!都t字》的象征意義微探TheDeepMeaningofScarletLetterbyNathanielHawthorneContentsAbstractandkeywords……………………………………………………1ITheExperiencesoftheAuthor.............................................…………...............2IIPlotOverviewandMainCharacters………………………………………….3IIISymbols………………
2、………………………………………………………….9IVTheContentoftheDeepMeaningoftheScarletLetter………………………….12VConclusion……………………………………………………………………..17Reference…………………………………….…………………………………18第20頁(yè)共20頁(yè)TheDeepMeaningofScarletLetterbyNathanielHawthorne摘要:霍桑的成名作《紅字》描寫在北美殖民地的教區(qū),一個(gè)年輕的神父丁梅斯戴爾與少婦海絲特相愛,
3、并有了一個(gè)女兒小珠兒,這種行為觸犯了加爾文教第七條戒律,被判被通奸罪,并要佩帶代表這一意思的紅字“A”。雖然海絲特拒不吐露同犯,但是,海絲特的丈夫齊林沃斯,一個(gè)偽善的學(xué)者開始了他罪惡的報(bào)復(fù),他刺探他妻子的情人的內(nèi)心并使其遭受精神折磨,神父最終吐露真情,并死在海絲特的懷抱。海絲特胸前的“A”字有著豐富的象征含義,并有著演變過(guò)程,從通奸(Adultery),到能干(Able),再到天使(Angel),總之,海絲特的一生由紅字濃縮;同時(shí)紅字還被人們理解為原罪(Apple),反映人生來(lái)而罪惡,它還反映了作為社會(huì)的人和自然人的沖突;另外
4、,霍桑無(wú)疑還從女性主義角度,對(duì)男權(quán)社會(huì)中兩性的不平等進(jìn)行揭露;它也是美國(guó)(American)的象征。這個(gè)模糊,隱晦的“A”字,它是一種Ambiguity,Abstract,指引著我們不斷探索其象征意義。本文將通過(guò)對(duì)《紅字》中各人物的分析,對(duì)于社會(huì),人性,罪惡等的關(guān)系的闡述,初步講述一些紅字“A”的象征意義。
關(guān)鍵詞:人物象征罪惡社會(huì)女性主義意識(shí)美國(guó)Abstract:ThefamousworkThescarletletterwrittenbyNathanielHawthornedescribestheyoungministerD
5、immesdaleandamarriedwomanfellinlovewitheachotherintheNorthAmericacolony,andtheyhadadaughternamedPearl,itwasareligiousstate,thisdoingcommittedadulterywhichwastheseventhcrimebythePuritan,andHesterwasforcedtowearthescarletletter“A”whichmeansAdultery.ThoughHesterrefused
6、totellhercoaclulterer,herhusbandChillingworthwhowasahypocrisyscholarlustedinrevengetotheloverofhiswife.Heobservedhisinnerthoughtmovementsandmadehiminspirituallyself--torture.DimmesdaleadmittedtobeingPearl’sfatherattheveryendofthenovel,andrevealsthathehadascarletlett
7、erbrandedintohisflesh.HedieduponthescaffoldwhileholdingHester'shand.ThescarletletterAuponHester’sbreastisrichinsymbolismmeaning,andhadadevelopingprocess.Atthebeginning,itmeansAdultery,thenitwastakenasAble,finallyitwasseenasAngel,inshort,thewholelifeofHesterwasdistil
8、ledasascarletletter“A”;Atthesametime,Aalsotakenas“originalsin”(Apple).Italsoshowedthecontradictionofpeopleinsocietyandinnature;Additionall