论《红字》中的象征主义--英语毕业论文汇.doc

郑州大学 本科生毕业论文 论《红字》中的象征主义 On the Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter 姓 名 学 号 201310…… 专 业 级 别 系 别 指导教师 白易居 2017年月日 ID NO. 201310…… Yang Tao (Ruby Yang) Supervisor: Bai Yijv Submitted to the School of Foreign Languages of SIAS International College of Zhengzhou University as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts April 20, 2017 Acknowledgements This thesis is the product of the author and the supervisor’s three months of efforts. It has been repeatedly revised under the guidance of Professor XXX. It was the joint efforts of both the author and the teachers in Foreign Languages Department. The author would like to express his/her heartfelt thanks to Professor XXX and the teachers who have helped him/her in the process of the thesis writing. The author will also give his/her thanks to his/her classmates and friends who have helped him/her revise the thesis. Last but not least, the author will give his/her heartfelt thanks to his/her parents who have always been supporting and encouraging him/her. Abstract The Scarlet Letter is Hawthorne’s most important symbolic novel, which is the best work of Hawthorne and one of the indubitable masterpieces of American Literature. And it is this novel that makes Nathaniel Hawthorne known all around the world. This thesis attempts to expound Hawthorne’s employment of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter through the ways of explication and analysis and to prove that the usage of symbolism enhances the artistic effects of this work greatly. In The Scarlet Letter, symbolism runs through the whole novel. The most important symbol is the scarlet letter itself. Not only does “A” manifest in various forms, but also it has changing meanings from “adultery” to “able”, even “angelic” in the novel. Besides, the name of the four major characters in the novel: Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth and Pearl also have their own symbolic mean