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1、小说红字当中象征意义新论A New Interpretation of Symbolismin The Scarlet LetterContentsAbstract .1Key words.1I. Introduction 2II. Literature review .3III. Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter .41. The symbolic meaning of “the Scarlet Letter” .42. The symbolic meaning of the four major characters: Hester Prune; Arthur
2、 Dimmesdale; Roger Chillingworth and Pearl .51) Hester Prune .52) Arthur Dimmesdale.63) Roger Chillingworth .74) Pearl .83. The symbolic meaning of some objects .91) Light and darkness .102) Meteor .103) Prison .104) The rosebush next to the prison door .10IV. Conclusion .11References .11A New Inter
3、pretation of Symbolism in The Scarlet LetterA New Interpretation of Symbolism in The Scarlet LetterAbstract：The Scarlet Letter, one of the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorns most outstanding representative works, makes him known all over the world. It is regarded as the first symbolic novel in Amer
4、ican literature because of the ingenious using of symbolism. Hawthorne uses the symbolism so skillful that it enhances the artistic effects of his work greatly. The novel revolves around one major symbol: the scarlet letter. Besides, some other objects that are described in the novel have their symb
5、olic meanings. Moreover, the names of the four major characters: Hester Prune, Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth and Pearl also have their symbolic meanings. The Scarlet Letter is a novel of much symbolism. This paper represents the modern symbolism in this novel from the following aspects: the
6、 ever changing symbolic meaning of the scarlet letter “A”. The changing symbolic meaning of the major characters and many objects that are described in the novel to make the symbolism clear to the readers in nowadays.Key words: The Scarlet Letter; symbolism; Hester 摘 要：作品红字是美国小说家霍桑的代表作，这部小说使他誉满全球。它被
7、认为是美国文学史上第一部具有象征意义的小说，作者在作品中采用的象征手法贯穿始终的、无处不在，加强了作品的艺术效果。这部小说围绕着一个主旨象征：红字。除此之外，一些其他的物体在小说中也有象征意义。此外，小说中四个主要人物的名字：海丝特、丁梅斯戴尔、齐灵渥斯和珍珠都有象征意义。本文从红字的多种象征意义、主要人物的寓意以及景物寓意等方面入手，研究红字在当今社会背景下的象征意义。关键词：红字；象征意义；海丝特I. IntroductionNathaniel Hawthorne is a novelist. He is a son of a sea captain, who died in 1808,
8、after which his mother led the life of a recluse. An accident when at play conduced to an early taste for reading, and from boyhood he cherished literary aspirations. His education was completed at Bowdoin Coll, where he had Longfellow for a fellow-student. After graduating, he obtained a post in th
9、e Custom-House, which, however, he did not find congenial, and soon gave up, betaking himself to literature, his earliest efforts, besides a novel, Fanshawe, which had no success, being short tales and sketches, which, after appearing in periodicals, were collected and published as Twice-told Tales
10、(1837), followed by a second series in 1842. In 1841 he joined for a few months the socialistic community at Brook Farm, but soon tired of it, and in the next year he married and set up house in Concord in an old manse, formerly tenanted by Emerson, whence proceeded Mosses from an Old Manse (1846).
11、It was followed by The Snow Image (1851), The Scarlet Letter (1850), his most powerful work, The House of Seven Gables, and The Blithedale Romance (1852), besides his childrens books, The Wonder Book, and The Tanglewood Tales. Nathaniel Hawthorne is considered to be the first greatest American ficti
12、on writer in the moralistic tradition. His work The Scarlet Letter that is notable for its allegory and symbolism is regarded as the first symbolic novel in American literature. The novel revolves around one major symbols, Pearl is a symbol of Hesters transgressions and even has similar qualities as
13、 the sin, which she represents. Pearls life and behavior directly reflects the unacceptable and abnormal nature of Hesters adulterous sin. “Hester is plagued with more than just a letter “A”; she is given a child from her affair that is just as much a reminder of her sin as the scarlet letter. Ultim
14、ately Hester overcomes the shame associated the scarlet letter and creates a sense of family for herself and Pearl” Wu Fei (2003:119). This relationship is integral to the theme of this novel and the development of its characters. This book, with its compelling tragic power, was no product of eight months, although pen was set to it the eighth of June and, despite mourning, illness, and sordid care, the last sheets went to the printer the third of February next. Its main elements had long been taking form in the mysterious depths of Hawthorne
