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Dimmsedale is the spokesman of false religion. And he is a combination of Saint and sinner. Religious and Puritan law have ruin his life.
Ⅱ. The Human Nature and the Puritan Asceticism
Seventeenth Century 40’s New England under the despotism and Puritan asceticism rule. This feature keeps the human mind, in all aspects of restricting people’s sense of moral evaluation.
“Puritan” from the Latin word Purus (meaning “clean”, “pure”) and Puritanism is derived from the word “Puritan”, “Puritan” is a concept of faith, but also an ethical concept of value. The Puritan ethic value is an extension of Puritan belief in the real life, mainly for the pious, honest, diligent and thrifty, etc. Puritanism in soul purification process triggered a huge moral force, as mentioned in the book “Puritan”: “every time when there is a moral crisis in the West, Puritan provides restoration of moral responsibility, courage and confidence.” [1] (P243) Because of the Hawthorne family displays a profound Puritan consciousness and is well versed in Puritan New England ancestors ethics, which has become the main source of his later novels “The Scarlet Letter”. In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne identity of the Puritan concept, on the one hand reflected in the in-depth exploration of the conflict between humanity and the Puritan ethic nature, on the other hand reflected in the protagonist’s inner confession and Soul Salvation moral belief principle. The ethical value of Puritan purifies people’s moral effect to a certain extent, but it will inevitably suppress some excessive asceticism of true love. Freedom is the innate characteristic of human being, people’s free choice determines his own existence, and people decide and choose their own future and life. But in class society there can be no absolute freedom, people can only give their own spiritual life and personality value in the pursuit of relative freedom in the choice.
Absolutism and Puritanism preached unconditional choice forced Hester Prynne became her didn’t love older deformity Roger Chilling Worth’s legitimate wife. She sought love freedom, but fell in love with the wrong Pastor Arthur Dimmsedale, which only did his adulteress. Puritan preaching asceticism let Author Dimmsedale can’t love, to teach people about Puritanism, but due to the pursuit of human nature loves Hester Prynne, and a as their daughter adultery specimens of Pearl, the situation let him be physical and mental suffering. The Puritan despotism that Roger Chilling Worth although not take obligations and responsibilities to his beautiful young wife, but asked about her true love from her insidious nature, The insidious evil nature to revenge, arch-criminal caused by Arthur Dimmsedale to the death. In short, their pursuit of nature deeply Puritan ethics role is considered to have committed a crime, but they choose for themselves by their different physical and psychological punishment.
Ⅲ. Analysis of the Work
Works of Mistress Hester Prynne is the book’s key figure, she carried her three-month-old daughter Pearl’s first appearance was in the gate of the prison, When the ferocious warder who pull her to the threshold of the door, “she pushed past him, so show a natural dignity and strength of character, and as voluntary, and stepping out the door.” [3] (P40) she was a tall, handsome, impeccably elegant posture and most striking of all was her, wearing a scarlet “A” Word. Hawthorne hysteria and warder was compared, and describes the black flower of civilized society, prison, it has been grown in soil moist by various ugly flowers and plants. But at one side of the gate of the prison with a clump of jewel-studded with exquisite flowers, is reported to be Saints foot shoots up out of the wild rose, this kind of dark and light, ugliness and beauty contrast heralds the Scarlet in the story of an unavoidable civil society binds with the indomitable spirit of inpidual tragedy conflicts between arrival. Hundred years ago, Hester Prynne, praises by generations of readers, the main reason is she dares to love, responsibility. She is a women oppression by a masculine, teaching power, but she is loyal to his feelings, keep their authenticity. When can’t feel the truth in disharmony marriage, she doesn’t want to take part in accidental amusement, this is also an aspect of her honest nature. Struggle, she fell in love with the reverend Mr. Dimmsedale, threw her with his own conscience to measure the behavior of the pursuit of free love, is sin is over or breaking the Puritan dharma teachings are no matter, she even pay a heavy price. Deemed to have committed a crime by Puritan Hester was expelled from society and people abandoned, with Scarlet shame, but she did not fall, nor imposed upon her by taking drastic action against the social stigma, but through good deeds to atone for later-term, it is also consistent with crime, confession and redemption in Puritan doctrine.