《红字》是美国浪漫主义作家霍桑的代表作之一,被看作是美国文学史上第一部象征主义小说。霍桑在《红字》创作中采用了大量的象征手法,从而使其笔下的人物、场景具有了特殊的意义,大大丰富了小说的内涵。本文在细读文本的基础上,从红字“A”的象征手法、人物的象征手法、场景的象征手法三个方面探讨《红字》象征手法的运用。 “Scarlet Letter” is one of the representative writings of American romantic writer Hawthorne and is regarded as the first symbolism novel in American literary history. Hawthorne adopted a great deal of symbolism in the creation of “The Scarlet Letter”, which made his characters and scenes have special significance and greatly enriched the connotation of the novel. Based on the detailed reading of the text, this article explores the application of the symbolic method of “The Scarlet Letter” from three aspects: the symbolic form of the red letter “A ”, the symbolic technique of the characters and the symbolic technique of the scene.