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1、第15页ThePsychoanalysisofHesterinTheScarletLetterⅠTheHawthorneNathanielandHesterPrynne1.1Hester’sPainsandHawthorne’sViewsonSufferingsHawthorneisawarethatsocietycanbechangedgradually,andhisalsoawarethattheprogressofsocietyisaccompaniedwithheavycost.Hawthornehaslonghad
2、asad,tragicrecognitionthatabreakwiththepastanditsvaluestoooftencannotbeachievedatallorcannotbemadewithout“suchsufferingthatthecostmaytotoohigh”.①ConstanceRourkeoncesaidthat“Hawthornewasdeeplyengagedbytheconsiderationoflostorsubmergedemotion.”TheScarletLetter,likehi
3、sotherworks.DescribesthelossorsubmergenceofemotioninvolvedintheabandonmentoftheculturalheritageoftheOldWorld.InHawthorne’seyes,ifacertainbeautydisappearsonouressayfromtheOldWorldtotheNewWorld,thatisthepriceweshouldpay②.Inthispassage,attentionispaidtothesufferingsof
4、HesterPrynneintheprocessofstrivingforaneworderoflife.Inherlongyears’struggling,Hesterturnsherselffromanadulteresspunishedbythecolonytotheself-ordained“SisterofMercy,”buthervictoryisgainedatgreatcost—thelonelinessoverlove,loftyandlaughter.Hawthorneinhislifetimesuffe
5、rsthepainofbeingseparatedfromtheoutsideworld,partlybecauseofhislonelyfamily,andpartlybecauseofhisdisagreementwithhiscontemporariesinlightofsocialreform.ThenitdepictsHester’sgloomylifewithnoloveandlaughter.Hesterissurroundedbyamoodofharrieddejection.Hester’sgloomisi
6、llustratedfromtwoaspects:oneisfromthegreyenvironmentsurroundedHester;theotheristhatHesteristhevictimofthePuritansocietythattreatsherwithhardseverityatbest.Hester’stragedyisalsoindicatedbyalienationfromthecommunity—bothphysicalandspiritual.1.2Hawthorne’sAlienationin
7、HisPersonalLifeComingbackfromHawthorne’sfuneral,Endersonwroteinhisjournal:ClarkeinthechurchsaidthatHawthornehaddonemorejusticethananyothersto吉林华桥外国语学院毕业论文用纸第15页theshadesoflife,shownsympathythecrimeinournature,andlikeJesus,wasthefriendsofsinners.Ithoughttherewasatra
8、gicelementintheerror,thatmightbemorefullyrendered—inthepainfulsolitudeofthewar,which,Isuppose,couldnolongerbeendured,andhediedofit.③AccordingtoEm
