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1、分 析 红 字 中 的 女 权 主义Analysis of Feminism in The Scarlet LetterContentsAbstract.1Key words.1I. Introduction.2II. Literature Review.22.1 About the Author.22.2 The features of Nathaniel Hawthornes novel.32.3 Social backgrounds.3III. The history and development of the Feminism.53.1 Introduce the beginning
2、 and the history of Feminism.53.2 Introduce several Feminists during the period.6IV. Analysis of characters in The Scarlet Letter.74.1 Analysis the relationship between the characters.74.2 Analysis the characters personalities.9V. A look at the Feminism in The Scarlet Letter.125.1 Extract from secti
3、ons in The Scarlet Letter related to Feminism.125.1.1 Extract from sections from: XIII. Another View of Hester125.1.2 Comments on extract sections in The Scarlet Letter.13VI. Analysis of Hawthornes attitude towards Feminism146.1 The development of Feminism in Hawthornes time.146.2 Hawthornes attitud
4、e towards Feminism.15VII. Conclusion.16References.17Analysis of Feminism in The Scarlet Letter第 1 页 共 17 页Analysis of Feminism in The Scarlet Letter摘 要 : 从 红字诞生之日起，对它的各种批评，包括女权主义批评、弗洛伊德心理分析方法、新历史主义批评、新文化批评等研究都甚为活跃，也为红字研究提供了不同参照。但红字的主题又远非利用某种批评方法就可以穷尽的。在这部作品的种种不确定性背后，我们唯一可以确定的是这样一种寓意：人类经历和面临的种种悲剧，很多是
5、与我们对自然、历史及人类自身的不了解引起的。 红字中的女权主义便是其中之一。在那样的时代背景下像海丝特这样的女权主义“先驱”在作者霍桑的眼中又是怎样的呢，值得我们深深的细细的体味一番。名著中的语言，就像它其中蕴含的人类梦想一样，散发着钻石般弥久的光芒。我想，在这部名著诞生 150 年之后，在读完了这篇早期的女权主义著之后，人类对于150 年后的今天女权主义的发展会产生出一些新的认识和想法。关键词: 女权主义批评; 心理分析法; 先驱Abstract： Just from the day of the naissance of The Scarlet Letter, various of cri
6、ticism which includes Feminism criticize, the method of psychiatric therapy originated by Sigmund Freud, the new historicism and the new culture criticize are very active. At the same time it provides references for the research on The Scarlet Letter. However, the theme of The Scarlet Letter could n
7、ot be illustrate thoroughly only through those several methods. Behind this allegory, it is contains various indefinite factors, but we can only fix on one implied meaning: a lot of tragedies are caused by the misunderstandings to the natural and its history. Feminism is one of them. The protagonist
8、 Hester Prynner under the background of that time is a precursor of Feminism. The attitude of Hawthorne towards Feminism will be a kind of interesting thing for us to analyse. The language in chefdoeuvre is just like peoples dreams that always give off gloriously radiancy for a long time like diamon
9、ds. After reading this Feminism novel which written in 150 years ago, people would forms some new recognitions and thoughts on the development of Feminism in 150 years later. Key Words: Feminism criticize; Psychiatric therapy; precursorAnalysis of Feminism in The Scarlet Letter第 2 页 共 17 页I. Introdu
10、ctionThe Scarlet Letter was considered as a critical and popular success. The illicit love affair of Hester Prynne with the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and the birth of their child Pearl, took place before the book published. In Puritan New England, Hester, the mother of an illegitimate child, wears
11、the scarlet A for years rather than reveals her lover, was the saintly young village minister. Her husband, Roger Chillingworth, intend to torment the guilt man, Dimmesdale, who confesses his adultery before dying in Hesters arms. Hester plans to take her daughter Pearl to Europe to begin a new life
12、. Toward the end of the dark romance Hawthorne wrote: Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred! - Hester Prynne has been considered as a pioneer feminist in the line from Anne Hutchinson to Margaret Fuller, a sexually autonomous
13、woman, and an American equivalent of Anna Karenina. All of them were thought the author of The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne, had already possessed notions that related with Feminism. And it is very necessary for us to analyze the attitudes of Hawthorne that treat with Feminism.This thesis attempts to a
14、nalyze the characters and the symbolism of Pearl and Hester, then talking about the relationship between The Scarlet Letter and Transcendentalism. A look at the spirit of Feminism from Hester Prynner is the next part of this thesis.Chapter I is the main introduction of Nathaniel Hawthorne mainframe
15、of The Scarlet Letter and analysis of characters in The Scarlet Letter. Chapter II will display the history of Feminism, especially the development of Feminism in Hawthornes period. Chapter will analyze the attitude of Nathaniel Hawthorne towards Feminism and followed by a conclusion bringing the thesis to an end.II. Literature review2.1 About the authorNathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) is an American nove
