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摘 要本文借助清教的伦理道德观对《红字》中的丁梅斯代尔的罪与罚进行新的解读，可以展现其处于清教伦理道德观的社会环境下所具有的特定的伦理道德意识与人性自由之间的矛盾。本文通过分析霍桑小说《红字》的主人公丁梅斯代尔形象，认为丁梅斯代尔是虚伪宗教的代言人，是圣人与罪人的结合体，是宗教和清教徒的法律毁了他的一生。本作品将会突出展现人的罪恶意识和救赎观念。主要着眼于丁梅斯代尔牧师的心理描写，分析其在整个故事中的罪、并由此而受到的内心惩罚以及最后得到的救赎。40511
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Abstract This paper with the help of Puritan ethics morals has a new reading of Dimmsedale’s crime and punishment. The new reading can show the contradiction between specific ethical consciousness and human freedom under Puritan ethic of social environment. Dimmsedale is the character of Hawthorne’s novel in The Scarlet Letter. By analyze Dimmsedale’s image in The Scarlet Letter. We may draw such conclusion that Dimmsedale is the spokesman of hypocritical religion. And he is a combination of saint and sinner. Religious and Puritan law have ruin his life. This work gives prominence to people’s sense of sin and redemption values. This article focuses on Dimmsedale’s psychological descriptions. Analyze his guilt through entire story.
Key words: human nature; Crime and punishment. The Scarlet Letter; Religion; love
The Statement of Dimmsedale’s Crime and Punishment in The Scarlet Letter
Contents
摘 要 i
Abstract ii
Ⅰ.Introduction 1
Ⅱ. The Human Nature and The Puritan Asceticism 2
Ⅲ. Analysis of the Work 3
Ⅳ. Analysis of Dimmsedale 8
4.1 A Love Tragedy of Clergy 8
4.2. Spokesman of False Religion 9
4.3 Combination of Saint and Sinner 11
Ⅴ. Dimmsedale’s Crime and Punishment 12
5.1 Crimes. 12
5.2 Punishment and Redemption 13
Ⅵ. Conclusion 16
Bibliography 17
Acknowledgements 18
Ⅰ.Introduction
Nathaniel Hawthorn was born on the fourth of July, 1804 in Sales, Massachusetts. Some of his ancestors were big shots in seventeenth-century New England, which was under the control of Puritanism. One of them was a colonial magistrate; notorious for his participation in the persecution of Quakers, and another was a judge at the Sales Witchcraft Trail in 1692. Gradually, the family fortune declined. Hawthorne’s father was a sea captain, who died in an accident and left his mother and him behind to struggle to live for themselves. Young Hawthorn was quite aware of the misdeed of his Puritan ancestors, and this awareness made him believe that evil was at the core of human life. To some extent, Hawthorn wrote some of his books, such as The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gambles to try to make up for the sin of his ancestors. He is an extremely renowned American writer of fiction. He not only has created quite a few classic novels, but also has written quantities of thought- provoking short stories, including The Scarlet Letter (1850), The House of the Seven Gables (1851), The Blithesome Romance (1852) and The Marble Faun (1860). Until now, Hawthorn and his works have been the focus of discussion from the Chinese and foreign scholars. Contemporary response to Hawthorne’s work praised his sentimentality and moral purity while more modern evaluations focus on the dark psychological complexity. McFarland said, “The style of Hawthorn is purity itself. His tone is singularly effective, wild, plaintive, thoughtful, and in full accordance with his themes. We look upon him as one of the few men of indisputable genius to whom our country has as yet given birth”.