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The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter written by Hawthorne was a very book that could

inspire me. The Scarlet Letter tells a love tragedy took place in Boston in the

17th.The protagonist, Hester Prynne普林 who thought her husband(Roger

Chillingworth)罗格·齐灵窝斯,an old misshapen man and a doctor, had died in

the sea and then fell in love with a priest, Dimmesdalr(丁梅斯戴尔) who was

highly respected among his people in his town, and then they got a daughter,

Pearl. But their love was forbidden at that time. It was sinful. Prynne was

punished in public with a letter “A” hung around her chest which stand for

adultery. However,she had never given up. She always helped others and at

last won the respect. On the other hand after years of spy, her husband, Roger,

found out that the priest was the hidden accomplice. So he tried his best to get

close to the priest and kept mental torment to the priest. In the end, the priest

was moved by Prynne’s bravery and decided to leave the town with the mother

and daughter. But his health condition got worse at the end of his life. At last,

under the mental torment, the priest revealed everything to the public and died.

Roger Chillingworth died too one year later and Hester took Pearl to Europe for

a new life.

The novel also expresses the idea that if one wants to get free he must try

his best to struggle. We can find the spirit from Hester. She kept fighting with

fate and looked forward to the beautiful life. She was always with a mind of

courage. This spirit was very uneasy, and this was the reason why she got

respect at last. People no longer viewed the letter as punishment , but as

great strength and bravery. Chillingworth was a man without soul. He not only t

put Prynne and Dimmesdalr to a miserable fate but also turned to be a mean

person. He didn’t think about what he had done wrong and forgave others but

was filled with hatred and devil. Across this role the author told us that if

someone’s heart was full of hatred his soul must be wicked. The priest died

with the intolerable torment and at last he turned to be the victim of hypocritical

moral of human beings. The Western religion looks like bright bringing people

hopes but in fact it is a method to persecute people. Dimmesdalr ’s story also

shows that when people face strong pressure we always choose to escape.

This is another reason that made the tragedy. Their daughter shows the nature

of the kids which is the most glorious in the world. And this is the very face of

human beings but we turned to be the slave of the commandment and dogma

created by ourselves.