霍桑的女权主义意识在《红字》中的体现

根据一些女权主义批评理论,霍桑的女权主义意识促使他在《红字》中塑造了一个反叛女性。在《红字》中,霍桑将这种意识融入到了他描绘的反派女主人公海斯特的内心世界。霍桑通过揭示海斯特的社会边缘地位,反映了在清教社会中普遍存在的厌女意识。霍桑还谴责那种源于男权意识对妇女不平等的待遇。为了恢复女性的主体性地位,霍桑通过他的故事情节和对男女主人公的描写,彻底毁灭了男权文化中的双重对立理念。

On the Feminist Consciousness in Hawthorne''''s The Scarlet Letter

Following some feminist critical theories the writer argues that it is his feminist consciousness that promotes Hawthorne to create a rebellious woman in The Scarlet Letter.In The Scarlet Letter,Hawthorne interweaves such consciousness into the portrayals of a rebellious female character,Hester.By disclosing Hester's marginalized status,Hawthorne shows that misogyny universally exists in a Puritan patriarchy and he condemns the unfair treatment of women,which stems from male-dominated ideology.In order to regain women's position of subjectivity,Hawthorne subverts the conception of binary apposition of man and woman in the male-dominated culture by constructing the plot of his story and depicting his female and male characters.