Analysis of the Conflicts between the Main Characters and the Social Norms in The Scarlet Letter

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1、分析《红字》中主要人物和社会规范的冲突AnalysisoftheConflictsbetweentheMainCharactersandtheSocialNormsinTheScarletLetterContents111123357791011121213Abstract……………………………………………………………..Keywords……………………………………………………………Ⅰ.IntroductiontoNathanielHawthorne…………………………………1.1EarlyLifeandWorks…………………………………………………………..1.2

2、LaterLifeandMatureWorks…………………………………………….…..1.3ShortStories……………………………………………………………….…….Ⅱ.IntroductiontotheNovel………………………………………………..Ⅲ.SocialNormsinNewEnglandinthe17thCentury……………………Ⅳ.AnalysisoftheMainCharacters………………………………………4.1HesterPrynne……………………………………………………………….…..4.2ArthurDimmesdale…

3、…………………………………………………………..4.3RogerChillingworth……………………………………………………………..4.4Pearl…………………………………………………………………………...….Ⅴ.Hathorne’sThoughts……………………………………………....…..Ⅵ.Conclusion………………………………………………………….……References………………………………………………………………..….第13页共13页摘　要：　　《红字》是19世纪美国著名作家纳撒尼尔·霍桑的优秀长篇小说，是一部思想内丰富，底蕴深刻

4、的多元主题作品。本文通过对17世纪新英格兰的社会规范的陈述，对作品中几个主要人物形象的分析及作品中主人公在不同的遭遇面前所表现出来的不同行为，不同态度以及不同结局的探讨，论述了在当时的社会风俗习惯下，人们的思想冲突和心理活动，反映了严格的宗教制度摧残人性，压抑人的自然要求，造成普遍的思想矛盾和言行不一。关键词：社会规范;主要人物;性格;冲突;思想Abstract:TheScarletLetterbyNathanielHawthorneisamulti-thematicnovelwithabundantinsideinformationandrichcontent.wi

5、thadetailedanalysisoftheportalofthepositivecharactersaswellasthenegativeonesinthenovel,thisarticlestatespeople’sconflictsoftheirthoughtsandpsychologicalactivitiesundersocialnormsofthatperiod,reflectsstrictreligiousrulesdevastatehumannature,depresspeople’snaturalrequirements,causecommonc

6、onflictsanddivergence.KeyWords:socialnorms;mainfigures;character;conflicts;thought第13页共13页Ⅰ.IntroductiontoNathanielHawthorneNathanielHawthorne（1804–1864）,Americannovelistandshort-storywriter,borninSalem,Massachusetts,isoneofthegreatmastersofAmericanfiction.Hisnovelsandtalesarepenetratin

7、gexplorationsofmoralandspiritualconflicts.1.1EarlyLifeandWorksDescendedfromaprominentPuritanfamily,HawthornewasthesonofaseacaptainwhodiedwhenNathanielwas4yearsold.Whenhewas14heandhismothermovedtoalonelyfarminMaine.AfterattendingBowdoinCollege(1821–25),hedevotedhimselftowriting.