小說(shuō)紅字(英文版)ppt課件.ppt

1、,LOADING,L,O,A,D,I,N,G,D,G,I,L,Hester,A,Dimmesdale,Chillingworth,Pearl,1,Outline,1.Author 2.Background 3.plot summary 4.Plot 5.Analysis of characters 6.Theme 7.Artistic Features,2,Author：Nathaniel Hawthorne,Presenter：區(qū)海怡（35號(hào)）,3,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Introduction Family background Hawthorne was hired i

2、n 1839 as a weigher and gauger at the Boston Custom House. He joined the transcendentalist utopian community at Brook Farm in 1841; His later works show some Transcendentalist influence, including a belief in individual choice and consequence, and an emphasis on symbolism.,Life experience,8,In 1852,

3、 he wrote the campaign biography of his old friend Franklin Pierce. Hawthorne was rewarded in 1853 with the position of United States consul in Liverpool. In 1857, his appointment ended; He died in 1864, a few years after returning to America.,9,His four major romances or novelswritten between 1850

4、and 1860,The Scarlet Letter紅字 (1850) The House of the Seven Gables 七個(gè)尖角閣的房子 (1851) The Blithedale Romance 福谷傳奇 (1852) The Marble Faun 玉石雕像(1860),10,The Birth-Mark 胎記(1843) Rappaccinis Daughter 拉帕奇尼的女兒(1844) My Kinsman, Major Molineux 我的親戚莫里諾少校(1832) The Ministers Black Veil 教長(zhǎng)的黑面紗(1836) Young Goodma

5、n Brown好小伙子布朗 (1835),Much of Hawthornes work is set in colonial New England, and many of his short stories have been read as moral allegories influenced by his Puritan background.,11,Major Themes of His Works,Sin and Evil History and Antiquity Alienation Puritan New England Other themes,12,Style a t

6、ypical romantic writer,a man of literary craftsmanship，extraordinary in,the use of symbol,The symbol serves as a weapon to attack reality. It can be found everywhere in his writing,the use of ambiguity,revelation of characters psychology,to keep the reader in the world of uncertainty multiple point

7、of view,the use of supernatural,13,Background many magazines newspapers appeared; Transcendentalism widely spread. Religion: Puritanism became popular.,15,Romanticism,economics,politics,culture,religion,16,Background,17th century ,Boston, Massachusetts,Puritans,North America,17,Life in Colonies was

8、hash, but it gave the Puritans the opportunity to form a society based on their religious ideals.,How about their life?,18,Every member of the community was held to strict standards of behavior.,Personal freedom,19, Puritans sought the freedom to live by theirs beliefs.,However, the Puritan leaders

9、did not tolerate religious beliefs that differed from their own.,20, In a Puritan community such as Hesters, no aspect of life was truly private., People kept a close watch on their neighbors.,21,Hester,plot summary,marry,revenge,love,Pearl,Roger Chillingworth,Arthur Dimmesdale,22,Plot,Presenter :楊錦

10、萍 （05號(hào)）,23,Now, story time begins !,24,C1 the representative of God As a lover and father : coward ; fail to take responsibly As a Puritan: toured by his belief and his love;,42,3,Roger Chillingworth,Original image : well-educated and proficient in medical skill As a avenger: merciless; a devil; sym

11、bolize the true sin,43,4,Pearl,Much more impetuous and wild: Do what she pleased; Resented the people who she viewed as enemies. The symbols of Pearl: Living scarlet “A“,44,Theme Presenter:李智穎（07號(hào)）,45,Identity and society,Sin each renders one individual dependent for the food of his affections and s

12、piritual life upon another,50,Identity and society,publicly shamed and forced by the people of Boston to wear a badge of humiliation,refigure the scarlet letter as a symbol of her own experiences and character,Hester:,integrates determinedly her sin into her life,He struggled against a socially dete

13、rmined identity. However, as the communitys minister, he is more symbol than human being.,Dimmesdale,51,Artistic Features Presenter：陳維拉（34號(hào)）,52,Artistic Features,Transcendentalism Symbolism Romanticism Gothic style,53,Symbolism,The most outstanding feature used in this work There are a lot of ingeni

14、ous images which reflect Puritanism wreck on peoples spirit and peoples infinite hope for happy life. The Scarlet Letter was regarded as the first symbolism novel in America.,54,Symbols of The Letter “A”,“A” firstly stands for the crime Adultery To the puritans it is a symbol of just punishment. To

15、Hester, a device of unjust humiliation To Dimmesdale, a piercing reminder of his guilt To Chillingworth, a spur to the quest of revenge To Pearl, a bright and mysterious curiosity,55,Alienation,Adultery,“A”,Symbols of The Letter “A”,“A” varies its meaning as the development of the story,Able, Admira

16、ble, Angel,56,The symbolic meaning of names of characters,Arthur Dimmesdale -Arthur Dimmesdale AD Adultery - “Dim” means lack of light, “dale” means valley -Weak and coward Roger Chillingworth -“chill” -chilly-cool -heartless and merciless (his misshapen body reflects or symbolizes the evil in his s

17、oul, which builds as the novel progress.),57,Hester Prynne (heroine):,1、Hester: Hestia -The Virgin goddess in Greek mythology -Symbol of beauty and virtue 2、Prynne -Prurient (desire for physical love), which is considered as the root of sin and crime. Pry( probe into): to probe into the human nature

18、 (sin),58,Why does Hester name her daughter Pearl?,Peal Prynne -treasure- -the treasure to her mother -comes out of an ugly shell but is beautiful -comes out of an torturing process,a kind of spirit and hope in America, her happiness symbolize humans bright future,59,The symbolic meaning of other su

19、bjects,Prison(監(jiān)獄): the black flower of the civilized society Grassland(草地): something ugly and mordant exist in the civilized society Rose(薔薇花): the flower of morality Wood(樹(shù)林): moral wildness Pedestal(邢臺(tái)): rigorous religious discipline of Puritanism,60,Romanticism,The author mixed together with adv

20、enture, hero, specific background and character to take us into a mysterious scene and to explore the world of humans real inner heart.,61,Gothic style,A kind of literary style in relation to mysterious or terrifying Love Story. The most prominent theme is the conflict between good and evil. There a

21、re many factors: the gloomy castle, the crime of adultery, religion, Italian, (they are unruly), defect of Chillingworth, ghost in mirror, natural phenomenon, knight and policeman, work of art (the Bible tapestry ), blood.,62,The achievement of the novel,The Analysis of Various Subjects On the think

22、ing side, the topic of those achievements varied as widely as from feminism to 19th century male identities, from Puritanism to Race and Slavery, from Transcendentalism to Policy. For instance, from the point of religion, Feng Guoling said the religious ethics stopped the author from uniting the lov

23、er with wedlock. The Study of Writing Skills It is the first point that he was good at putting symbols into full play. The second one is the phantasmagoria that was imbedded into with his novel The Use of Intertextual Reading This mode covers two parts that intertexual reading of different literary

24、works as well as literary works and history.,63,Comment,In the novel, Hester proudly carries on, wearing the scarlet letter, deciding to live according to the high standards she sets for herself rather than the low standards others have set for her. She takes responsibility for herself and establishes her own identity, winning the admiration of the townspeople in the end. In our life, we should also do what we think is right r