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浪漫主义时期 第二百二十二页，共354页。 Nathaniel Hawthorne 一. The thoughts: 1. The view of sin: A. According to Hawthorne , There is evil in every human heart . A piece of literary work should show how we are all wronged and wronger , and avenge one another . So in almost every book he wrote , Hawthorne discusses sin and evil . B. One source of evil that Hawthorne is concerned most is overreaching intellect . 第二百二十三页，共354页。 2. The Puritanism : A. Hawthorne s view of man and human history originates, to a great extent , in Puritanism. He believed that the wrong doing of one generation lives into the successive ones. B. In many of Hawthorne s stories and novels , the Puritan concept of life is condemned , or the Puritan past is shown in an almost totally negative light , especially in his The House of the Seven Gables and The Scarlet Letter. 第二百二十四页，共354页。 二. The masterpiece ---The Scarlet letter: 1.The theme: In this particular novel , Hawthorne does not intend to tell a love stroy nor a story of sin , but focuses his attention on the moral , emotional , and psychological effects or consequences of the sin on the people in general and those main characters in particular , so as to show us the tension between society and individuals . 第二百二十五页，共354页。 2.The imagery : The custom -House to The Scarlet Letter proves fruitful to Hawthrone s imagination , By relating a piece of red cloth shaped like A , Hawthorne succeeds in giving his tale a sense of historical reality and an air of authenticity. 第二百二十六页，共354页。 三. The artistic features : 1.The structure: The structure and the form of his writings are always carefully worked out to cater for the thematic concern. 2.The allegory: Hawthorne is also a great allegorist and almost every story can be read allegorically , as is the case in Young Goodman Brown. 3.The symbolism: Hawthorne is a master of symbolism . The symbol can be found everywhere in his writing . By using pearl as thematic symbol ,Hawthorne emphasizes the consequence th