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《红字》被霍桑戏称“一个丢了脑袋的稽查官的遗作”。在《红字》中,霍桑精心选用17世纪中期清教统治下的新英格兰做背景,以影射19世纪中期霍桑时代的美国。霍桑塑造了反叛、追求自由的海丝特.白兰,以表达其对一个容许民主自由社会的憧憬。
“The Scarlet Letter” was hailed by Hawthorne as “the widow of a lost head inspector.” In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne carefully selects New England under the puritan rule of the mid-17th century as a backdrop to the United States of Hawthorne in the mid-19th century. Hawthorne fashioned the rebellious and free-seeking Hester Prynne in an attempt to express its vision of a society that tolerates democracy and freedom.