AnalysisoftheHester’sSpiritofResistanceinTheScarletLetterTheScarletLetterisregardedastherepresentativeworkofNathanielHawthorne.AsthefirstsymbolismnovelinAmerica,ItplaysaveryimportantroleinAmericanliteraryhistory.Inthisoutstandingnovel,Hawthornepresentedusabeautifulandsadlovestoryinthe17thcenturyofpuritanEngland.Theauthorsuccessfullycreatedarebelliousimage----theheroineHesterPrynne.TherearevariousanalysesofHester’scharacterafterthepopulationofthegreatnovelaroundtheworld.TheScarletLetterisaboutarebelliousfemale-heistnovel.ItrevealedtheheroineHester’sspiritofresistancetothecruelsocietyandtheunfairfatebythedescriptionoftragiclifeoftheheroineandthereproductionofthesituationofwomeninPuritansociety(Liyexia,198).Theheroine’sbehaviorinfuriatedthewholesociety,butthepunishmentwhichwasgiventoHesterbroughtpositiveeffect.Ourbraveheroinefirmlybelievedthatshewasinnocentandherlovewiththehero--Arthurwasholyandpure.Nothingcanpreventtheyfromfallinginloveandnobodyhadrighttopunishthem.Duringthetimeshewasisolatedbythecitizens,sheneverchangedhismind.Thatwasakindofrebellingwhichwasexpressedbysilence(Xielanwei,3).Inmypointofview,theHester’srebelliousspiritmainlyembodiedinthreerespects.Firstly,shehasthecouragetopursuetrueloveintheconservativesociety.Thisisakindofrebellingtolovelessmarriage.EvenherhusbandwhowasregardedkilledbyIndiancameback.Hesterwasstillinsistedonherlove.Shebelievedthatwomanhastherighttoseekherloveandhappiness.Thepeoplewhofellinlovewiththeirfaithfulheartswereinnocent.Whenthefatearrangedherakindoflovelessmarriage,shecouldshouted‘No’andrebeltotheunfairdestiny.Whenshewasbroughttotrailevenwasthreatenedbydeath,Hesterinsistedinhermind.Sherefusedtospeakouttheman’sname,thechild’sfather.Sheusedherownwaytoprotectherloveratallcost.Becausesheknewthatifshespokeoutthenameofthatman,theirlovewouldbecompletelydestroyedbytheterriblesociety,hislover’sreputationstatusanddignitywouldcollapse.Soshemadethechoiceofbearingallthepainandtakingalltheresponsibilitybyherself.That’sherwaytose...
