Hester Prynne ---- Resurrection

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　　CLASS: 3 GRADE: 2002

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　　June 2006

　　Contents

　　Chapter One: Biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne…………………………………...P1

　　Chapter Tw Depravity---the Origin of the Scarlet Letter…………………………..P2

　　Chapter Three: Hester Prynne’s Resurrection --- From Suffering and Redemption to Salvation……………………………………………………………………………...P5

　　Conclusion………………………………………………………………………….P10

　　References…………………………………………………………………………..P11

　　Hester Prynne---Resurrection

　　Abstract: The Scarlet Letter makes the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne known all around the world. Hawthorne is a pious Christian, and is deeply influenced by the theology. He’s so much indulged in the religious doctrine that people can find the reflection of the God almost everywhere in his works. After reading The Scarlet Letter, one is mostly impressed by the spirit of The Bible the story depicted. The book chiefly discusses sin and how to atone for it. Hester Prynne is the heroine of the fiction. This paper researches her fate to illustrate the influence of The Bible to Hawthorne. Hester Prynne commits adultery and is forced to wear a scarlet letter “A” on her breast. At the beginning, she encounters all kinds of sufferings, both from the society and from her own soul. However, she realizes her sin and tries her best to atone for it. And she dose not choose to avoid her fault. Finally, through her endeavor, God forgives her. In short, sin and atoning for sin, that is the purpose of this paper.

　　Keywords: The Scarlet Letter., Hester Prynne, The Bible, sin and atonement.

　　摘要：《紅字》使美國作家納撒尼爾霍桑譽滿全球。霍桑是一個虔誠的基督徒，并深受神學的影響。他是如此沉迷于宗教的教義之中，人們幾乎可以發現神在他的每部作品中無處不在。讀完《紅字》，給人印象最深的莫過于故事描繪的《圣經》的精神。該書主要討論了關于罪與贖罪的問題。海絲特白蘭是小說的女主人公。本文主要研究她的一生以說明《圣經》對霍桑的影響。海絲特白蘭犯了通奸罪，并被迫在胸口上帶一個大寫的紅色字母“A”。一開始，她遭遇了各種各樣的磨難，既有來自社會的也有來自她自己精神上的。然而，她認識到了自己的罪行并盡最大努力去贖罪，并且她并沒有選擇逃避責罰。最后，通過她的努力，神原諒了她。簡言之，本文的主要目的就是罪行以及贖罪。

　　關鍵字：《紅字》，海絲特白蘭，《圣經》,罪行以及贖罪。

　　Chapter One: Biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne

　　With the publication of The Scarlet Letter in 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne became one of the greatest writer at that time and built his reputation as a major American author. Since that time on, people began to take great interest in all aspects of his life and a