红字TheScarletLetter霍桑.ppt

The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne
纳撒尼尔·霍桑
1804年7月4日—1864年5月19日
Fanshawe (1825,《范肖》)
Twice-Told Tales (1837,《故事重述》)Mosses
From an Old Manse (1846,《古屋青苔》)
The Scarlet Letter(1850,《红字》)
House of the Seven Gables (1851,《七个尖角阁的房子》)
The Blithedale Romance (1852,《福谷传奇》)
The Marble Faun (1857,《玉石雕像》)
Important Work
Background
17th Century
Boston, Massachusetts, New England colony
Puritan 清教徒:Puritans believed God and Satan were present in everyone’s soul. They were constantly fighting against each other. They believed that the relationship of an individual to munity was an important concern.
Antinomian 唯信仰论者:主张基督徒可以废弃道德,依靠信仰来拯救灵魂。
Quaker 教友派:靠内心意识指引的教派
Witch 巫女
Major Characters
Hester Prynne
Arthur Dimmesdale
Roger Chillingworth
Pearl
Governor Bellingham - the State
John Wilson - the Church
Mistress Hibbins - the supernatural
主要描述在清教徒时代,一位有夫之妇Hester以及一位年轻而德高望重的牧师Arthur·Dimmesdale发生不轨的行为被揭发,Hester被审判并终生佩戴一个红色A字在胸前。没有一同站上审判台的牧师受尽身体以及精神上的折磨。与此同时,其失踪已久的丈夫Chillingworth突然出现,并隐藏身份对Dimmesdale展开一系列的报复行动。
故事简介
The Meaning of the Letter “A”
Adultery → Able
Hester Prynne
Hester is portrayed as an intelligent, capable, woman. She speculates on human nature, anization, and larger moral questions. Hester’s tribulations also lead her to be stoic and a freethinker.
She cares for the poor and brings them food and clothing.
Arthur Dimmesdale
Dimmesdale was a scholar. The fact that Hester takes all of the blame for their shared sin goads his conscience, and his resultant mental anguish and physical weakness open up his mind and allow him to empathize with others.
The personal guilt drives Dimmesdale to further internalize his guilt and self-punishment and leads to still more deterioration in his physical and spiritual condition.
Roger Chillingworth
Roger Chillingworth is a man deficient in human warmth. His twisted, stooped, deformed shoulders mirror his distorted soul.
He is interested in revenge, not justice, and he seeks the deliberate