红字中字母A多重象征意义.docVIP

红字中字母A多重象征意义 　　摘 要 霍桑的红字中，最典型的文学特征就是其象征手法的使用。象征手法极大地提高了《红字》的艺术渲染力使其成为一部不朽名著。本文通过对《红字》中字母“A”多重意义的分析，以期使得读者能对此名著有着更好的解读。 　　关键词 《红字》 字母A 象征意义 　　中图分类号：I106 文献标识码：A 　　The Scarlet Letter， written by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne， is generally acknowledged as the representative work during the Romantic Period and the first psychological novel in American literature. In the novel， the symbolic meanings of the letter A vary with the situation， character and the development of the plot of the story. 　　1 For Aloneness and Alienation 　　Hester leads a lonely life. She endures the loneliness in the marriage with Chillingworth， and the love with Dimmensdale. Her husband， Chillingworth is a generation older than her and devotes all himself to his study all day. There is no true love between them. She and Dimmesdal love each other deeply， but the latter’s social identity and cowardly personality make it impossible to live with her and care about her in public. When she stands on the scaffold being punished， her lover can offer almost little help， the immense pain as well as great loneliness is beyond imagination. 　　Because of the scarlet letter， wherever she goes， people in town will keep a distance from her. After her releasing from the prison， she has to live in the cottage on the outskirts of the city far from the civilization， with no neighbors accompanying. Hester is abandoned by the Puritan community， and surrounded with solitudes. 　　2 For Admirable， Able and Angle 　　With the development of the story， the symbolic significance demonstrates a variety of meanings. Hester is an independent and kind-hearted woman. By her wonderful needlework， he makes her living and raises her child all by herself. Her excellent craft of embroidering for the rich allows her to live a comparatively stable life. In this sense， the letter A was endowed the meaning of “Able”. 　　Hester bestows all her superfluous income in charity. When pestilence stalks through the town， she works dil