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1、霍桑红字英文读后感精品文档THESCARLETLETTERChapter5ChineseHESTERPRYNNE'Stermofconfinementwasnowatanend.Herprison-doorwasthrownopen,andshecameforthintothesunshine,which,fallingonallalike,seemed,tohersickandmorbidheart,asifmeantfornootherpurposethantorevealthescarletlettero
2、nherbreast.Perhapstherewasamorerealtortureinherfirstunattendedfootstepsfromthethresholdoftheprison,thanevenintheprocessionandspectaclethathavebeendescribed,whereshewasmadethecommoninfamy,atwhichallmankindwassummonedtopointitsfinger.Then,shewassupportedbyanun
3、naturaltensionofthenerves,andbyallthecombativeenergyofhercharacter,whichenabledhertoconvertthesceneintoakindofluridtriumph.Itwas,moreover,aseparateandinsulatedevent,to occurbutonceinherlifetime,andtomeetwhich,therefore,recklessofeconomy,shemightcallupthevita
4、lstrengththatwouldhavesufficedformanyquietyears.Theverylawthatcondemnedher-agiantofsternfeatures,butwithvigourtosupport,aswellastoannihilate,inhisironarm-hadheldherup,throughtheterribleordealofherignominy.Butnow,withthisunattendedwalkfromherprison-door,began
5、thedailycustom;andshemusteithersustainandcarryitforwardbytheordinaryresourcesofhernature,orsinkbeneathit.Shecouldnolongerborrowfromthefuturetohelpherthroughthepresentgrief.To-morrowwouldbringitsowntrialwithit;sowouldthenextday,andsowouldthenext;eachitsowntri
6、al,andyettheverysamethatwasnowsounutterablygrievoustobeborne.Thedaysofthefar-offfuturewouldtoilonward,stillwiththesameburdenforhertotakeup,andbearalongwithher,butnevertoflingdown;forthe accumulatingdays,andaddedyears,wouldpileuptheirmiseryupontheheapofshame.
7、Throughoutthemall,givingupherindividuality,shewouldbecomethegeneralsymbolatwhichthepreacherandmoralistmightpoint,andinwhichtheymightvivifyandembodytheirimagesofwoman'sfrailtyandsinfulpassion.Thustheyoungandpurewouldbetaughttolookather,withthescarletletterfla
8、mingonherbreast-ather,thechildofhonourableparents-ather,themotherofababe,thatwouldhereafterbeawoman-ather,whohadoncebeeninnocent-asthefigure,thebody,therealityofsin.Andoverhergrave,theinfamythat
