An Analysis of Feminism in The Scarlet Letter分析《红字》中(9)

分析《红字》中的女权主义

seashore in Boston. She makes her living by fine sewing and embroidering. Several years have passed, her child, Pearl grows into a willful, impish child. Community officials attempt to take Pearl away from Hester, but, with the help of Arthur Dimmesdale, a young and eloquent minister, the mother and daughter manage to stay together. Roger Chillingworth, suspicious of Arthur Dimmesdale, becomes his medical attendant and constant companion. One afternoon, while the minister sleeps, Chillingworth discovers a mark on the man's breast, which convinces him that his suspicions are correct.

Dimmesdale's psychological anguish deepens, and he punishes himself by long night watches, whipping himself and fasting or praying for long hours. One night, when Pearl is about seven years old, she and her mother are returning home from a visit to a deathbed when they encounter Dimmmesdale atop the town scaffold, trying to punish himself for his sins. Hester and Pearl join him, and the three link hands Surprised at the weak state of health she finds in Dimmesdale, Hester goes to Chillingworth and asks him to stop adding to Dimmesdale's self-torment, but Chillingworth refuses.

Hester arranges an encounter with Dimmesdale in the forest and reveals Chillingworth's identity. They decided to flee to Europe, where they can live with Pearl as a family. The day before the ship is to sail, Dimmesdale preaches his most eloquent sermon to the townspeople. At the same time, Hester learned that Chillingworth has booked passage on the same ship. Dimmesdale, leaving the church after his sermon, sees Hester and Pearl standing before the town scaffold. He impulsively mounts the scaffold with his lover and his daughter, and confesses that he is Pearl's father, exposing a scarlet letter seared on his breast. He falls dead, as Pearl kisses him. Chillingworth loses his purpose of revenge in life and he dies within a year, leaving much property in England and America to Pearl. Soon, Hester and Pearl leave Boston and disappear. Many years later, Hester returns alone, again taking up her badge of shame the scarlet letter “A”. She lives in her old cottage and resumes her charitable work. It is thought that Pearl has married a European aristocrat and established a happy family of her own. After a long, full life of giving advice to

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