19世纪美国浪漫主义作家霍桑的小说《红字》以17世纪的波士顿为背景,讲述了女主人公海丝特·白兰因追求自己的幸福而触犯戒律,被罚胸前戴着表示“(Adultery)通奸”的“A”字并且备受折磨、煎熬的一生。小说中生活在17世纪清教社会的海丝特被公认为是充满激情、性情奔放的叛逆者形象,属于新英格传统的后裔,是美国精神不同时代一脉相承的载体。她生存在充满苦难的逆境中并 19th Century American romantic writer Hawthorne’s novel “The Scarlet Letter” in the 17th century Boston as the background, tells the story of the heroine Hester Prynne for his pursuit of happiness and breaking the precepts, was sentenced to wear a chest that “(Adultery Adultery ”and“ A ”word, and was tortured and tormented for a long time. Hester, who lived in the 17th century Puritan society, is widely regarded as a passionate and unruly rebel image, belonging to the descendants of the New England tradition and the carrier of the same spirit of the United States in different generations. She survived an adversity full of suffering