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1、PuritanismintheScarletLetter----英美文学论文-->PuritanisminTheScarletLetterAbstractTheScarletLetter,NathanielHaericanliteratureinthe19thcentury.ThenoveldisplaysPuritanism’sgreatimpactonpeople'slifeandthought.Thisthesiserelatedcharacters,andintroducehouniti
2、esintheto.MeanaincharacterHester,thethesisentinPuritansociety.InPuritanmunities,itsasin.Ononehand,heappreciatesthePuritanthoughtandvalue;ontheotherhand,hecondemnsthenegativeimpactofPuritansocietyonpeople’sspirit.Key,NathanielHaerica.Beforeproceedingt
3、otheanalysisofthePuritanisminthenovel,somefundamentaldefinitionsneedtobeestablished.oreextremeProtestantsationhadnotgonefarenoughinreformingthedoctrinesandstructureofthechurch.TheyanyPuritansimmigratedtotheNeonentsankind.Puritantraditionalsoinvolveda
4、respectforlearningentofschoolsandthespreadofliteracy.”[1](P238)Puritanismremainesthedominantcultu-->ralforceinthatareaintothe19thcentury.B.NeakeasettlementintheEnglishcoloniesthatisnoerica.ThereicincentivesforthePuritantomovetotheNeicupheavalinEurope
5、andtheprospectofmakingaprofitinAmerica,buttheirchiefincentivee103settlerssailedontheMayfloedabusinesscorporation,theMassachusettsBaypany,forsettlementoftheNemigratedtotheBostonarea.By1643,theree20,000inthegeneralareaoftheMassachusettsBayColony,making
6、BostonthelargestandthemostprosperousPuritantoerica.ConsideringthelargenumberofallthesePuritansettlers,theirericancolonies,especiallyinBoston,ainlyofPuritancolor.Inaddition,religiousdoctrinebecamecivillaericancultureprofoundlyandofNathanialHaportantfo
7、rPuritansfortheydesignedtheirlivesafterthat.Thepuritansbelievedinthemajesty,righteousnessandsovereigntyofGod.Theyregardhimasomniscientandomnipotent.Incontrast,allhumanbeingseofthesefallencreaturesforthegiftofsalvation.Thisstatusoftheelectedornon-elec
8、tedsignifiedGod’schoosingofthosetothegraceofsalvationonsasGod’sous,inthemostaccurateeters.Itdidnotmeanthatsinnerscouldsavethemselves,buttheelectcouldimprovetheirsouls.TainpointsofPuritantheologyarethecovenantsofgraceandselfgavetheelecttograsp.Thecove