摘要
《红字》的女主人公海丝特.白兰善良美丽,性格开放,为人热情,心胸宽广,忍辱负重,聪明能干。然而,内心中,她不断地追求自己的爱情。在对爱的追求过程中,她进入了自由的思想国度,领悟到男女之间的关系并不平等,感觉到即使自认为最幸福的女人其实也是不幸福的,如果要改变女人的处境,整个社会就必须重新建构。海丝特最终将思想勇敢地付诸于行动。虽然她的行动并没有成功,但是她的所想所为使我们看到了女权主义运动的曙光。
Hester, the heroine in 'the Scarlet Letter' is beautiful, open-minded, enthusiastic, generous, patient and capable. But in her inner heart, she seeks for her true love persistently. At the same time, she begins to have free thinking which leads to the following ideas: Man and woman are not equal; Women are not happy even though they themselves haven't realized the truth; The whole society should be destroyed and rebuilt if women want to acquire happiness. Furthermore, Hester takes action bravely at last. Her words, thoughts and actions reflect the dawn of feminism.
