SCARLET LETTER

The novel takes the Colonial America as the theme more than 200 years ago, but what it reveals is the cruelty of social laws, religious deception and moral hypocrisy in the United States of America in the era of capitalist development in the 19th century.Hester, the protagonist, is portrayed as the embodiment of lofty morality.She not only influenced the duplicity of Dimmesdale, but also influenced the society full of evil.

As for chillingworth, her husband, the novel presents him as a shadowy figure bent on peering into secret revenge.He only serves as a foreshadowing of the plot in the novel.

The love between Hester and Dimmesdale is full of the spirit of sacrifice like a moth, with strong tragic color. They are not only martyrs who sacrifice for a higher level of truth, but also victims sacrificed to God on the altar of Puritanism.Because of this colorful symbolism;Red can very subtly reflect the author's rich thoughts and understanding, and at the same time achieved a deep implicit artistic effect.Compared with red, the symbolic meaning of the letter "A" at the center of the book is more colorful and endless.Its connotation changes with the development of the plot and characters, and varies with the standpoint of the observer, showing the characteristics of wandering and drifting."A" is the first letter of the alphabet, signifying the beginning, which, according to Christian doctrine, is the fall, the original sin from which no one escapes.The beginning of the world is the fall;Human ancestors Adam and Eve because of stealing the forbidden fruit sin, was expelled from the Garden of Eden, began the suffering of the earthly life;Life also began as a fall. Adam and Eve's children and grandchildren inherited the original sin. People are born with sin.

——excerpted from encyclopedia

2022-02-16

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