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1、红字英语读书报告 2011-2012-2英语阅读（4）期中作业 姓名姜丽萍班级英语1103学号1101901315得分_______ TheSpiritofTheScarletLetters TheScarletLetter,writtenbyHawthorn,whowasanAmericannovelistandshortstorywriter,showusastoryaboutsoul.Asyouknown,everyonehassoul,butsomeonemaintainthesoul,somepeopledamagethesoul,andotherslosetheso
2、ul,sotheworldisfilledwithallkindsoflifeandthestoryofhuman. Theprotagonist,HesterPrynne,worethescarletlettersonherchestsymbolizingtheharshnessofPuritansociety,justbecauseshefellinlovewiththepriest,ArthurDimmesdaleandthenhadachild.Forprotectingthepriest’sreputation,sheacceptedthepunishmentwithnoh
3、esitation----aredAletteronherchestmeaningAdultery.AlthoughitisabsolutelydifficultforhertolivenormallyandhappilywitharedA,sheisagreatwomanwhohadneversurrenderedtothefate,whoevenshowedthecontemptforthefateallherlife,whohadaspiritofsacrificeforpurelove.Shedeeplyknewifyouwanttogainfreedomandliberati
4、on,youhavenochoicebuttofightingwiththepedanticPuritanandthedarksociety.Withahotlypublicopinion,HesterPrynneisnodoubtguiltyofadulteryandaccusedbyreligion,butshechoosedtofacethedarkdayswithapositivewiththemistakeshehaddone,shejustfeltnoregretbutconsciousness.Sheisthewomanwhohadalwaysbeenresistingt
5、hemiserablefate,whowasalwayslookingforwardtoabetterlife,whoseheartwasfullofunselfishconsciousnessandadamancy,doughtinessandunconventionshowedasupercharacterofthenewcolonialwomen.Withthemindofstrongresistanceandfightingwill,shehadobviouslyalreadyshowedtheviewofobjectingtothePuritanandthecommonshe
6、becamenoblemanreceivingtherespectfromotherpeople,atthesametime,shesucceededineliminatingtheshameformtheredAwhichshouldbecomethesymbolofnobleintheisthereasonwhytheHesterPrynneimpressedmealot. Inmyopinion,thescarletlettersnotonlyrepresenttheshameorthesymbolofnoble,but,infact,aspiritualhintand,mor
7、eorless,islikelytohavethescarletlettersinhisorherownwedosomethingwrong,thereisalwaysajusticeremindingusthatthethingswhatwehavedonewasthenyouwillhavethecontinuouslytormentofconscience,sosomecriminalswillsurrender,andevenfeela
