Thank you ~
Handsome
Minister（牧师）
a devoted servant of God gloomy, weak-minded , selfish suffering from experience of physical aand spiritual disintegration
Dimmesdale
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Characters
Young Beautiful Brave
Chillingworth
Hester
A rebel of puritan(反清教伦理)
Help neighbors and the poor
She pursued happiness.
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Characters
Young
Pearl
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Characters
Hester’s daughter A symbol of the hope Innocent，lovely，lively，smart Moody（情绪多变的） Mischievous （淘气的） Brave
Pearl
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Plot
Hester has committed adultery with a young minister,Dimmesdale,Hester refuses to name her lover and is sentenced to wear a scarlet A, signifying adulteress(奸妇), as a sign of sin.
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Themes
Sin, Knowledge, and the Human Condition The Nature of Evil Identity and Society
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Themes
Adultery
It is originally meant to be a symbol of shame.
Dimmesdale suffered physical and mental torture(折磨).
Chillingworth hides his identity and revenge himself on Dimmesdale.
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Themes
通过人物的悲剧命运，揭露17世纪殖民地的 残酷现实，批判清教主义道德虚伪,表现对 人性本质的理解与同情，对爱情进行赞美， 探讨“善”与“恶”哲理。
Able
As time goes by, Hester has added to the letter another meaning through her own efforts.
Angel
Gradually，it becomes indeterminate（模糊的）：ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱpeople even regard it as angle.
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Author
Characters Plot Themes
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Author
Nathaniel Hawthorne (纳撒尼尔·霍桑) An American novelist and short story writer His fiction works are . considered dark romanticism（黑色浪漫主义）
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Characters
Chillingworth
Hester
Dimmesdale
Pearl
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Characters
Old Ugly
Scholar
Deformed shoulders（畸形的肩膀）
Chillingworth
Distorted soul(扭曲的灵魂)
He is interested in revenge.