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UndergraduateDissertation Proposal Foreign Language and Literature Department Tongren university The Fission and Sublimation of PersonalityStructure ------ A Comparative Analysis of Dimmesdale and Chillingworths Personality Presented by:JingjingZhang Supervised by: Guilian Liu Tongren University September 29th, 2011 Contents of the Presentation Introduction Background Purpose and Significance Outline of the paper Hopethesis and Questions The Research Methods Writing Process References Introduction The Scarlet Letter is a great romantic literature in19th-century which is written by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne . This literature is about love ﹑puritan and revenge, the theme is evil. .It shows us the spiritual journey of important persons who are in the books . The enduring charm lies not in its relentless flogging of the puritan laws of humanity, and also reflects the people’s desire for happiness and freedom and their inner conflict and struggle. Introduction In the literature the writer has shaped Dimmesdale and Chillingworth this two opposite roles which are the most typical representatives of the society. Although there exist some differences between their personality, under the control of themselves, they finally step on the way towards spiritual transcendence and salvation. Background The Scarlet Letter which is written by Nathanial Hawthorne . Hawthorne was born on the fourth of July, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. He not only has created a lot of novels, but also has written quantities of classic short stories. For Hawthorne, the history in that period is a heavy burden. The author reveals the social background of the colonial period in the United States. The “Scar