LOADINGLOADINGDGILTheScarletLetter——HawthorneHesterADimmesdaleChillingworthPearlOutline•1.Author•2.Background•3.plotsummary•4.Plot•5.Analysisofcharacters•6.Theme•7.ArtisticFeaturesAuthor：NathanielHawthornePresenter：区海怡（35号）NathanielHawthorne•Introduction•Familybackground&lifeexperiences•Works•Writingtheme/styleBorn:July4,1804,Salem,Mass.,U.SDied:May19,1864,Plymouth,N.H.Occupation:U.S.novelistandshort-storywriterLiterarygenre:RomanticismNathanielHawthorneIntroductionSalem,BirthplaceofNathanielHawthorneBoston,SettingofTheScarletLetterFamilybackground•Ancestors:AjudgerelatetotheSalemWitchcraftTrialsof1692(塞勒姆驱巫案件）•Father:Diedwhenhewasonlyfour•Mother:Reliedonrelativesinrearingthechildren•AfamilywithalongPuritan(清教徒）tradition.•AttendedBowdoinCollegein1821;•Hawthornewashiredin1839asaweigherandgaugerattheBostonCustomHouse.•HejoinedthetranscendentalistutopiancommunityatBrookFarmin1841;•HislaterworksshowsomeTranscendentalistinfluence,includingabeliefinindividualchoiceandconsequence,andanemphasisonsymbolism.Lifeexperience•In1852,hewrotethecampaignbiographyofhisoldfriendFranklinPierce.•Hawthornewasrewardedin1853withthepositionofUnitedStatesconsulinLiverpool.•In1857,hisappointmentended;•Hediedin1864,afewyearsafterreturningtoAmerica.Hisfourmajorromancesornovelswrittenbetween1850and1860•TheScarletLetter《红字》(1850)•TheHouseoftheSevenGables《七个尖角阁的房子》(1851)•TheBlithedaleRomance《福谷传奇》(1852)•TheMarbleFaun《玉石雕像》(1860)•TheBirth-Mark《胎记》(1843)•Rappaccini’sDaughter《拉帕奇尼的女儿》(1844)•MyKinsman,MajorMolineux《我的亲戚莫里诺少校》(1832)•TheMinister’sBlackVeil《教长的黑面纱》(1836)•YoungGoodmanBrown《好小伙子布朗》(1835)MuchofHawthorne’sworkissetincolonialNewEngland,andmanyofhisshortstorieshavebeenreadasmoralallegoriesinfluencedbyhisPuritanbackground.MajorThemesofHisWorks•SinandEvil•HistoryandAntiquity•Alienation•PuritanNewEngland•OtherthemesStyle–atypicalromanticwriteramanofliterarycraftsmans...