红字中海斯特性格的分析 英语毕业论文.docVIP

《红字》中海斯特性格的分析 【关键词】海斯特?白兰；性格；反叛；个人主义；妥协 I. IntroductionThe Scarlet Letter is generally considered to be Nathanial Hawthorne’s most successful book and one of the indubitable masterpieces of American literature. Hawthorne’s masterpiece, The Scarlet Letter tells a story of the earliest victims of Puritan obsession and spiritual ferocity. At Salem, a small town of New England in the colonial times, Hester Prynne, the heroine, is found out to have committed adultery. She is punished before the public and condemned to wear the scarlet letter?“A” in front of her bosom throughout her lifetime.This paper intends to analyze Hester Prynne’s characters in the following aspects.?Hester is quite sinful because she disobeys God by committing adultery. She must keep adherence to her husband, even she has not a bit love for him. But loveless marriage makes Hester miserable and lonely. When she meets Dimmesdale, she falls in love with him. Then, Puritans deprive her of true love rights and punish her. Hester bravely struggles against the opposing forces. She is a women with a strong rebellious spirit.At that time in Boston, Puritanism plays quite important role in daily life. Puritans believe that God decrees in advance all things of each person for all time. Under the laws of the Puritan society, one can not unrestrained expression to their feelings and emotions. But Hester expresses her emotion momently. She defies hypocritical and vapid life in her own ways. In confronting the harsh puritan society, Hester shows her individualist spirit.The spirit of individualism and the deeply in pursuit of true love always support Hester. However, as a puritan, she also has immovable faith in God, she shows her compromise to the puritan society. As a wife, she is guilty to her husband. She shows her aspect of compromise.?The whole thesis is concerned about Hester’s character. This paper analyzes Hester’s character through three parts. The first part concerns Hester’s rebellion, including