成本与管理会计
AN ANALYSIS OF MAIN CHARACTERS OF THE SCARLET LETTER
Zhu Yujie
朱玉洁
Acknowledgements
I shall first prent my thanks to all the teachers in the English Department of University of Science and Technology, Liaoning, to whom I owe much of my knowledge in my study of English language and literature. Then I would like to thank Mr Shu Jingwei and Ms Chen Yuanyuan, who have given us lectures on British and American literature. My heartfelt gratitude also goes to my tutor, Mr Shu Jingwei, who invaluable instructions, perceptive suggestions, great patience and constant encouragement have helped greatly to shape this thesis.
Contents
Abstract(English) i
亲亲操
Abstract(Chine) ii
Introduction 1
Ⅰ.The Changes of the Symbolic Meaning of the Scarlet Letter "A" 1
A. adultery 2
B. alone and alienation 2
C. able, admirable and angel 3
Ⅱ.The symbolic meaning of the four major Characters’ names 3
A. Hester Prynne 3
1. Hester Prynne is one of the major characters in the The Scarlet Letter。 3
2. Hester is the homophone of the word haste 4
B. Arthur Dimmesdale 5
C. Roger Chillingworth 5
D. Pearl 7
Ⅳ.The Symbolic Meanings of the Objects that are described in the Novel 9
Conclusion 11
Bibliography 12
Abstract
The Scarlet Letter, the powerful tale of passion, Puritanism, and revenge is one of the foremost classics of American literature. Its main theme is sin and guilt and the novel exhibits us the process of the heroine’s heart-purification. Through her kindness and great effort, she changed her image and even changed the symbol of the letter A from "Adultery" and disgrace into virtue and respect. There are many usage of symbolism in th
e novel, which inspires contemplation and feeling on the part of the readers. And it is just this feature that promotes The Scarlet Letter to be one of the earliest and the most significant novels of romantic style in America. The Scarlet Letter made great contribution to the progress and prosperity of America. This thesis rearches the symbolism in this novel from the following three aspects: the changing symbolic meaning of the scarlet letter, the name of the major characters and many objects that are described in the novel to make the symbolism clear to the readers.
Keywords: Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter symbolism
摘要
《红字》是一部关于爱情，淸教，复仇的美国经典浪漫主义文学作品，无疑是文学史上的一大巨作，小说的主题是“罪恶"。它向我们展示了主人公“净化”心灵的历程。通过自己的善行和努力,主人公改变了自己在人们心中的形象，甚至将原来表示“通奸”的标志“臭豆腐制作过程A”字，变成了德行的象征，贏得人们的尊敬。该作品大量引用象征主义创作手法，并且引起读者的关注和共鸣。也正是由于象征手法的运用，《红字》成为美国文学史上最早的也是最重要的
浪漫主义文学作品之一。《红字》为美国文学的发展和繁荣立下了不朽的功勋。本文从红字的多重象征意义，主要人物的人名寓意以及景物等方面入手，研究《红字》的象征主义手法。
关键词: 霍桑 《红字》 象征
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Symbolism is a traditional artistic form which us something concrete to express abstract concept. As a famous writer of romanticism, Hawthorne is skillful at the using of symbolism in his work. The various usage of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter makes the novel a great work of the world. The Scarlet Letter was t in Puritan Boston. The beautiful Hester Prynne falls in love with a young and respectable minister Dimmesdale, and gave birth to her daughter, Pearl; as a result, she committed adultery and was banish
ed from the main stream of the community. While her sinner lover. Dimmesdale, was unpunished and worshipped more and more by the multitude often people. Hester’s husband, Chillingworth found out about the guilty minister and took every chance to torture Dimmesdale’s soul. Seven years later, Hester was accepted again by the mass due to her devoted rvices for the community, and Dimmesdale was brave to stand with Hester and his daughter, openly admitted his sin, and then he died.
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Ⅰ.The Changes of the Symbolic meaning of the Scarlet Letter "A"
In this novel, the readers can e the glittering “A” for many times, and the scarlet letter “A” changes its meaning many different times. The letter “A” begins as a symbol of sin. It then becomes a symbol of being alone and alienation, and finally it becomes a symbol of being able, angel and admirable. The three changes are rather significant. They show the progressive posssion of Hester’s sin, her lonely life and her ability. Hester is a strong admirable woman who goes through more emotional torture that most people go through in a lifetime.
A. adultery
开平碉楼与村落The letter "A", worn on Hester's bosom, is a symbol of her adultery against Roger Chillingworth. This is the puritan way of treating one as a criminal, for the crime of adultery. The puritan treatment continues, becau as Hester walks on the streets, she will be looked down upon as if she is some sort of demon from hell that commits a terrible crime. This letter is meant to be worn in shame, and to make Hester feel unwanted. "Here, she said to herlf, had been the scene of her guilt, and here should be the scene of her (霍，2000: 74)" Hester is ashamed of her sin, but she choos not to show it. She commits this sin in the heat of passion, and fully admits it becau, though she is ashamed, she also receives her greatest treasure. Pearl. She is a very strong woman to be able to hold up so well against what she must face. Many will have tied from Boston, and ek a place where no one knows of her great sin. But Hester choos to stay there, which shows a lot of strength and integrity.
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B. alone and alienation
The scarlet letter "A" also stands for Hester's lonely life in New England. The letter parates her from the common circle of her neighborhood, since children find it offensive; strangers consider it queer while community people frown upon it. After she is relead, Hester lives in a cottage near the outskirts of the city. "It had been built by an earlier ttler, and abandoned, becau the soil about it was too sterile for cultivation, while its comparative remoteness put it out of the sphere of that social activity which already marked the habits of the emigrants.” (霍，2000: 75) Hester's social life is virtually eliminated becau of her shameful history. Hester comes to realize that she is no longer part of the world. "However, there was nothing that made her feel as if she belonged to it. Every gesture, every word, and even the silence of tho with whom she came to contact, implied, and often expresd, that she was banished, and as much alone as if she inhabited another sphere, or communicated with the common nature by other organs
and ns than the rest of human kind. She stood apart from emed to be the sole portion that she retained in the universal heart.”(霍,2000: 78) Hester has no friends in the world, and little Pearl is the only companion of her lonely life, so the scarlet letter "A" also is a symbol of the words "alone" and "alienate".
