A Brief Analysis of the Usage of Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter 浅析《红字》中象征主义手法的运用

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1、AnAnalysisoftheUsageofSymbolisminTheScarletLetter浅析《红字》中象征主义手法的运用AbstractNathanielHawthorneisagreatromanticnovelistinAmericainthe19thcentury.Asagreatromanticnovelist,Hawthorneisoutstandinginhandlingapplicationofsymbolism.TheScarletLetterisHawthorne'smostimportantsymbolicnovel,whichisthebestworkofHaw

2、thorneandoneoftheindubitablemasterpiecesofAmericanLiterature.AnditisthisnovelthatmakesNathanielHawthorneknownallaroundtheworld.Inthiswork,Hawthorneusesthesymbolismsoskillfullythatitenhancestheartisticeffectsofhisworkgreatly.InTheScarletLetter,symbolismrunsthroughthewholenovel.Themostimportantsymboli

3、sthescarletletteritself.Notonlydoes“A”manifestinvariousforms,butalsoithaschangingmeaningsfrom“adultery”to“able”,even“angelic”inthenovel.Besides,thenameofthefourmajorcharactersinthenovel:HesterPrynne,ArthurDimmesdale,RogerChillingworthandPearlalsohavetheirownsymbolicmeanings.Someotherobjectsandnatura

4、lsurroundingsthataredescribedinthenovelsuchasthejail,theforest,therosebushandsoonareallendowedwithadeepsymbolicsignificance.TheauthorofthethesiswillexploretheusageofsymbolisminTheScarletLetterfromthethreeaspectsmentionedaboveandanalyzeHawthorne’sskillfuluseofivsymbolisminTheScarletLetter.KeyWords:th

5、escarletletter；symbolism；HesterPrynne；Pearl摘要纳撒尼尔·霍桑是十九世纪美国伟大的浪漫主义小说家。作为一位伟大的浪漫主义小说家,霍桑对象征主义手法的运用可以说是独具匠心。长篇小说《红字》是霍桑重要的象征主义代表作品，无疑也是美国文学浪漫主义时期最著名的作品之一。也正是这部巨著使得霍桑誉满全球。在这部作品中，作者巧妙运用了象征主义手法，加强了作品的艺术效果。整篇作品象征主义手法贯穿始终。其中，最重要的要数红字“A”本身的象征意义。它不仅以各种各样的形式出现，并且其象征意义不断变化，从“通奸”到“有能力的”甚至“天使般的”。此外，小说中四个主要角色：海丝特

6、,丁梅斯代尔，齐灵沃斯,珠儿也都有其各自的象征意义。小说中描述的景物和场景，例如监狱、森林、玫瑰花园等等也都寓意深刻。本文正是从以上这几个方面着手，探究作者在小说《红字》中对象征主义手法的巧妙运用。关键词:红字；象征；海丝特·普琳；珍珠ivAcknowledgementsThisthesisistheproductoftheauthorandthesupervisor'sthreemonthsofefforts.IthasbeenrepeatedlyrevisedundertheguidanceofProfessorXXX.Itwasthejointeffortsofboththeauthor

7、andtheteachersinForeignLanguagesDepartment.IwouldliketoexpressmyheartfeltthankstoProfessorXXXandtheteacherswhohavehelpedtheauthorintheprocessofthethesiswriting.Iwillalsogivemythankstomyclassmatesandfr