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1、为了适应公司新战略的发展，保障停车场安保新项目的正常、顺利开展，特制定安保从业人员的业务技能及个人素质的培训计划红字读书报告TheScarletLetterbyNathanielHawthorneisaclassicalnovelinAmericanliteratureinthe19thcentury.SincethefirstChinesetranslationofTheScarletLetterappearedinthe1950sscholarsandreadersinthiscountryhaveshownanever-increasinginterestinhisworks.Itsim
2、mortalenchantmentliesinnotonlyitscondemnationofthenegativeimpactofPuritansocietyonpeoplesspirit,butalsoitsaffirmationofgoodness.ThenovelaimsatcriticizingseverelyPuritanicalasceticism,suggestingHawthornesfurtherthinkingovertheoriginalsingoodandevilsoulsalvationtotaldepravitybyanalyzingthefourmainchar
3、actersinthenovel.Thenovelconcernstheconsequencecausedbythesinandpeoplesattitudetowardssinratherthanthesinitself.Hebelievesmancandogooddeedstogetridofevilinhisheart.Theintroductionoftheauthor:Hawthornewasbornin1804,thetownofSalem,Massachusetts,adeclineoffamily.HisPuritanancestorshadparticipatedinthep
4、ersecutionofhereticswasanevent.Hawthornesfatherwasacaptain,inhisdeathatage4.1821,becauseofHawthornerelativesisfundingintotheInstituteofHakata.Hegraduatedfromtheschoolin1825.BacktotheSalemTownheworksinwriting.HawthornesshortstoriesaremostlydrawnfromtheNewEnglandhistoryorreallife,focusingonthefateofhu
5、manityandhumanproblems.TheScarletLetterwaswrittenin1851.AreasonabledescriptionofmarriagebytheyoungwomanboundfortheCalvinistsareguiltyofadulterywasprohibitedpublicdisplay,exposedthesystemwasundertheruleofcolonialpoliticsandreligioninsomeofthedarkness.19th-centurynovelrevealstheeraofcapitalistdevelopm
6、ent,theUnitedStatesCode,thelawofsocialcruelty,religiousdeceptionandmoralhypocrisy.Thestoryisfollowedlikethis:TheprotagonistofthenovelwasayoungwomannamedHesterwhowaspunishedtowearthescarletletter“A”tosignifythatshewasanhusband,Chillingworth,wasascholarmucholderthansenthertoAmericabuthehimselffailedto
7、waitingforherhusband,Hesterfellinlovewithalocalyoungministernamedhadanaffairwithhimandlatergavebirthtoshewasshamedpubliclyonthetownscaffold,shestillrefusedtorevealherloversordertopunishher,peopleforcedhertowearthescarletthen,sheandherdaughterPearllivedinacottageattheedgeoftheforestandwasalienatedbyt
8、herestofthe,thisputherinaspecialpositiontoobserveandthinkaboutthelover,theyoungminister,lackedcouragetoconfesshissinpublicly,feltguiltyandtormentedhimselfbothmentallyandthisgraduallyruinedhisthesametime,ChillingworthdisguisedhimselfasadoctorandstayedinDimmesdalesthesakeofrevenge,hetriedveryhardtofin
9、douttheconnectionbetweentheministersanguishandHesters,HesterrevealedChillingworthstrueidentitytoDimmesdaleandaskedhimtoescapetoEuropetheplainwasdestroyedbywickedtheend,DimmesdaleconfessedhisadulterywithHesterinhislasttoreawayhisministerialgarmentsandrevealedhisbreast,onwhichtherewasasamemarkasthesca
10、rletweretotallyshockedandtheministerfellontothescaffoldandhisdeath,Chillingworthwasleftwithnoobjectforhisrevenge,hewastedawayandsoon,HesterandPearlmadethestoryofscarletlettergrowintoayearslater,Hestersuddenlyreturnedtothetownandresumedhercharitythetimeofherdeath,shestillworethescarletletteronher,itw
11、asnolongerthesymbolofshamebutthesymbolofableandangle.Theanalysisofthenovel:TheScarletLetteralsohasliterialandsymbolicmeanings,anditsmeaningshiftsastimegoes,itintendstomarkHesterasanadulterer,itsasymbolofattheendofthestory,itbecomesapowerfulsocialidentityofchangedthemeaningofthescarletletterinpeoples
12、mindthroughherowneffort:acceptingtheassignedidentityandreconfriguratingitwithquietperseveranceandinnermaincharactersofthenovelthattheauthorfigureselaboratelyallhavespecial,theheroineofthenovel,isanintelligent,strong-willedandkind-heartedyoungwomanwhoacceptshersinbravelyandfinallychangesherunfair,ana
13、dmirableandrespectfulministerofthetownpeople,functionsmainlyasacontrasttoHester.Towardtheirsin,HesterchoosestoacceptitandreconfigurateDimmesdaledoesntdaretoconfessitpublicly,itmakeshimfeelguiltyandsufferendlessphysicalandspiritualtorment,deathistheonlythingthatcanrelievethedifferentfatesofHesterandD
14、immesdale,wecanseethecentralideathattheauthorwantstopresenttous,namely,therelationshipbetweensinandstandsforthesocial-definedidentityofpeople,whilehumanityisourself-definedwayinwhichthesocietydefinesapersonisoftenatoddswiththewaythatindividualsdefinefact,sinitselfisbothguiltyactandanactofaffaction,i
15、tsaproblematiccombinationofloveandevil.Throughtheconnectionandconflictofsinandhumanity,weunderstandthemoralstrengthofhumanbeings.Understandingofthenovel:Fromthestory,wecanseethattheheroeslivearather-die-than-livelife,andunderstandthemeaningoflivinganddeathinHawthornemindthatistolivingistosufferingan
16、dtoatoneforcrimeswhiletodieistogetrelieffromsinsandrebirthinotherworld.Inoursociety,theterm“evil”hasbeenreplacedbytermssuchas“madness”or“insanity”.Peopleseemtofeeltheneedtounderstandthemindsofperpetratorofevilacts.Inasocietywithoutasingleandsolidmoralitysystem,wehumanbeingsareendowedwithexceptionalfreedominconsciousandbehaviour,butweshouldalsotakemoreresponsibilityforourselvesandtheothersinthesociety.文法分院
