an analysis of the diversity of symbolism in the scarlet letter

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1、AnAnalysisoftheDiversityofSymbolisminTheScarletLetterAbstract:WiththepublicationofTheScarletLetterin1850,NathanielHawthornebecomefamousasthegreatestwriterlivingthenintheUnitedStatesandhisreputationasamajorAmericanauthorhasbeenontheincreaseeversince.Ha

2、wthorneusesthesymbolismsoskillfulthatitenhancestheartisticeffectsofhisworkgreatly.Thispaperanalysesthesymbolisminthisnovelmainlyinthefollowingaspects:thechangingsymbolicmeaningofthescarletletterAandmanyobjectsthataredescribedinthenoveltomakethesymboli

3、smcleartothereaders.Keywords:TheScarletLetter;symbolism;diversity摘要：在1850年《红字》出版后，霍桑成为当时生活在美国的最伟大的作家，他作为美国大作家的声誉不断上升至今。作者对象征手法的熟练使用大大增强了作品的艺术效果。本文从大写字母A的多种象征意义以及景物寓意等方面入手，浅析《红字》中的象征手法。关键词：《红字》；象征；多义性10Ⅰ.AbouttheauthorandthestoryNathanielHawthorneiscon

4、sideredtobethefirstgreatestAmericanfictionwriterinthemoralistictradition.Hisworksbelongtoromanticismor,morespecifically,darkromanticism,cautionarytalesthatsuggestthatguilt,sin,andevilarethemostinherentnaturalqualitiesofhumanity.Manyofhisworksareinspir

5、edbyPuritanNewEngland,combininghistoricalromanceloadedwithsymbolismanddeeppsychologicalthemes,borderingonsurrealism.Hisdepictionsofthepastareaversionofhistoricalfictionusedonlyasavehicletoexpresscommonthemesofancestralsin,guiltandretribution.Hewritetw

6、ocollectionsofshortstorys:Twice-ToldTalesandMossesfromanoldManse.Alltheseworks,however,bringhimneithergreatfamenoranyfortunelargeenoughtorelievehimoftheharassmentofpoverty.ItisTheScarletLetterwhichdoitforhim:notonlydothebookmakehisnameasawriterofnosma

7、lltalent,italsobringhimthemoneywhichmakehimfinallyfinanciallycomfortable.HisworkTheScarletLetterthatisnotableforitsallegoryandsymbolismisregardedasthefirstsymbolicnovelinAmericanliterature.Thenovelrevolvesaroundonemajorsymbol:thescarletletterA.Besides

8、,someotherobjectsthataredescribedinthenovelhavetheirsymbolicmeaningstoo.SoTheScarletLetterisanovelaboundsinsymbolsofvariouskinds.NowletustakealookatTheScarletLetterinwhichallelementsofHawthorne’sthinkingandaestheticsseemtofindanadequateexpress