The Puritan Thoughts in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter

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1、霍桑在《红字》中的清教思想ThePuritanThoughtsinHawthorne’sTheScarletLetterAbstract:NathanielHawthorneisoneofthemostimportantnovelistsinAmerica.ManyofhisstoriesaresetinPuritanNewEngland,describingthedeepeffectofPuritancrueldoctrineofsinandpunishmentontheearlysettlersofNorth

2、America.TheScarletLetter(1850)shockedthenationbyboldlydiscussing“forbidden”topicsincludingsexualmisconductofsociety’sleader,themiserablelifeofasinglemother,theseparationofchurchandstate.Hisworknotonlyprovideatasteof19thcenturypuritanculture,butalsotakeaglimps

3、eofHawthorne’smindashecomestotermswithhiswitch-huntingancestorsandhisvocation.Now,nostudyofAmericanhistoryiscompletewithoutthroughappreciationofNathanielHawthorne’stimelessworks.ThisthesischoosestoexplainHawthorne’spuritanthoughtsfrommyunderstandingofTheScarl

4、etLetter.W.CBrowelloncesaid“Hawthornesuccessonlywhenheisconcernedwithpuritanthemes”.Fromhisreligiousthoughtswecanfindhowhecriticizeshumannature.Keywords:TheScarletLetter;Puritanism;humannature;sin摘　要：纳撒尼尔•霍桑是美国最重要的小说家之一,他的许多小说都以清教徒为主的新英格兰作为背景,描述当时清教严酷的罪与罚的教义对

5、美国早期定居者的深刻影响。他在巨作《红字》（1850）中探讨了当时严禁的话题，其中包括上层社会人士的不端行为，单身母亲的悲惨生活，以及宗教和政治的争端。他的作品中反映了他从参与政治迫害的祖辈和工作中得来的宗教思想以及十九世纪的宗教观念。现在人们多说，缺乏了霍桑作品研究的文学是不完整的文学。本文选择了从清教思想来解读《红字》。正如布伦威尔曾经说的霍桑的成功基于他的清教主题。从他的清教思想中我们可以开到他对人性的剖析。关键词：《红字》；清教主义；人性;原罪ContentsI.Introduction………………………

6、…….……………………..1A.AbriefintroductiontoHawthorne…..………………….……………1B.Hawthorne’sreligiousbackground………………..………………1II.TheStoryandItsthemes…...……………….………………..2III.ThePuritanMindofHawthorne…………….…...…………..3A.ThedoctrineoforiginalsininTheScarletLetter…..………..……..4B.Go

7、oddeedsinTheScarletLetter…………………...……………...5C.HumannatureinTheScarletLetter…………….………………...7IV.Conclusion………………………………….………………....9WorksCited……………………………………….…………………………11I.IntroductionA.AbriefintroductiontoHawthorneHawthornewasbornontheforthofJuly,1804inSalem,Ma

8、ssachusetts.HewasbornwithpuritanthoughtsashisforefathersweremanofprominenceinthePuritantheocracyofseventeenthcenturyNewEngland.Oneofthemwasacolonialmagistrate,notoriousforhispartinthepers