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Part II Explanａtion of ｌiteｒaｒy terms Charactｅrｉｚａtion ｏf　Ｈesteｒ Prynne (Ｐ２7） Aｕtｈｏr-———Naｔhａniel Hawｔhorne－—-——Tｈe Scarlｅt Ｌｅｔｔer、 Ｔhｅ　main ｃhａracｔerｓ　：　Ｈeｓter Pｒｙnｎe, her ｈusｂａnd Chilｌingwoｒth ， aｎd the ｙｏung　pａsｔｏr Dimｍesdale Ｔｈｅ　Scａrleｔ Letter-－————－Ａｄｕｌtery whｉch　ｆinally rｅpｌａceｄ by Aｎgｌe aｎｄ Aｂｌe Hester Prynｎｅ： tｈe main charａｃteｒ ｏf Ｔｈe Scarleｔ　Letter、 She　is　a ｍaｒrieｄ ｗoｍen ｂut　hａｖe an ａdulterｙ with　a pａstoｒ　anｄ　gｉve ｂirtｈ to a bａｂy、 Because of ｔhaｔ　Heｓter suffers ｔｈe public huｍｉｌiation oｆ hａvinｇ to wｅar　the leｔteｒ ”A　on　ｈeｒ cheｓt、　But ｓhe　faces tｈe futｕre optｉmiｓticaｌlｙ, anｄ helpｓ　otｈers、 Finalｌy ，sｈe iｓ　able to coｎsｔｒuct ｈer lｉfe， and wins a moraｌ ｓｕcｃess、　She can ｂｅ descｒｉbed by attrａctiｖe,　ａｐpeaｌing， intellｉｇｅnｔ, capａblｅ　， Passiｏｎatｅ, sｔrｏng,　coｎtｅmplative,　and ｍatｅrnａｌ、 Becａusｅ , ｓhｅ　ｅnｄures yｅarｓ ｏｆ ｓhame and scorn， and ｓtill　ｃａrｅs fｏr　the　ｐoｏr　anｄ bｒｉngs　them foｏd and clothｉng、 Hesteｒ’s ｓin and ｐunishｍent Wｈen　Ｈeｓters ｈｕｓbａｎd wａs awａy　foｒ a loｎg tｉme，　ｓhe miｔtｅd aｄｕlｔｅｒｙ ｂy sｌｅeping with Dｉmmeｓdaｌe，　the town’ｓ miｎister、　Her puｎishmｅnｔ　iｓ　tｏ wear a ｓｃaｒleｔ　ｌettｅr　A ｏn her bosoｍ for　tｈe rest of her　lｉfe、 Shｅ also must sｔand ｏｎ　a　sｃafｆoｌｄ for 3 hours wheｒe thｅ ｗhole　tｏwn cａｎ watch　her、 a fｒeｅ vｅrse Free veｒse —-　also known as veｒs lｉbre -— is a term describiｎg　varｉous ｓｔyles of poetｒy tｈaｔ ａｒe wrｉtten　wiｔhout using ａ stricｔ rｈyme ｓｃｈemｅ，　but sｔｉｌl rｅcognｉzablｅ　ａs　poeｔｒy　by　ｖｉｒｔｕe ｏf plex　pattｅrｎｓ of　ｏｎe ｓort ｏr ａnotheｒ thａt readers ｗｉll　percｅiｖe　ｔo bｅ　part of a coｈeｒent　wｈolｅ、 “tｈe Mｏdern　maｎ　ｉn　“Oｎｅ’s Self Ｉ Sinｇ” （P６0） Auｔｈoｒ:　Ｗalt Whitman －—－-Ｌｅａvｅs of Grass--——起初12首 Themｅ：　ｉndｉviduａlity, persｏｎaｌity， iｎdepeｎdence， ｓｅlf-ｉdentｉty， inteｇｒｉtｙ， tｏｔａｌiｔｙ，　dｅmocｒａcy, ｅquality、 Ｔhｏuｇh mｏｄern mａn fiｇｈtｓ fｏr all　his　freedoms　and for ｈis indｉviｄualｉtｙ， the greatest freedom he ｈas is his ｒiｇｈt ｔo live、 Tｈｅ overａll ｍeｔaphor　in “Ｏ Capｔaｉn!　My Captain！”？　(Ｐ62) The ”ｓｈip” ——　ｔhe Uniteｄ States of Ameｒｉca， iｔs　”fｅarｆul tｒｉp”—— tｈe troubleｓ ｏf the　Ａｍeｒiｃａn　Ｃivil Ｗar、