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1、《美国文学史》期末论文2015-2016学年第二学期论文题目:论《红字中的象征主义》英文题目:AnAnalysisoftheSymbolismoftheScarletLetter姓名:王舒学号:专业:英语日期:2015年6月29日AnAnalysisoftheSymbolismofTheScarletLetterChapterOneIntroduction1.1ResearchBackground1.1.1LifeCareerandLiteraryCareer1.1.2TheOriginofTheScarletLetter1.2Pur
2、poseandSignificanceoftheStudy1.3OrganizationoftheThesisChapterTwoTheOrganizationofSymbolism2.1SymbolicMeaningoftheMainCharacters’Names2.1.1HesterPrynne2.1.2ArthurDimmesdale2.1.3RogerChillingworth2.1.4Pearl2.2SymbolicMeaningoftheLetter“A”2.2.1Adultery2.2.2Alone2.2.3Angel
3、2.2.4ArthurDimmesdaleChapterFourConclusionAnAnalysisoftheSymbolismoftheScarletLetterChapteroneIntroduction1.1ResearchBackground1.1.1LifeCareerandLiteraryCareerHawthornewasborninSalemin1804.HisfamilyhasalongPuritantradition.Hisfatherisaseacaptain,diedinDutchwhenHawthorne
4、wasonlyfour.Andhismotherreliedonrelativesinrearingthechildren.Besides,someofhisancestorswereajudgerelatetotheSalemWitchcraftTrailsof1692.Therefore,thefamilygraduallyfortunedeclined.YoungHawthornewaswitnessedtheprocessandawareofthemisdeedsofhispuritanancestors,sohehaddee
5、punderstandingofevilinhumanlife,peoplecalled“thatblacknessinHawthorne”.Thisaffectedmanyworksofhimandstatedtruthinhisbooks.Heaspiredtobeawriterinhismiddleage.In1821,hewenttoBowdoinCollegewherehemadefriendswithWadsworthLongfellowandFranklinPierce,whowasthefourteenthPresid
6、entoftheUnitedStates.Franklinhelpedhimwhenhewasinfinancialdifficulties.Aftergraduation,hespent12yearsinseclusiononliteraryapprenticeship,readingwidelyandpracticingwriting.In1839,HawthornehasworkedinBostoncustomsfortwoyears.Later,heenteredintoBrookFarmlandandcontactedwit
7、htheideaoftranscendental.Then,HawthornewenttoSalemcustoms,inwhichaffectedthework“TheScarletLatter”directly.In1842,HawthornegotmarriedandlivedinConcord,madefriendswithhisneighbors,EmersonandThoreauandothers.Finally,hediedin1864andburiedinSleepyValleycemetery.Hawthorne’sf
8、irstnovelisabouthisschoollife,whichwasafailurenovel.Soheburntallhiscopiesingreatrage.Later,hepublishedacollect
