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An Analysis of the Causes for Dimmesdale’s Character in the Scarlet Letter 　　【摘 要】每一部文学作品都是现实社会的一面镜子，反映了现实社会的背景和作者对社会的认识。美国著名小说家纳撒尼尔?霍桑的代表作《红字》是美国浪漫主义文学时期的经典之作。作者细腻而深刻的语言，作品中丰富而复杂的人物形象与心理描写使该作品充满魅力，至今人们还从不同的角度讨论和评价着《红字》。《红字》讲的是两百多年前，北美洲殖民地深受清教政权的严酷统治，女主人公海丝特?白兰因与神职人员亚瑟?丁梅斯代尔相爱并生下了女儿――珠儿而被判通奸罪，并处以终身佩戴象征羞辱的红色A字的刑罚。而丁梅斯代尔却由于内心的懦弱，不敢向世人袒露真实的自己，逃避责任，走向了虚伪。亚瑟?丁梅斯代尔是纳撒尼尔?霍桑笔下最为丰满的一个人物形象。他有着神圣的外表与虚伪的内心；他有着献身宗教的理想与渴求爱情的梦想；这些形成了鲜明的对比。真实与虚伪的激烈碰撞使得丁梅斯代尔的灵魂与肉体都饱受煎熬。一直以来，他的内心深受清教教义的束缚。他所受的教育与社会的大环境都在逼迫着他压抑自己的情感，用内心虚伪的一面逃避着本该由他勇敢承担的责任。 　　【关键词】红字 纳撒尼尔?霍桑 亚瑟?丁梅斯代尔 性格剖析 宗教束缚 虚伪的内心 　　【中图分类号】I106.4 【文献标识码】A 【文章编号】1674－4810（2013）05－0078－02 　　I Introduction 　　The Scarlet Letter，with every character portrayed in a distinguished way by Nathaniel Hawthorne，became one of the most excellent literature works in the 19th century in America and since its publication in 1850，it has received a wide range of consideration from many readers and critics all around the world. The novel was written in the background of colony times of America over 200 years ago. It is a tale of adultery that narrates a love tragedy in the colony of New England and it revealed the cruelty of social code，deception of religion and pretence of morality during the development of capitalism in American. Hester Prynne，Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth，the three main characters in the novel，give readers deep impressions，among which Dimmesdale is the one whose personality was most abundant and complicated. His inner world conflicted with his appearance; his belief conflicted with his behavior. The religious doctrine that Dimmesdale preached could not integrate with his real life; he always twisted in contradictions. Therefore，in my opinion，it is the most valuable to analyze Dimmesdale’s mental characteristics and its causes. 　　II General description of Dimmesdale’s character 　　Author Dimmesdale was a good Puritan clergyman，but he fell in love with Hester Pyrnne and lived in a contradictory life since the mome