0.引言1850年,纳撒尼尔·霍桑的《红字》出版了。该书的情节虽简单,但十分感人。作者选择了17世纪中叶,弥漫着浓浓的清教气息的波士顿作为背景,描写了一位名叫海斯特·白兰的年轻妇女。一桩和罗格·齐灵沃思的不平等的婚姻束缚了海斯特,结果海斯特和受人尊重的亚瑟·狄姆斯台尔先生犯了通奸罪,该罪在当时的新英格兰被认为是违背了第七条戒律(梁工,1993:315)。根据清教徒的道德法律,白兰被审判受罚,这样她必须在胸前戴着镶在衣服上的红 0. Introduction In 1850 Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Scarlet Letter” was published. The plot of the book is simple, but very touching. The author chose Boston in the middle of the seventeenth century, filled with a strong puritanical atmosphere as a backdrop, portraying a young woman named Hester Prynne. An unfair marriage with Roger Chillingworth constrained Heist and as a result Hester and the respected Arthur D. Dumstier committed a crime of adultery, England is considered a violation of the seventh commandment (Liang Gong, 1993: 315). According to Puritan moral laws, Prynne was punished by trial, so that she must wear on the chest the red