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1、The Scarlet LetterBy Nathaniel HawthorneContent 1、Introduction of Nathaniel Hawthorne 1.1 brief introduction of Nathaniel Hawthorne 1.2 major works 1.3 features of works2、The Scarlet Letter 2.1 characters 2.2 plot 2.3 themes Nathaniel Hawthorne i do not want to be a doctor and live by mans diseases,

2、 nor a minister to live by their sins, nor a lawyer to live by their quarrels. so, i dont see that there is anything left for me but to be a author. Nathaniel HawthorneBiography1804: Born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts1821:Bowdoin College (Longfellow , Franklin Pierce1836:Worked in the Sale

3、m Custom Housse1841:Joined Brook Farm,a transcendentalist community1842:Married Sophia Peabody1846:lived in Concord neighbored with Emerson and Thoreau1850:finished the Scarlet the Scarlet Letter Letter and became friend with Herman Melville1864:died on May 19,and buried in concord,massachusetts an

4、American novelist a pioneer of psychological analyst a short story writer the first great American writer of fiction to work in the moralistic tradition combined the American romanticism with moralismMajor Works Novels Novels Fanshawe (published anonymously, 1828)Fanshawe (published anonymously, 182

5、8)范肖范肖The Scarlet Letter(1850)The Scarlet Letter(1850)紅字紅字The House of the Seven Gables(1851)The House of the Seven Gables(1851)七個(gè)尖角閣的房子七個(gè)尖角閣的房子The Blithedale Romance(1852)The Blithedale Romance(1852)福谷傳奇福谷傳奇The Marble Faun(1860)The Marble Faun(1860)玉石雕像玉石雕像Short Story CollectionsShort Story Collect

6、ionsTwice-Told Tales(1837)Twice-Told Tales(1837)故事重述故事重述Mosses from an Old Manse(1846Mosses from an Old Manse(1846) )古宅青苔古宅青苔Selected Short StoriesSelected Short Stories Young Goodman Brown (1835)Young Goodman Brown (1835)好小伙布朗好小伙布朗The Ministers Black Veil (1836)The Ministers Black Veil (1836)教長(zhǎng)的黑面紗

7、教長(zhǎng)的黑面紗The Birth-Mark(1843)The Birth-Mark(1843)胎記胎記.Features of WorksMany of Hawthornes writing centers onNew Englandmany works featuring moralallegorieswith aPuritan inspiration his works often have moral messages and deep psychological complexity. His fiction works are considered part of theRomanti

8、c movementand, more specifically,Dark romanticism. His themes often center on the inherent evil and sin of humanity(Black vision of human nature )Dark Romanticism (often conflated with Gothicism or called American romanticism) is a literarysubgenre centered on the writersEdgar Allan Poe,Nathaniel Ha

9、wthorneandHerman Melville.As opposed to the perfectionist beliefs ofTranscendentalism, the Dark Romantics emphasized human fallibility and proneness tosinandself-destruction, as well as the difficulties inherent in attempts atsocial reform.Black vision of human nature obsessed by the Calvinistic con

10、cept of the original sin believes human beings are evil-natured and sinful this sin and evil is ever present in human heart and will pass on from one generation to another evil seems to be mans birthmarkThe Scarlet LetterCharactersHester Prynne lovers Arthur Dimmesdale mother mother father Pearl rev

11、enge couples torturing Roger ChillingworthPLOT What:What:its a story of a puritan women Hester Prynne who was published to wear a scarlet letter A which stood for the crime of adultery. This young lady tried to settled down in Boston with her old and ugly husband Chillingworth, a scholar, but the la

12、tter did not appear for years. During this time, Hester committed adultery with a local minister Dimmesdale and gave birth to a girl Pearl. facing the terrible publishment, Hester refused to give her lovers name away to protect him. Years latter, the husband Chillingworth came back to the town and f

13、ound out the whole truth, and he operated an horror revenge on Dimmesdale, with hiding his true name. finally, Dimmesdale dead. Frustrated in his revengee, Chillingworth dies a year latter Hester and Pearl leave Boston. many years latter, Hester returns along, still wearing the scarlet letter, to li

14、ve in her old cottage and resume her charitable work, she receives occasional letters from Pearl, who has married a European aristocrat and established a family of her own, when Hester dies,she is buried next to Dimmesdale. The two share a single tombstone, which bears a scarlet AWhenWhen-Setting(ti

15、me):middle of 17th centuryWhereWhere-Setting(place):Boston,MassachusettesProtagonistsProtagonists: Themes Puritianism Love Sin Revenge evil Rebellion and loyalty to escape the bondage of religion either on peoples spirit or on peoples nature desire the moral,emotional and psychological effects or co

16、ncequences of the sin on people . The characters in the novel frequently debate the identity of the “Black Man,” the embodiment of evil. Over the course of the novel, the “Black Man” is associated with Dimmesdale, Chillingworth, and Mistress Hibbins, and little Pearl is thought by some to be the Dev

17、ils child. It may implies that evil is an inseparable part of human being. The characters also try to root out the causes of evil. First, it is the true love between Hester and Dimmesdale that seduces them into evil. Second, the adultery between Hester and the minister arouses Chillingworths hate wh

18、ich accounts for his carefully plotted and precisely aimed revenge on Dimmesdale. Thus, the book argues that true evil arises from the close relationship between hate and love. Evilsymbolsthe letter A-adultery, able, angle, of chharacters: Hester-Hestia Arthur Dimmesdale-AD-adultery -dim-week and coward Rogar Chillingworth:chill-cool-cold-bloodedthe scaffold:a symbol of penitence and Gods dao of judgement.pr