重振天使的道德之光——论人性救赎下海斯特·白兰的重生

Power of Morality Enables the Lost Angel to Wing Again——On Hester Prynne's Rebirth under the Salvation of Humanity

"罪恶"和人性的阴暗面是霍桑一生都在关注和思考的主题。《红字》中海丝特·白兰以自己诚实的劳动和助人为乐的品德赢得了人们的尊敬,使红字A最终失去了原本耻辱的含义,变成了德行的标志。通过艰难的自我赎罪,这个堕落的天使已完全从罪恶中解脱出来,获得了思想和灵魂的重生。可见人是可以被拯救的,而这种将人从罪恶之中解脱出来的救赎之路不是通过对上帝的忏悔来铺就的,而是通过在现实生活中进行德行的自我完善和灵魂的净化来实现的。

Evil and darkness of humanity is the main theme Hawthorne has been concerning and considering all his life. His heroine Hester Prynne in his masterpiece The Scarlet Letter gains other＇s respect via her honest working and good deeds to others, and finally makes the scarlet letter ＂A＂ a sign of virtue instead of the discreditable meaning originally endowed. Through hard serf - atonement, this lost angel has entirely extricated herself out of evils and got her rebirth. It is obvious that human can be saved, not by means of confessing before God but through penance and spiritualization in reality.