历尽劫难而永葆生机--《红字》中野玫瑰的象征意义

Go through Disasters and Maintain Vitality—— The Symbolic Meaning of the Wild Rose in The Scarlet Letter

文学作品中的玫瑰往往是女性与爱情的象征。纳撒尼尔·霍桑的代表作《红字》讲述了年轻美丽的女子海斯特·白兰与牧师丁梅斯代尔的恋爱悲剧。野玫瑰是作品中具有象征意义的事物之一。作品分析表明,这丛在狱门旁边盛开的野玫瑰象征着美丽热情、坚韧不屈的女主人公海斯特·白兰,象征着在清教统治下的新英格兰这块蛮荒异端的土地上绽放的忠贞不渝的爱情之花和芳菲清新的道德之花。

In literary works,roses tend to be the symbol of women and love. The Scarlet Letter, NathanielHawthorne ＇ s masterpiece, narrates the tragedy between Hester Prynne, a young and beautifulwoman,and the priest Dimmesdale. The rose near the prison door is one of the symbolic things of the novel.An analysis of the work reveals that the rose-bush growing beside the prison door symbolizes the beautiful,passionate,and tenacious heroine of the story,Hester Prynne,the faithful love flower,and the sweet moralblossom blooming on the remote land of Puritan New England.