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1、AnAnalysisoftheCausesforDimmesdale’sCharacterintheScarletLetter 【摘要】每一部文學作品都是現(xiàn)實社會的一面鏡子,反映了現(xiàn)實社會的背景和作者對社會的認識。美國著名小說家納撒尼爾?霍桑的代表作《紅字》是美國浪漫主義文學時期的經(jīng)典之作。作者細膩而深刻的語言,作品中豐富而復雜的人物形象與心理描寫使該作品充滿魅力,至今人們還從不同的角度討論和評價著《紅字》?!都t字》講的是兩百多年前,北美洲殖民地深受清教政權的嚴酷統(tǒng)治,女主人公海絲特?白蘭因與神職人員亞瑟?丁梅斯代爾相愛并生下了女兒――珠兒而被判通奸罪,并處以終身佩戴象征羞辱的紅色A字
2、的刑罰。而丁梅斯代爾卻由于內心的懦弱,不敢向世人袒露真實的自己,逃避責任,走向了虛偽。亞瑟?丁梅斯代爾是納撒尼爾?霍桑筆下最為豐滿的一個人物形象。他有著神圣的外表與虛偽的內心;他有著獻身宗教的理想與渴求愛情的夢想;這些形成了鮮明的對比。真實與虛偽的激烈碰撞使得丁梅斯代爾的靈魂與肉體都飽受煎熬。一直以來,他的內心深受清教教義的束縛。他所受的教育與社會的大環(huán)境都在逼迫著他壓抑自己的情感,用內心虛偽的一面逃避著本該由他勇敢承擔的責任?! 娟P鍵詞】紅字納撒尼爾?霍桑亞瑟?丁梅斯代爾性格剖析宗教束縛虛偽的內心 【中圖分類號】I106.4【文獻標識碼】A8【文章編號】1674-4810(2013
3、)05-0078-02 IIntroduction TheScarletLetter,witheverycharacterportrayedinadistinguishedwaybyNathanielHawthorne,becameoneofthemostexcellentliteratureworksinthe19thcenturyinAmericaandsinceitspublicationin1850,ithasreceivedawiderangeofconsiderationfrommanyreadersandcriticsallaroundtheworld.Thenovel
4、waswritteninthebackgroundofcolonytimesofAmericaover200yearsago.ItisataleofadulterythatnarratesalovetragedyinthecolonyofNewEnglandanditrevealedthecrueltyofsocialcode,deceptionofreligionandpretenceofmoralityduringthedevelopmentofcapitalisminAmerican.HesterPrynne,ArthurDimmesdaleandRogerChillingwort
5、h,thethreemaincharactersinthenovel,givereadersdeepimpressions,amongwhichDimmesdaleistheonewhosepersonalitywasmostabundantandcomplicated.Hisinnerworldconflictedwithhisappearance;hisbeliefconflictedwithhisbehavior.ThereligiousdoctrinethatDimmesdalepreachedcouldnotintegratewithhisreallife;healwaystw
6、istedincontradictions.Therefore,inmyopinion,itisthemostvaluabletoanalyzeDimmesdale’smentalcharacteristicsanditscauses. IIGeneraldescriptionofDimmesdale’scharacter AuthorDimmesdalewasagoodPuritanclergyman,buthefellin8lovewithHesterPyrnneandlivedinacontradictorylifesincethemomentwhenhemether.Asac
7、ommonperson,Dimmesdalehadallthefeelingsthatotheryoungpeoplehad.“Hewasapersonofverystrikingaspect,withawhite,lofty,andimpendendingbrow,large,brown,melancholyeyes,andmouthwhich,unlesswhenheforciblycompressedit,wasapttobe