析《红字》中海斯特的反抗精神 英文论文 analysis of the hester’s spirit of resistance

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1、AnalysisoftheHester’sSpiritofResistanceinTheScarletLetterTheScarletLetterisregardedastherepresentativeworkofNathanielHawthorne.AsthefirstsymbolismnovelinAmerica,ItplaysaveryimportantroleinAmericanliteraryhistory.Inthisoutstandingnovel,Hawthornepresentedusabeautifulandsadlovestory

2、inthe17thcenturyofpuritanEngland.Theauthorsuccessfullycreatedarebelliousimage----theheroineHesterPrynne.TherearevariousanalysesofHester’scharacterafterthepopulationofthegreatnovelaroundtheworld.TheScarletLetterisaboutarebelliousfemale-heistnovel.ItrevealedtheheroineHester’sspirit

3、ofresistancetothecruelsocietyandtheunfairfatebythedescriptionoftragiclifeoftheheroineandthereproductionofthesituationofwomeninPuritansociety(Liyexia,198).Theheroine’sbehaviorinfuriatedthewholesociety,butthepunishmentwhichwasgiventoHesterbroughtpositiveeffect.Ourbraveheroinefirmly

4、believedthatshewasinnocentandherlovewiththehero--Arthurwasholyandpure.Nothingcanpreventtheyfromfallinginloveandnobodyhadrighttopunishthem.Duringthetimeshewasisolatedbythecitizens,sheneverchangedhismind.Thatwasakindofrebellingwhichwasexpressedbysilence(Xielanwei,3).Inmypointofview

5、,theHester’srebelliousspiritmainlyembodiedinthreerespects.Firstly,shehasthecouragetopursuetrueloveintheconservativesociety.Thisisakindofrebellingtolovelessmarriage.EvenherhusbandwhowasregardedkilledbyIndiancameback.Hesterwasstillinsistedonherlove.Shebelievedthatwomanhastherightto

6、seekherloveandhappiness.Thepeoplewhofellinlovewiththeirfaithfulheartswereinnocent.Whenthefatearrangedherakindoflovelessmarriage,shecouldshouted‘No’andrebeltotheunfairdestiny.Whenshewasbroughttotrailevenwasthreatenedbydeath,Hesterinsistedinhermind.Sherefusedtospeakouttheman’sname,

7、thechild’sfather.Sheusedherownwaytoprotectherloveratallcost.Becausesheknewthatifshespokeoutthenameofthatman,theirlovewouldbecompletelydestroyedbytheterriblesociety,hislover’sreputationstatusanddignitywouldcollapse.Soshemadethechoiceofbearingallthepainandtakingalltheresponsibility

8、byherself.That’sherwaytoseekfreedomandha