Abstract
This paper focuses on the analysis of the double personalities of Arthur Dimmesdale, a protagonist in The Scarlet Letter. Firstly, it briefly introduces the fame of Nathaniel Hawthorne in American literature and the content of The Scarlet Letter. Then, it mainly analyzes Arthur Dimmesdale’s double personalities. After that, it studies the factors in shaping Arthur Dimmesdale’s double personalities. The paper aims to help people better understand such a hypocritical person and a corrupt society, making them think of their own personalities. It comes to an end that without a healthy personality, one person absolutely comes to his/her death guiltily, even though he/she is learned.
Highlights
This paper focuses on the analysis of the double personalities of Arthur Dimmesdale, a protagonist in The Scarlet Letter
One cannot help but be overwhelmed by the greatness of Nathaniel Hawthorne, whose genius is most explicitly demonstrated in his books, especially in The Scarlet Letter, which has swept over two hundred years and which seems greater every time when it is read
Hawthorne has singular power to reveal the black vision which exists in the human heart. He reveals the depth of his concern with the dark side of Puritanism, which is epitomized in Arthur Dimmesdale
Summary
One cannot help but be overwhelmed by the greatness of Nathaniel Hawthorne, whose genius is most explicitly demonstrated in his books, especially in The Scarlet Letter, which has swept over two hundred years and which seems greater every time when it is read. Hawthorne is accorded due recognition by his contemporary James Russell Lowell in the latter’s A Fable for Critics. It is Hawthorne’s ability to make a story exist in its own right and at the same time appears as a moral symbol that most influences the work of Herman Melville, as Melville calls his friend as the largest brain with the largest heart Hawthorne has singular power to reveal the black vision which exists in the human heart He reveals the depth of his concern with the dark side of Puritanism, which is epitomized in Arthur Dimmesdale. Hawthorne gradually unveils the corruption of the society and the contortion of the soul
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