thescarletletter人物分析
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t h e s c a r l e t l e t t e r人物分析本页仅作为文档封面,使用时可以删除This document is for reference only-rar21year.MarchReview of the Scarlet LetterJane Class 3 The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an American novel is his masterpiece. It is set in 17th-century New England under the colonial rule in North America. The book is based on a Boston love tragedy during the years 1642 to 1649.In this novel, it mainly tells us the different fate of three main characters, Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. Hester was forced to wear a scarlet letter “A”on the breast of her gown because of adultery. However, she refused to reveal her lover’s identity. It made her husband, Chillingworth, fly into a rage. He swear to revenge. Then he found that his wife’s lover is the respectable young priest, Dimmesdale. He got close to the young priest and torture him psychologically. Finally the priest could not stand the inner torment. He confessed publicly a fact that he was Hester’s lover. Then he died in Hester’s arms. Frustrated in his revenge, Chillingworth got sick. After one year, he died.This novel is an 1850 romantic work of fiction. However, in my eyes, it not only is a story of love, but also is a story of soul. What impress me deeply is the human nature, the characterization, and the psychological description. The images of the three main characters are vivid and lively.Hester Prynne, a beautiful woman who born in a British crumbling aristocratic family, was married to a monstrous old scholar. When her husband could be dead or alive, she was fallen in love with a priest and gave birth a daughter. It breached the Puritan doctrine. So she was found guilty. She must to wear a scarlet letter “A” in her lifetime for her sin. But she would not reveal her lover, and raised the child by herself.Here we will praise her for the resistance of the unreasonable marriage system, and impress by her great love. Perhaps when a woman deeply love a man, she will sacrifice all of hers for her love. She can use her fragile body to protect her love one. She not only can sacrifice everything but also can endure everything for love, and enjoy it. In this sacrifice, she does not care about the secular and the personal interest. It reflects the real greatness and nobility.She was so amazing that I could not find a suitable word to praise her. But actually she impressed me than anyone else ever done. When facing the disastrous punishment, she just bear it by herself. Although the punishment is cruel for a woman, she did not escape from it. Besides, she did not show her weakness to gain people’s sympathy. She also did not committed suicide as I imagine. Because as for a traditional Chinese woman, she probably tend to this extreme way. She would give up her life because of shame, and want to use her death to end this scandal stain life. However, Hester just accepted the punishment calmly and continue the pursuit of freedom and happiness. She was so inviolability that to look down upon the so-called Puritans.As a woman, a mother, she was great. After sacrifice her everything, the only fortune Hester got was her daughter, Pearl. She love Pearl. Pearl was her pursuit of beauty. However she worried about the groundless sin would come upon herdaughter. So she atoned for love. She devoted her life to serve society, though thosewho accepted her help are ungrateful to her.Arthur Dimmesdale, a real martyr, was a coward who dare to love but afraid to admit his love. Although he was wretched, he overall was a good man. He struggled in pain, wasted his life, played a dual role, saint and sinner. When he could not tell who was good or bad, he stick to his inner secret. He dare not to disclose his sin. So he suffered from his inner guilty. However, from his respective, I think we should understand him. Because his faith not only supported him, but also imprisoned him in a cage.Roger Chillingworth, a crazy avenger, was real evil. Once he was thoughtful, well-read, and curious old scholar. Now he was toward to the abyss of evil because of hatred. In order to revenge, his erudition became a weapon. And all his good quality tend to be crazy. To him, I just felt pity. Although he was a boring people, he was learned and calm, wise and respected. However, because of hatred, he became evil, disgusting and crazy. It is a tragedy.This story has a sad ending but with sense of reality. The death of the priest and Chillingworth has its own cause. Dimmesdale is a pure pious puritan. After he had affair with Hester, he became a sinner. The sin torture him mentally and physically. It ruin him. Chillingworth was crazy. His hatred afflicted him day and night. He devoted his whole life to revenge. It destroyed Hester was strong-willed, stoic and more tolerant and independence. She suffered a lot, by never was defeated by the suffering. She was goodness and willing to help others. Finally, she changed the meaning of the scarlet letter A, from “Adultery”to “Able” .Maybe only the good people could deserve a good end.。