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1、AComparativeAnalysisoftheAttitudesTowardsLoveBetweenHesterandCamillaAbstractHawthornewasa19thcenturyAmericannovelistandshortstorywriter.TheScarletLetterishismasterpiece,whichreflectshowthePuritanismdevastatesthehumanspiritsandpeople’slongingforhappiness.Fromthefeministpointofview,T
2、heScarletLetterisalsoanovelaboutarebelliouswoman,Hester.Itcreativelydeducesthattheheroineisfightingagainstthepatriarchaloppressiononher.ThewomanimagethatadvocatesfeminismandseekstheromanticloveisoutstandingespeciallyinPuritansociety.Eventhoughsheisstrong,brave,industrious,kindheart
3、ed,andwithaloftydevotingspirit,herwholelifeisverytragicintheend.Camillaisnowa“controversial”PrincessintheEnglishroyalfamily,sinceshewasCharles’smistressforalongtimebeforetheirmarriage.AlthoughHesterandCamillaarewomenindifferenteras,theyhavesomethingincommon.Theyhavepainfulexperienc
4、esofmarriageswithoutlove.“Loveisbuiltonidealsoil,whilemarriageisonthebasisofreality”(XiongWen,82).Therefore,thispapermainlyanalyzestheirattitudestowardslovebycomparison.Therearesimilaritiesamongtheirviewsoflove.Forexample,bothofthemarerebelliouswomenandeagertogaintruelove,strugglin
5、gagainstthelovelessmarriages.Thepapermostlydemonstratesthedifferencesfromtheaspectsofdifferentbackgrounds,differentcharacters,rebelliousspirits,differentviewsofloveandresults.KeyWordsHester;Camilla;love;comparison;feministconsciousness摘 要纳撒尼尔•霍桑是19世纪美国的著名小说家和作家。长篇小说《红字》是霍桑的代表作。它充分反
6、应了清教对人的精神摧残和人们无法克制的对幸福生活的追求。从女权主义的角度看,《红字》是一部有关反叛女性—海丝特的小说。小说创造性地演绎了当时的父系社会对海丝特的压迫。海丝特崇尚女权主义、追求浪漫爱情的女性形象在清教社会中表现的尤为突出。她虽然坚强、勇敢、勤劳、善良,并具有崇高的自我献身精神,但最终却落得悲惨的结局。卡米拉是当今英国王室一位颇具争议的王妃,而在这之前,她一直都扮演着查尔斯王子情妇的角色。海丝特与卡米拉是不同时代的两个女性,但她们之间却有着本质的联系。她们都有着只有婚姻而没有爱情的痛苦经历。“爱情是建立在理想土壤上的,而婚姻是建立在现实基础上的”
7、(熊文,82)。因此本论文主要从爱情观的角度对她们进行对比分析。海丝特与卡米拉的爱情观,同中有异,异中有同,都具有反叛和抗争,渴望得到真爱,都在无爱的婚姻中苦苦挣扎。论文将就她们的不同点:时代背景的不同,性格特征的不同,反叛方式,爱情观以及其结局的不同等方面对论文主题进行阐述。关键词海丝特;卡米拉;爱情;对比;女权主义意识IntroductionTheScarletLetterrepresentstheheightofHawthorne’sliterarygenius.ThePuritansettingenablesHawthornetoportraythe
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