一直以来大多数学者认为《红字》的女主人公海丝特·白兰是个敢于向传统挑战的勇敢女权战士。这不可否认,但是细读小说,就会发现,虽然她抗争了,由于自身力量的弱小和社会力量的强大,经过命运一次次残酷的打击后她屈从于清教传统,完成其抛物线式的人生轨迹。 Most of the scholars have long believed that Hester Prynne, the heroine of the “Scarlet Letter,” is a courageous feminist who dares to challenge the tradition. It is undeniable, however, that if we read the novel faintly, we can find that although she has fought against her, she has succumbed to the tradition of Puritanism and completed her parabolic life after a cruel blow by her fate due to the weakness of his own strength and the strength of social forces Trajectory.