《红字》象征寓意的探讨

On Symbolism in "The Scarlet Letter

分析了《红字》中的各种人物、不同的背景描写 ,以及红字A本身蕴含的象征寓意 ,指出受到清教思想、超验哲学及神秘主义影响下的霍桑使用的多重象征在多方面呈现出游动性、多义性。

This article attempts to expound symbolism in The Scarlet Letter through the analysis of three aspects:the scarlet letter'A',the characters and the background of the story.It also explores the indefiniteness,ambiguity and even contradition in many ways through the multilayered meaniys of symbolism by Haw thorne under the influence of puritanism,transcendentalism and mysticism.