An Analysis of the Diversityof Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter 英语专业毕业论文

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1、AnAnalysisoftheDiversityofSymbolisminTheScarletLetterAbstract:WiththepublicationofTheScarletLetterin1850,NathanielHawthornebecomefamousasthegreatestwriterlivingthenintheUnitedStatesandhisreputationasamajorAmericanauthorhasbeenontheincreaseeversince.Hawthorneusesthesymbolismsoskillfulthati

2、tenhancestheartisticeffectsofhisworkgreatly.Thispaperanalysesthesymbolisminthisnovelmainlyinthefollowingaspects:thechangingsymbolicmeaningofthescarletletterAandmanyobjectsthataredescribedinthenoveltomakethesymbolismcleartothereaders.Keywords:TheScarletLetter;symbolism;diversity摘要：在1850年《红

3、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.AbouttheauthorandthestoryNathanielHawthorneisconsideredtobethefirstgreatestAmericanfictionwriterinthemoralistictradition.Hisworksbelongtoromanticismor,morespecifi

4、cally,darkromanticism,cautionarytalesthatsuggestthatguilt,sin,andevilarethemostinherentnaturalqualitiesofhumanity.ManyofhisworksareinspiredbyPuritanNewEngland,combininghistoricalromanceloadedwithsymbolismanddeeppsychologicalthemes,borderingonsurrealism.Hisdepictionsofthepastareaversionofh

5、istoricalfictionusedonlyasavehicletoexpresscommonthemesofancestralsin,guiltandretribution.Hewritetwocollectionsofshortstorys:Twice-ToldTalesandMossesfromanoldManse.Alltheseworks,however,bringhimneithergreatfamenoranyfortunelargeenoughtorelievehimoftheharassmentofpoverty.ItisTheScarletLett

6、erwhichdoitforhim:notonlydothebookmakehisnameasawriterofnosmalltalent,italsobringhimthemoneywhichmakehimfinallyfinanciallycomfortable.HisworkTheScarletLetterthatisnotableforitsallegoryandsymbolismisregardedasthefirstsymbolicnovelinAmericanliterature.Thenovelrevolvesaroundonemajorsymbol:th

7、escarletletterA.Besides,someotherobjectsthataredescribedinthenovelhavetheirsymbolicmeaningstoo.SoTheScarletLetterisanovelaboundsinsymbolsofvariouskinds.NowletustakealookatTheScarletLetterinwhichallelementsofHawthorne’sthinkingandaestheticsseemtofindanadequateexpress