霍桑The-Scarlet-Letter赏析.pptx

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,2020/2/10,#,The Scarlet Letter,By Nathaniel Hawthorne,Love,whethernewlyborn,orarousedfroma,death,-,likesl,umber,mustalwayscreateasunshin,e,fillingtheheartsofullofradiance,thatit,overflowsupontheoutwardworld,.,“爱情，无论是新生的，,亦或,从死亡般沉睡中苏醒，必会,产生,一种阳光，它既照亮内心，,又洋溢而出喷薄到外界。,”,一班第六组 陈诺 吴慧敏,毛梦伟 林燕 晏青青 方苗苗,Brief Introduction,The Scarlet Letter has been hailed both as the first symbolic novel and as the first psychological novel in America.,With the publication of this novel in 1850,Hawthornes reputation as a major American author has been on the increase ever since.,Plot Overview,The story describes the illicit love affair of Hester Prynne with Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale.,Hester is a young married woman whose husband was presumed to have been lost at sea on the journey.She begins a secret adulterous relationship with Arthur Dimmesdale,and becomes pregnant with a daughter,whom she names Pearl.,Then,she is publicly vilified(,中伤）,and forced to wear the scarlet letter“A”on her clothing to identify her as an adulteress,but she loyally refuses to reveal the identity of her lover.She accepts the punishment with graces and refuses to be defeated by the shame inflicted upon her by society.Eventually,Dimmesdale publicly admits his part in the adultery and dies in Hesters arms.,Theme of the Scarlet Letter,Love,lust,Sin,Evil,Revenge,Rebellion,loyalty,1.It shows the conflict between human nature and social human.(,自然人与社会人的冲突）,2.It exposes the cruelty of society,the deception of religion and the hypocrisy of morality in 19th century.,3.It reflects the Calvinistic(,加尔文主义的,)thought of“Original sin”.,4.It also expresses Hawthornes devout and doubtful attitude to ethics and morality of Puritanism.,The effect of sin,罪恶论,Structure,The structure of the story follows a chronological order with periodic flashbacks and with foreshadowing.,The novel is a good example of fiction,not for its ideas but for art.,Structural link:Three scaffold(,刑台,)scenes bring main characters together,unfold all the confliction,make the novel well knitted and woven together.,Major Characters,Hester,The heroine,Beautiful,Brave and strong,Assiduous,Kind-hearted,A rebel of puritan,Help neighbors and the poor.,Exposed sin,Dimmesdale,Hesters lover,Learned scholar,Feeble,Gloomy,weak-minded,Selfish and hypocritic,A devoted servant of God,Concerned sin,Hesters husband,Old and ugly,Snaky and cruel,Jealous,His deformed shoulders,mirror his distorted soul.,He is interested in revenge.,True sin/evil,Chillingworth,Pearl,Hesters daughter,Innocent and pure,Mischievous,Brave,A symbol of the hope,The beautiful and precious pearl born within an ugly clam.(her mothers shame),A living scarlet letter,Symbolism in this novel,Hawthorne is a master of symbolism.The symbol can be found everywhere in this novel.,(The name of the main characters,scaffold,prison,vegetation,wild rose-bush,forest,brook),Hawthorne emphasizes the consequence the sin of adultery has brought to the community and people living in that community.,The scarlet letter A is the biggest symbol of all.As a key to the whole novel,the letter A takes on different layers of symbolic meanings as the plot develops.,Symbol of the Scarlet Letter,A,(Symbolic of her moral development is the gradual,imperceptible change which the scarlet letter undergoes in meaning.),At first it is a token of shame,”,Adultery,”,but then the genuine sympathy and help Hester offers to,her fellow villagers changes it to“,Able,”.Later in the story,the letter A appears in the sky,signifying“,Angel,”.,The letter A initially is a sign of adultery and penitence,(,忏悔,),as the community sees the letter as a mark of just punishment and a symbol to deter others from sin.Hester,is a fallen woman with a symbol of her guilt.Later,when,she becomes a frequent visitor in homes of pain and sorrow,the A is seen to represent“Able”or“Angel”.,It has rejuvenated Hester and changed her meaning in the eyes of the community.,The scarlet letter is not a praise of a Hester Prynne sinning,but a hymn on the moral growth of the woman when sinned against.,Hawthornes writting style in this novel,What he was predominantly concerned with was the moral,emotional,and psychological effect of the sin on the people in general and those complicated in it in particular.,