摘要《红字》是19世纪美国浪漫主义作家霍桑的代表作，它讲述了已婚的海斯特与牧师丁梅斯戴尔的爱情悲剧，反映了清教统治下女性受到的压迫。本文分析了海斯特反抗精神产生的原因及其表现：她对无爱婚姻的反抗、对珠儿的抚养权的争夺、对代表耻辱的“红字”的美化、勇敢地出逃。通过使用女权主义批评的方法，证明了海斯特可以通过自我反抗意识的觉醒，摆脱其为男性附属品的命运，证明了女性也有追求平等、自由的权利。希望本文能帮助大家对海斯特的反抗精神有更好的了解，同时能引起人们对女性地位的关注。48852

毕业论文关键词:《红字》；海斯特；女性反抗精神

Abstract The Scarlet Letter, a masterpiece of Hawthorne who is one of the American romantic writers in 19th century, depicts a tragic love story about a married woman  Hester having love affairs with a pastor called Dimmesdale, and shows the oppression that the female bore. This paper introduces the reasons of her rebellion, and the struggle of her rebellious spirits which including her rebellion against her loveless marriage, her fighting for Pearl’s guardianship, beautifying the scarlet letter A, and fleeing bravely with her families. By using the method of feminist strategy, Hester’s self-awareness can be seen. What she did can prove that the female can get rid of the fate that they are accessories of men, and they have rights to pursue equality and freedom. Hopefully this paper will be beneficial to know more about female status and Hester’s rebellious spirits. 

Key words: The Scarlet Letter; Hester; rebellious spirit of female   

The Exploration of Hester’s Rebellious Spirit in The Scarlet Letter

Contents

摘 要 i

Abstract ii

I. Introduction 1

II. Brief Introduction to The Scarlet Letter 2

 2.1 Brief Introduction to the Author 2

 2.2 Brief Introduction to the Book 3

 2.3 The Visible Scarlet Letter—Hester 4

III. Reasons for the Formation of Hester’s Rebellious Spirits 6

 3.1 External Reasons 6

 3.2 Personal Reason—Hester’s Desires for Happy Life 7

IV. The Struggle of Hester’s Rebellious Spirits 8

 4.1 Hester’s Rebellion Against Her Loveless Marriage 8

 4.2 Hester’s Fighting for Pearl’s Guardianship 10

 4.3 Beautifying the Scarlet Letter A 11

 4.4 Fleeing Bravely with Her Families 12

V. Conclusion 13

Bibliography 15

Acknowledgements 16I. Introduction

    Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the most well-known writers at home and abroad, plays an important role in American literature of the romantic period. His masterpiece—The Scarlet Letter also attracts many learners for it placed much more emphasis on the female’s self-awareness and independent pursuit than before. The learners who pay sympathies on the suffering of female point out that: when studying the sex discrimination, people must find out that it is the origins of region, philosophy and mainstream thought that make this unfair thought legitimated. They also criticize the study that insists on the male-dominated thought, because this study ignores the viewpoints of female and their contributions to the history and civilization.,源^自,吹冰"文'论.文]网[www.chuibin.com