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Acknowledgements
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Works
1.2 Introduction of This Paper
1.2.1 Reason for Choosing Symbolism and Hawthorne
1.2.2 Reason for Choosing The Scarlet Letter and Five Short Stories
Chapter Two Theory of Symbolism and Symbolic Fiction by Hawthorne
2.1 The Theory of Symbolism
2.2 The Social Background and the Reason Why Hawthorne Use Symbolism
2.3 Typical Symbolic Fiction by Hawthorne
2.3.1 The Scarlet Letter: Original Sin
2.3.2 Young Goodman Brown: Universal Evil
2.3.3 Rappaccini's Daughter: Scientific Perversion
2.3.4 The Minister's Black Veil: Concealed Sin
2.3.5 The Birthmark: Innate Sin
2.3.6 Roger Malvin's Burial: Broken Promise
Chapter Three Essential Symbols Embodied in Hawthorne's Fiction
3.1 Symbolic Figures
3.1.1 Priest: Symbol of Hidden Sin
3.1.2 Scientist: Symbol of Human Madness
3.1.3 Female Characters: A Symbol of Both Fragility and Braveness
3.2 Symbolic Objects
3.2.1 The Scarlet Letter “A”: the Spirit of the Novel
3.2.2 The Birthmark: Symbol of the Born Sin
3.2.3 The Pink Ribbons: Symbol of Faithfulness and Unfaithfulness
3.2.4 The Black Staff: Symbol of the Evil Force
3.2.5 The Black Veil: Symbol of the Hidden Sin
3.3 Symbols of VisualArts
3.3.1 The Colors: Red, Black, Pale
3.3.2 The Light
3.4 Symbolic Meanings of Nature
3.4.1 The Forest: Equivocal Image
3.4.2 The Brook: Separation of Two Different Worlds
3.4.3 The Rosebush: Symbol of Passion
3.5 Symbolic Meanings of Locations
3.5.1 The Prison: Harshness of the Puritan Society
3.5.2 The Scaffold: Symbol of Redemption and Judgment
Chapter Four Symbolic Names in Hawthorne's Fiction
4.1 Symbolic Meanings of Names in The Scarlet Letter
4.1.1 Hester Prynne: VisibleA
4.1.2 Arthur Dimmesdale: Ambitious and Invisible A
4.1.3 Roger Chillingworth: AvengingA
4.1.4 Pearl: LivingA
4.2 Symbolic Meanings of Names in Young Goodman Brown
4.2.1 Young: Youth, Naivety and Immaturity
4.2.2 Goodman Brown: Godliness of Humanity and Everyman
4.2.3 Faith: Belief in and Doubt of Religion
Chapter Five Conclusion
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