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1、13级AnAnalysisofNathanielHawthorne’sTheScarletLetter1.ABriefInformationaboutHawthorne.Hawthorneexploredaninterestinghumanpsychologythroughhisexplorationofthedarksideofhumanconsciousness.—RichardHarterFogleNathanielHawthornewasbornin1804inSalem,Massachusetts.Heisoneofth
2、eoutstandingromanticnovelistsinthe19thcenturyintheUnitedStates.HiscreationbyAmericancolonialNewEnglandasthebackground,reflecttherealityofthesocietyatthattime.TodescribethedarksideofsocietyandhumannatureistheoutstandingcharacteristicofworkofHawthorne,thisbecauseofthein
3、fluenceofCalvinismaboutman's“originalsin”andthetheoryof“innerdepravity”.Hawthorneisthepioneerofpsychologicalnovel.Heisgoodatanalysisof“heart”.Hefocusesontheproblemofmoralandevil.Headvocatesthroughthegoodnessandconfessiontowashsin,purifythemind,andwinsalvation.However,
4、Hawthornedoesnotwriteallthedarkness.Heisexposingsocialevilsandtheperson'sbadnature,atthesametime,heshowsagreatsympathyformanykindhero.Hawthorne'sgreatnessisthathecanuseapenwhichismildonthesurface,butitisrealsharppentoexposethedark, satirizetheevil,andrevealthetruth.Th
5、escarletletterisHawthorne'smasterpiece.ItfocusesontheHawthorne'sthoughtandartisticfeatures.2.TheBriefIntroductionofTheScarletLetterThestorybeginsinseventeenth-centuryinBoston.Ayoungwoman,HesterPrynne,standsfullyrevealedbeforethecrowdedwithherinfantdaughter,Pearl,inher
6、armsandthescarletletter“A”onherbreast.Hesterisbeingpunishedbecauseofadultery.HerhusbandwhoisanagingscholarsenthertoAmericainthebeginningbecausehehassomethingtodealwithanddelayedforseveralyears.Hesterhadanaffairwhenshewaswaitingforherhusband.Andshehasgivenbirthtoachild
7、.Shewillnotrevealherlover’sidentity.Asaresult,sheshouldwearascarletletter“A”onherbreastandtakesthepublicshamingasherpunishmentforhersinofadulteryandhersecrecy.TheelderlyonlookerisHester’shusbandwhodisguisedhimselfasadoctor.Inordertofindoutwhoherloveis,hedecidestosettl
8、edowninBostonandintentsonrevengeandhechangeshisnametoRogerChillingworth.Gradually,hesuspectsthatthereisaconnectionbetweenthe
