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1、ANANALYSISOFMAINCHARACTERSOFTHESCARLETLETTERAcknowledgementsIshallfirstpresentmythankstoalltheteachersintheEnglishDepartmentofUniversityofScienceandTechnology,towhomIowemuchofmyknowledgeinmystudyofEnglishlanguageandliterature.ThenIwouldliketothankMr,whohavegivenuslectures
2、onBritishandAmericanliterature.Myheartfeltgratitudealsogoestomytutor,Mr,whoseinvaluableinstructions,perceptivesuggestions,greatpatienceandconstantencouragementhavehelpedgreatlytoshapethisthesis.ContentsAbstract(English)iAbstract(Chinese)iiIntroduction1Ⅰ.TheChangesoftheSym
3、bolicMeaningoftheScarletLetter"A"1A.adultery2B.aloneandalienation2C.able,admirableandangel3Ⅱ.ThesymbolicmeaningofthefourmajorCharacters’names3A.HesterPrynne31.HesterPrynneisoneofthemajorcharactersintheTheScarletLetter。32.Hesteristhehomophoneofthewordhaste4B.ArthurDimmesda
4、le5C.RogerChillingworth5D.Pearl7Ⅳ.TheSymbolicMeaningsoftheObjectsthataredescribedintheNovel9Conclusion11Bibliography12AbstractTheScarletLetter,thepowerfultaleofpassion,Puritanism,andrevengeisoneoftheforemostclassicsofAmericanliterature.Itsmainthemeissinandguiltandthenovel
5、exhibitsustheprocessoftheheroine’sheart-purification.Throughherkindnessandgreateffort,shechangedherimageandevenchangedthesymboloftheletterAfrom"Adultery"anddisgraceintovirtueandrespect.Therearemanyusageofsymbolisminthenovel,whichinspirescontemplationandfeelingonthepartoft
6、hereaders.AnditisjustthisfeaturethatpromotesTheScarletLettertobeoneoftheearliestandthemostsignificantnovelsofromanticstyleinAmerica.TheScarletLettermadegreatcontributiontotheprogressandprosperityofAmerica.Thisthesisresearchesthesymbolisminthisnovelfromthefollowingthreeasp
7、ects:thechangingsymbolicmeaningofthescarletletter,thenameofthemajorcharactersandmanyobjectsthataredescribedinthenoveltomakethesymbolismcleartothereaders.Keywords:HawthorneTheScarletLettersymbolism摘要《紅字》是一部關(guān)于愛情,淸教,復(fù)仇的美國(guó)經(jīng)典浪漫主義文學(xué)作品,無疑是文學(xué)史上的一大巨作,小說的主題是“罪惡"。它向我們展示了主人公“凈化”心靈的歷程
8、。通過自己的善行和努力,主人公改變了自己在人們心中的形象,甚至將原來表示“通奸”的標(biāo)志“A”字,變成了德行的象征,贏得人們的尊敬。該作品大量引用象征主義創(chuàng)作手法,并且引起讀者的關(guān)注和共鳴。也正