A Trapped Angel——The Significance of the role Hester in The Scarlet Letter  

作　　者：谭佳[1] 

机构地区：[1]长江师范学院外国语学院

出　　处：《科技信息》2012年第30期183-183,182,共2页Science & Technology Information

摘　　要：This paper puts forward the significance of the creation of Hester.Hester is a trapped angel,her gradually transformation process is a tragedy that she changes from a tradition resistor to a defender,and does not receive true love.This role enlightens us readers as to reflections on women’s status and on social transformation.At last,it gives a conclusion that Hester’s tragedy is sympathetic.It is not only the tragedy of Hester but also the tragedy of that era.This paper puts fbrward the significance of the creation of Hester. Hester is a trapped angel, her gradually transformation process is a tragedy that she changes from a tradition resistor to a defender, and does not receive true love. This role enlightens us readers as to reflec- tions on women＇s status and on social transformation. At last, it gives a conclusion that Hester＇s tragedy is sympathetic. It is not only the tragedy of Hester but also the tragedy of that era.

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