《红字》中人物姓名的象征意义研究

The Symbolic Meaning of the Character Names in The scarlet letter

象征手法的运用是霍桑代表作《红字》中最突出的文学特点,比如字母"A"自然意象的象征意义以及人物姓名蕴含的丰富的象征寓意。文章通过分析人物姓名的涵义和对人物命运的梳理,来解析象征手法在《红字》作品中的运用,对深入研究这部小说象征的多义性起到一定的作用。

The use of symbolism is the most prominent literary feature in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s masterpiece The scarlet letter,such as the symbolic meaning of the natural image of the letter"a"and the rich symbolic meaning of the characters’names.By analyzing the implied meaning of the character’s name and combing the character’s fate,the use of symbolic techniques in The scarlet letteris elaborated,which plays a certain role in the in-depth study of the polysemy of the symbol in this novel.