例子之二---TheScarlet Letter
适用范围：逆境，权威，坚持，改变等
The characters:
The hero is a woman named Hester Prynne. She is a beautiful young woman who hasforced to marry an old man. She came toAmericaaloneand taken in adultery. She fell in love with a pastor and gave birth to a babygirl. Therefore, she has to wear a scarlet letter “A” in front of her dress. Theother people in town isolated her and she could only live at the edge ofthe town. No matter how hard the judges extorta confession from her, she nevertells anybody who is the baby’s father.
Thelittle girl Pearlis Hester’s daughter. She is very clever and the press of life makes her more maturethan the other children. She noticed the relationship between her mother andthe pastor and hated her mother because she will not tell her who her fatheris.
Thepastor named Dimmesdaleis pearl’s father. He loves the girl’s mother but due to his milkycharacter, he cannot take his responsibility.
Finally,he overwhelmed by his own mental stress.
Roger Chillingworth is Hester Prynne’s husband. Afterhe found his wife betrayed him, he decided to find that man out by his ownhand. He is a scholar and useshis knowledge to disguise himself as a doctor, intent on discovering andtormenting Hester's anonymous lover. He realized the pastor is the girl’sfather and exacted his revenge.
The summary of the story:
Thestory is beginning with a woman, who holds a little baby in her arms and standsin front of a prison. She is Hester. There is a piece of red cloth on herdress. Some people around her are talking because the woman has had an affair, leading to the birth of herdaughter. They are trying to force the woman to tell them who isthe baby’s father. There is also an old man watching at her a little far away.No matter how they threaten or menace her, she refused to tell them.
The oldman is the woman’s husband named Roger Chillingworth. After he found his wife has an affairhe decided to find out that man. He threatened Hester to keep his identitysecret and pretended as a doctor.
Hester has tolive with her daughter at the edge of the town. She is good at embroidering. Her embroidering becomefamous and she earned lots of money from this. Pearl, the little baby, grows up as a verylovely girl. She hasa wayward disposition. In addition, the people because of her kindnesseventually accept Hester.
After many years of pry, Rogerfirmly believes the pastor is the hidden man. Therefore, he tries his best toget close to the pastor and speaks in a roundabout way totorment emotionally or mentally of him.
The pastor’s health becomes poor and poor. Hesterdetermined to expose the real identity of doctor to him. The family wants toescape but Roger discovers it. They failed. At last, pesterlinked his arm throughHester’s arm and confessed before his entire congregation. Hegains the newborn of his soul at the expense of his life.
After the pastor past away, the doctor died soon andHester moved back toEnglandwith her daughter.WhenHester dies, she is buried next to Dimmesdale.
Comment:the author describes this novel: “The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other womendared not to tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers—sternand wild ones—and they had made her strong, but taught her amiss in the novel,the story between Hester and pastor recalls the story of “Adamand Eve”. It is about the sin. For Hester, she did not like the bibleand even did not believe god. She is braver than any others are in those times.She had forced to accept a marriage but she still wants to catch her ownhappiness. She fell in love with Dimmesdale when her husband was not committeddeath. In fact, she also felt afraid. She thought herself as a guilty people.Because when Pearl growing up and starting to hate her, she think that as herpunishment. For poor andlonely life, she assumed all the physical punishment without a word.
Pearl’s father, the pastor, has suffered a loton mental. He always torment between his belief andhis love. He loves Hester and Pearlbut cannot live with them. He believes in god and cannot forgive his guilty. Hewants to help others but he is the most miserable people.
In that period, people’s moral value was still very conservative. They could not allow love like Hester and Dimmesdale’s. But this novel, it also concerns about the moral, emotional and psychological effect of the sin on people in general. The author uses the scarlet letters to symbolize the harshness of Puritan society and showing how they brand sinners for life. At the end of the story, Hester took her daughter toEnglandbut when she dies, she buried with Dimmesdale. Love between them was never changed.
适用范围：逆境，权威，坚持，改变等
The characters:
The hero is a woman named Hester Prynne. She is a beautiful young woman who hasforced to marry an old man. She came toAmericaaloneand taken in adultery. She fell in love with a pastor and gave birth to a babygirl. Therefore, she has to wear a scarlet letter “A” in front of her dress. Theother people in town isolated her and she could only live at the edge ofthe town. No matter how hard the judges extorta confession from her, she nevertells anybody who is the baby’s father.
Thelittle girl Pearlis Hester’s daughter. She is very clever and the press of life makes her more maturethan the other children. She noticed the relationship between her mother andthe pastor and hated her mother because she will not tell her who her fatheris.
Thepastor named Dimmesdaleis pearl’s father. He loves the girl’s mother but due to his milkycharacter, he cannot take his responsibility.
Finally,he overwhelmed by his own mental stress.
Roger Chillingworth is Hester Prynne’s husband. Afterhe found his wife betrayed him, he decided to find that man out by his ownhand. He is a scholar and useshis knowledge to disguise himself as a doctor, intent on discovering andtormenting Hester's anonymous lover. He realized the pastor is the girl’sfather and exacted his revenge.
The summary of the story:
Thestory is beginning with a woman, who holds a little baby in her arms and standsin front of a prison. She is Hester. There is a piece of red cloth on herdress. Some people around her are talking because the woman has had an affair, leading to the birth of herdaughter. They are trying to force the woman to tell them who isthe baby’s father. There is also an old man watching at her a little far away.No matter how they threaten or menace her, she refused to tell them.
The oldman is the woman’s husband named Roger Chillingworth. After he found his wife has an affairhe decided to find out that man. He threatened Hester to keep his identitysecret and pretended as a doctor.
Hester has tolive with her daughter at the edge of the town. She is good at embroidering. Her embroidering becomefamous and she earned lots of money from this. Pearl, the little baby, grows up as a verylovely girl. She hasa wayward disposition. In addition, the people because of her kindnesseventually accept Hester.
After many years of pry, Rogerfirmly believes the pastor is the hidden man. Therefore, he tries his best toget close to the pastor and speaks in a roundabout way totorment emotionally or mentally of him.
The pastor’s health becomes poor and poor. Hesterdetermined to expose the real identity of doctor to him. The family wants toescape but Roger discovers it. They failed. At last, pesterlinked his arm throughHester’s arm and confessed before his entire congregation. Hegains the newborn of his soul at the expense of his life.
After the pastor past away, the doctor died soon andHester moved back toEnglandwith her daughter.WhenHester dies, she is buried next to Dimmesdale.
Comment:the author describes this novel: “The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other womendared not to tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers—sternand wild ones—and they had made her strong, but taught her amiss in the novel,the story between Hester and pastor recalls the story of “Adamand Eve”. It is about the sin. For Hester, she did not like the bibleand even did not believe god. She is braver than any others are in those times.She had forced to accept a marriage but she still wants to catch her ownhappiness. She fell in love with Dimmesdale when her husband was not committeddeath. In fact, she also felt afraid. She thought herself as a guilty people.Because when Pearl growing up and starting to hate her, she think that as herpunishment. For poor andlonely life, she assumed all the physical punishment without a word.
Pearl’s father, the pastor, has suffered a loton mental. He always torment between his belief andhis love. He loves Hester and Pearlbut cannot live with them. He believes in god and cannot forgive his guilty. Hewants to help others but he is the most miserable people.
In that period, people’s moral value was still very conservative. They could not allow love like Hester and Dimmesdale’s. But this novel, it also concerns about the moral, emotional and psychological effect of the sin on people in general. The author uses the scarlet letters to symbolize the harshness of Puritan society and showing how they brand sinners for life. At the end of the story, Hester took her daughter toEnglandbut when she dies, she buried with Dimmesdale. Love between them was never changed.
