an analysis of the causes for dimmesdale’s character in the scarlet letter

1、<p>　　An Analysis of the Causes for Dimmesdale’s Character in the Scarlet Letter</p><p>　　【摘 要】每一部文學(xué)作品都是現(xiàn)實(shí)社會(huì)的一面鏡子，反映了現(xiàn)實(shí)社會(huì)的背景和作者對(duì)社會(huì)的認(rèn)識(shí)。美國(guó)著名小說家納撒尼爾?霍桑的代表作《紅字》是美國(guó)浪漫主義文學(xué)時(shí)期的經(jīng)典之作。作者細(xì)膩而深刻的語言，作品中豐富而復(fù)雜的人物形象與心理描寫

2、使該作品充滿魅力，至今人們還從不同的角度討論和評(píng)價(jià)著《紅字》?！都t字》講的是兩百多年前，北美洲殖民地深受清教政權(quán)的嚴(yán)酷統(tǒng)治，女主人公海絲特?白蘭因與神職人員亞瑟?丁梅斯代爾相愛并生下了女兒――珠兒而被判通奸罪，并處以終身佩戴象征羞辱的紅色A字的刑罰。而丁梅斯代爾卻由于內(nèi)心的懦弱，不敢向世人袒露真實(shí)的自己，逃避責(zé)任，走向了虛偽。亞瑟?丁梅斯代爾是納撒尼爾?霍桑筆下最為豐滿的一個(gè)人物形象。他有著神圣的外表與虛偽的內(nèi)心；他有著獻(xiàn)身宗教的理想與

3、渴求愛情的夢(mèng)想；這些形成了鮮明的對(duì)比。真實(shí)與虛偽的激烈碰撞使得丁梅斯代爾的靈魂與肉體都飽受煎熬。一直以來，他的內(nèi)心深受清教教義的束縛。他所受的教育與社會(huì)的大環(huán)境都在逼迫著他壓抑自己的情感，用內(nèi)心虛偽的一面逃避著本該由他勇敢承擔(dān)的責(zé)任。 </p><p>　　【關(guān)鍵詞】紅字 納撒尼爾?霍桑 亞瑟?丁梅斯代爾 性格剖析 宗教束縛 虛偽的內(nèi)心 </p><p>　　【中圖分類號(hào)】I106.4 【

4、文獻(xiàn)標(biāo)識(shí)碼】A 【文章編號(hào)】1674－4810（2013）05－0078－02 </p><p>　　I Introduction </p><p>　　The Scarlet Letter，with every character portrayed in a distinguished way by Nathaniel Hawthorne，became one of the most

5、excellent literature works in the 19th century in America and since its publication in 1850，it has received a wide range of consideration from many readers and critics all around the world. The novel was written in the b

6、ackground of colony times of America over 200 years ago. It is a tale of adultery that narrates a love tragedy in the colony of New England and it revealed the c</p><p>　　II General description of Dimmesdale

7、’s character </p><p>　　Author Dimmesdale was a good Puritan clergyman，but he fell in love with Hester Pyrnne and lived in a contradictory life since the moment when he met her. As a common person，Dimmesdale

8、had all the feelings that other young people had. “He was a person of very striking aspect，with a white，lofty， and impendending brow，large，brown，melancholy eyes，and mouth which，unless when he forcibly compressed it，was a

9、pt to be tremulous，expressing both nervous sensibility and a vast power of self－restraint.”It wa</p><p>　　The whole colony of North America was fulfilled with stifling atmosphere over two hundred years ago w

10、hen the government was united with the religion，ruling the whole region with the strong power of religion. We all knew that it was the Puritans and the native Indians who set up colonies and then governed colonies with t

11、he Puritan doctrines and made the religious doctrines and laws greatly developed to an extent of much more cruel than ever before. </p><p>　　1．General introduction of Puritanism and shackles of religion insi

12、de Dimmesdale </p><p>　　Puritanism，which originated from Britain and developed in the colony of North－America，aimed at eliminating the rest reformer of Catholicism in Anglicanism and its doctrine was affecte

13、d by Calvinists. Puritans took Bible as their only belief and stubbornly believed in the theory of original sin and salvation，and they completely prohibited aspiration and highly praised scared ideal. Gradually，Puritans

14、had become more and more callous and even brutal and had made great impact on America’s politics，</p><p>　　2．Dimmesdale’s education status and the social environment </p><p>　　Although there wer

15、e not many details about Dimmesdale’s education status in the novel，a few words written by Hawthorne still told the readers something about that，“…Mr. Dimmesdale－a young clergyman，who had come from one of the great Engli

16、sh universities，bringing all the learning of the age into our wild forest－land. His eloquence and religious fervor had already given the earnest of high eminence in his profession”. From these words and Dimmesdale’s beha

17、vior，we can also feel that there must have</p><p>　　After reading the Scarlet Letter，the author found that despite the reasons stated in the novel for the shape of Arthur Dimmesdale’s personality，there also

18、existed quite some other reasons why Nathaniel Hawthorne portrayed Arthur Dimmesdale as a hypocritical，selfish and timid man who was double tortured by his belief and conscience. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in a promine

19、nt Puritan family and his family members were all Puritans. Nathaniel Hawthorne lived in a period of time when the capitalism</p><p>　?、?Conclusion </p><p>　　The Scarlet Letter is the author’s f

20、avorite works in American literature and Arthur Dimmesdale is the character who impresses me. When the author read the story for the first time，the author was annoyed with Dimmesdale because when he faced the public，espe

21、cially Hester，his words expressed hypocrisy and timidity；he wanted to love but dared not to love; he wanted to admit his guilt but dared not to admit. When the author read the story for the second time，the author sympath

22、ized Dimmesdale because </p><p><b>　　參考文獻(xiàn) </b></p><p>　?。?］Nathaniel Hawthorne，“The Scarlet Letter”，Wordsworth Classic，1992：48、49、161 </p><p>　?。?］姚乃強(qiáng)譯.《紅字》譯本［M］.北京：中國(guó)書籍

23、出版社，2005 </p><p>　?。?］駕廣賢注釋.《紅字》英文原版評(píng)注本［M］.北京：世界圖書出版公司，2010 </p><p>　?。?］克勞迪婭?德斯特?約翰遜.《紅字》解讀［M］.北京：中國(guó)人民大學(xué)出版社，2008 </p><p>　?。?］喬艷.《紅字》主人公丁梅斯代爾形象解讀［J］.重慶科技學(xué)院學(xué)報(bào)，2010（3） </p>&l