a study of the love between prynne and dimmesdale

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1、AStudyoftheLoveBetweenHesterandDimmesdaleinTheScarletLetter班级：1434150102姓名：王榕榕学号：2013041104057ContentPart1IntroductionofNathanielHawthorne1.1NathanielHawthorne’sbackground1.2ThecreationbackgroundofTheScarletLetterPart2AnalysisofHesterandDimmesdale’scharacters2.1AnalysisofHester’scharacters2.2An

2、alysisofDimmesdale’scharactersPart3LovebetweenHesterandDimmesdalePart4ConclusionAbstractMythesisisconcernedwiththestudyofthemaincharactersof:HesterPrynne,ArthurDimmesdale,andthelovebetweenthem.Thisthesisconsistsof4parts,thefirstpartistheintroductionofthewriterandthebackground,thesecondpartisthe

3、analysisofHesterandDimmesdale’scharacters,thirdpartisthelovebetweenthem,lastpartistheconclusion.Theprotagonistofthenovelwasabeautifulandcharmingyounglady,whowasconsideredasanadulterousbadwoman.ThereligioncourtputherintotheprisonandpunishedhertoweararedletterAonherchest(whichwasthefirstletterofa

4、dultery)tohumiliateher.Prynnedidn’tspeakoutthenameofthemanallthetime.Aftertwoyears,Hester’shusbandcamebackbutseethescenethatshewaswearingtheletterA,carryingababytobehumiliated.Hepretendedasanolddoctortosearchforthetruth.Atlast,hehadknownthatitwasthepastorwhowastheman.Hetormentedthepastormentall

5、ytorevenge.Astimepassed,thepastorwasonthebrinkofcollapseandhewantedtoredeemhimselfbyhurtinghimself.Afterapreachoneday,hecalledupallhiscouragetoadmithehadtheprivaterelationshipwithHester.Finally,hereleasedhimselfeventuallyanddiedpeacefullyinHester’sarms.Part1IntroductionofNathanielHawthorne1.1Na

6、thanielHawthorne'sbackgroundHewasborninMassachusetts,in1804,diedin1864.Helosthisfatherwhenhewasachild.Helivedwithhismotherinhisgrandfather’shome.Theunluckinessandatmosphereofhischildhoodmadehimalwaysfeellonelyandpainful.HisgrandfatherwasinbeliefofPuritanismandinturn,whichleadhimtobeinfluenced.H

7、ewasanAmerican romanticnovelistandshortstorywriter,alsoakeyfigureinthedevelopmentofAmericanliteratureforhistalesofnation’scolonialhistory.HewasadescendantofPuritanancestors.HejoinedthetranscendentalistutopiacommunityatBrookFarmin1