An Analysis of the Causes for Dimmesdale’s Character in the Scarlet Letter

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1、AnAnalysisoftheCausesforDimmesdale’sCharacterintheScarletLetter　　【摘要】每一部文学作品都是现实社会的一面镜子，反映了现实社会的背景和作者对社会的认识。美国著名小说家纳撒尼尔?霍桑的代表作《红字》是美国浪漫主义文学时期的经典之作。作者细腻而深刻的语言，作品中丰富而复杂的人物形象与心理描写使该作品充满魅力，至今人们还从不同的角度讨论和评价着《红字》。《红字》讲的是两百多年前，北美洲殖民地深受清教政权的严酷统治，女主人公海丝特?白兰因与神职人员亚瑟?丁梅斯代尔相爱并生下了女儿――珠儿而被判通奸罪，并处以终身佩戴象征羞辱的红色A字

2、的刑罚。而丁梅斯代尔却由于内心的懦弱，不敢向世人袒露真实的自己，逃避责任，走向了虚伪。亚瑟?丁梅斯代尔是纳撒尼尔?霍桑笔下最为丰满的一个人物形象。他有着神圣的外表与虚伪的内心；他有着献身宗教的理想与渴求爱情的梦想；这些形成了鲜明的对比。真实与虚伪的激烈碰撞使得丁梅斯代尔的灵魂与肉体都饱受煎熬。一直以来，他的内心深受清教教义的束缚。他所受的教育与社会的大环境都在逼迫着他压抑自己的情感，用内心虚伪的一面逃避着本该由他勇敢承担的责任。　　【关键词】红字纳撒尼尔?霍桑亚瑟?丁梅斯代尔性格剖析宗教束缚虚伪的内心　　【中图分类号】I106.4【文献标识码】A8【文章编号】1674－4810（2013

3、）05－0078－02　　IIntroduction　　TheScarletLetter，witheverycharacterportrayedinadistinguishedwaybyNathanielHawthorne，becameoneofthemostexcellentliteratureworksinthe19thcenturyinAmericaandsinceitspublicationin1850，ithasreceivedawiderangeofconsiderationfrommanyreadersandcriticsallaroundtheworld.Thenovel

4、waswritteninthebackgroundofcolonytimesofAmericaover200yearsago.ItisataleofadulterythatnarratesalovetragedyinthecolonyofNewEnglandanditrevealedthecrueltyofsocialcode，deceptionofreligionandpretenceofmoralityduringthedevelopmentofcapitalisminAmerican.HesterPrynne，ArthurDimmesdaleandRogerChillingwort

5、h，thethreemaincharactersinthenovel，givereadersdeepimpressions，amongwhichDimmesdaleistheonewhosepersonalitywasmostabundantandcomplicated.Hisinnerworldconflictedwithhisappearance;hisbeliefconflictedwithhisbehavior.ThereligiousdoctrinethatDimmesdalepreachedcouldnotintegratewithhisreallife;healwaystw

6、istedincontradictions.Therefore，inmyopinion，itisthemostvaluabletoanalyzeDimmesdale’smentalcharacteristicsanditscauses.　　IIGeneraldescriptionofDimmesdale’scharacter　　AuthorDimmesdalewasagoodPuritanclergyman，buthefellin8lovewithHesterPyrnneandlivedinacontradictorylifesincethemomentwhenhemether.Asac

7、ommonperson，Dimmesdalehadallthefeelingsthatotheryoungpeoplehad.“Hewasapersonofverystrikingaspect，withawhite，lofty，andimpendendingbrow，large，brown，melancholyeyes，andmouthwhich，unlesswhenheforciblycompressedit，wasapttobe