A New Interpretation of Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter

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1、小说《红字》当中象征意义新论ANewInterpretationofSymbolisminTheScarletLetterContentsAbstract………….……………………………………………..…………...1Keywords………………………………...………………………………….1I.Introduction………………………………………………………………2II.Literaturereview………………………………………..…………...….3III.SymbolisminTheScarletLetter…………………………..

2、.…………..41.Thesymbolicmeaningof“theScarletLetter”…………………………….42.Thesymbolicmeaningofthefourmajorcharacters:HesterPrune;ArthurDimmesdale;RogerChillingworthandPearl……………..……………..51)HesterPrune……………………………………………….………...52)ArthurDimmesdale…...………………………………..………..........63)RogerChi

3、llingworth……………...…………………….…………….74)Pearl...……………………………………………..………………..83.Thesymbolicmeaningofsomeobjects………………………………….91)Lightanddarkness………………………..……………….……..102)Meteor………...………………………………...………………….103)Prison………………………………………...………………….....104)Therosebushnexttotheprisondoor……

4、……….…………..……….10IV.Conclusion…………………...……………………………..…….……11References……………………………………………….…………..……..11第13页ANewInterpretationofSymbolisminTheScarletLetterAbstract：TheScarletLetter,oneoftheAmericanwriterNathanielHawthorn’smostoutstandingrepresentativeworks,makeshimknownalloverth

5、eworld.ItisregardedasthefirstsymbolicnovelinAmericanliteraturebecauseoftheingenioususingofsymbolism.Hawthorneusesthesymbolismsoskillfulthatitenhancestheartisticeffectsofhisworkgreatly.Thenovelrevolvesaroundonemajorsymbol:thescarletletter.Besides,someotherobjectsthataredescri

6、bedinthenovelhavetheirsymbolicmeanings.Moreover,thenamesofthefourmajorcharacters’:HesterPrune,ArthurDimmesdale,RogerChillingworthandPearlalsohavetheirsymbolicmeanings.TheScarletLetterisanovelofmuchsymbolism.Thispaperrepresentsthemodernsymbolisminthisnovelfromthefollowingaspe

7、cts:theeverchangingsymbolicmeaningofthescarletletter“A”.Thechangingsymbolicmeaningofthemajorcharactersandmanyobjectsthataredescribedinthenoveltomakethesymbolismcleartothereadersinnowadays.Keywords:TheScarletLetter;symbolism;Hester摘要：作品《红字》是美国小说家霍桑的代表作，这部小说使他誉满全球。它被认为是美国文学史上第

8、一部具有象征意义的小说，作者在作品中采用的象征手法贯穿始终的、无处不在，加强了作品的艺术效果。这部小说围绕着一个主旨象征：红字。除此之外，一些其他的物