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1、TheSymbolismintheScarletLetterAbstract:AsagreatromanticnovelistinAmericainthe19thcentury,Hawthornewasoutstandinginhandlingtheapplicationofsymbolism,andastudyofhissymbolsisnecessarytounderstandinghisnovels.TheScarletLetterisHawthorne’smostimportantsymbolicnovel,whichstandsasth
2、ebestworkofHawthorneandoneoftheindubitablemasterpiecesofAmericanliterature.Thisthesisaimsattheexplorationoftheusageofthesymbolisminthenovel.ItmainlydiscussesthedeepsymbolicsignificanceoftheScarletLetterAandthemajorcharacters.TheScarletLetteristhecentralsymbolofthenovel.Itssym
3、bolicmeaningchangesfromadulterytoangel,anditalsoexaminesthesymbolicmeaningsoflitterPearlandHesterPrynne.Keywords:symbolism;ScarletLetter.I.IntroductionNathanielHawthorneisagreatromanticnovelistinAmericainthe19thcentury,andisacentralfigureintheAmericanRenaissance.Hisnovelsarep
4、enetratingexplorationofmoralandspiritualconflicts.Heisoutstandinginliteraryskills,especiallyinhisuseofsymbolism.IntheScarletLetter,symbolismrunsthroughthewholenovelwherethescarletletterA,thecharactersofthestoryandthesettingsareallendowedwithadeepsymbolicsignificance.Thisessay
5、highlightsandinterpretsthemajorsymbolismofthebookrepresentedbythecolors,thecharactersandaswell,thescarletletter.I.SymbolisminTheScarletLetter1.Thesymbolismmeaningof“thescarletletter”InTheScarletLetter,theletter“A”,thespiritofnovel,buildsuptheframeworkandlaunchesacloselinkbetw
6、eenthehumanrelationships.Thenovelbeginsandendsbothwiththeletter“A”withitsconspicuoussymbolicsignificance.Inthenovel,theletterappearsonHester’sgown,onArthur’sheart,inPearl’shandsaswellasintheeveningsky.Itssymbolicsignificancechangeswiththedevelopmentofthenovel.Astimepassesthel
7、etter’smeaningonHester’schestshiftsalso.Thischangeissignificant.Itshowsgrowthinthecharacters,andthecommunityinwhichtheylive.Inthecourseofthestory,the“A”seemstoencompasstheentirerangeofhumanbeings,fromtheearthlyandpassionate“adulteress”tothepureandspiritual“angel”.TheletterAbe
8、ginsasasymbolofsin.Itthenbecomesasymbolofaloneandalienations,andfina
