对比烘托出的美——论《红字》中对比手法的运用

Beauty Set Off by Contrast——On the use of contrast in the Scarlet Letter

在《红字》中,纳撤尼尔·霍桑运用景物的对比暗示了清教徒统治的残酷和黑暗,也烘托了女主人公海丝特·普琳的美丽、坚强和勇敢。通过和丑陋、卑琐、自私的丈夫罗杰·奇林沃思的对比,来烘托女主人公的美丽、善良、无私;通过和犹豫、怯懦的牧师狄梅斯迪尔的对比来烘托海丝特·普琳的坚强、勇敢和叛逆;和凶狠、虚伪的州长贝林汉、穷奢极侈的威尔逊牧师的对比来烘托海丝特·普琳的真诚和善良。

This essay sets off the beauty of Hester Prynne,the heroine of the great novel Scarlet Letter, by the use of contrast,Through the contrast between her husband Roger Prynne and Hester Prynne,the contrast between Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne, the contrast between Govemor Bellingham、the reverened clergyman of Boston John Wilson and Prynne Hester, we can easily see that Hester Piynne is not only a beautiful but a sincere and kind-hearted woman with a true love in her heart.