文档介绍：On the Symbolic Meanings in The Scarlet Letter
Abstract
Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the most outstanding romantic no后期浪漫主义最杰出的小说家之一，还被认为是美国浪漫主义小说和心理分析小说的开拓者。霍桑的作品善于通过心理描写展现人物之间的矛盾冲突，作品的结构严谨
且经常运用象征主义手法。长篇小说《红字》是霍桑的代表作品，亦是其艺术成就最高的一部作品。
《红字》讲述了在17世纪清教的殖民统治下，波士顿发生的一个恋爱悲剧：本篇论文主要谈论《红字》中那些具有象征意义的人和事物，从而更加深刻的了解作者所想要表达的隐含意义。本文主要从五部分来进行论述。第一部分介绍《红字》这一本书，并找出本书中使用频繁的手法一一象征主义手法；第二部分论述什么是象征主义，解释象征主义的意义，主要从象征主义的特点、代表人物进行论述；第三部分对主要的人和事物中体现出来的象征主义含义进行分析论述，包括玫瑰丛、字母A和其他的一些事物以及本文中的主人公们；第四部分从《红字》所体现的隐含意义中反思当时的社会现实：人们对宗教的态度，人们对男性和女性的态度；以及自然人与社会人之间的冲突，包括其利益的冲突，以及其自身的自然属性和社会属性的冲突；最后一部分对本篇论文所论述的象征主义以及其隐含的意义进行一个总的概括，并揭示出作者想要透过象征主义手法来表达的意思。
关键词：《红字》；象征主义；人物的象征主义分析；事物的象征主义分析
On the Symbolic Meanings in The Scarlet Letter
Thesis Statement
This paper mainly talks about the symbolism of people and things in The Scarlet Letter, so as to better understand the implied meaning and reflect the reality.
Outline
I , Introduction
II. Theoretical Foundation-— Symbolism
The Meaning
The Characters
The Representatives
IQ. The Application of Symbolic Meaning in The Scarlet Letter
The Symbolic Meanings of Typical Things
A Wild Rose-bush
The Letter "A"
The Scaffold
B ・ The Symbolic Meanings of the Main Character
Hester Prynne
Arthur Dimmesdale
Roger Chillingworth
Pearl
IV. Realistic Reflection
Attitudes towards religions
Attitudes towards men and women
Conflicts between normal persons and social persons.
V Conclusion
On the Symbolic Meanings in The Scarlet Letter
Introduction
The Scarlet Letter is written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an American romantic writer. It is not only a representative work of American romantic novels, but also known as the pioneering work of American psychoanalytic novels. It was published in 1850, Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter in the hopes of writing, "humiliating his ancestors," and begging to wash away any of their curses from now on. At the same time that Hawthorne was writing The Scarlet Letter, the first women's agreement was held