论霍桑的人性原罪思想在《年轻的古德曼·布朗》中的体现

The Theme of Original Sin in Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown

霍桑是象征主义小说家的代表,在他的小说如《红字》、《教长的黑面纱》中,运用象征主义手法来表达作者隐含的思想。基于此,通过分析霍桑的短篇小说《年轻的古德曼·布朗》中的三个主要象征符号——人名、粉红缎带和魔鬼的手杖,来展现作者所要揭示的人类原罪的主题思想。

As a great symbolist, Hawthorne made good use of symbols in such his works as The Scarlet Letter and The Minister＇s Black Veil to express his ideas. Some important symbols in his Young Goodman Brown, including the names, the pink ribbons, and the Devil＇s staff, are closely associated with the theme, relating to man＇s original sin.