霍桑 小伙子布朗

1、Mosses from an old manse,冯洋,Background,A collection of several previously-published short stories （早期短篇小说集） Named in honor ofThe Old Manse Published in 1846.,Contents,Young Goodman Brown (1835) 小伙子古德曼布朗 The Birth-Mark (1843) 胎记 Rappaccinis Daughter(1844) 拉帕西尼医生之女 Roger Malvins Burial （1832） 罗杰马尔文的葬礼

2、 Mrs. Bullfrog (1837) Fire-Worship (1843) The New Adam and Eve (1843) Drownes Wooden Image(1844)卓恩的木像,Analysis,Many of the tales collected in Mosses from an Old Manse are allegories （寓言）and focus on the negative side of human nature . the main theme：sin and innocence,Young Goodman Brown,Herman Melvi

3、lle said Young Goodman Brown was as deep as Dante Henry James called it a magnificent little romance,summary,Setting：the late 17th century Salem, Massachusetts 17世纪新英格兰清教统计下的马萨诸塞州,The young Goodman Brown left his home and his wife Faith to anticipate a ceremony. He met a mysterious man deep in the f

4、orest. As he and the man meet and proceed further into the dark forest, it is broadly hinted that Goodman Browns traveling companion is the Devil, and that the purpose of their journey is to join in an unspecified but obviously unholy ritual.,古德曼布朗是一个单纯（young）善良真正（good）的少年他追求道德信仰天国，对上帝无比虔诚。在黄昏时分他作别新

5、婚的妻子费丝，离开他的村庄。沿途之上，他在一位神秘老人的引诱之下，步入了他本不该进入的象征着邪恶的森林。,As their journey continues Brown discovers others also proceeding to the meeting, many of them his townsfolk whom he had considered exemplary Christians. He is astonished and disheartened and determines, once again, to turn back. But then he hears

6、 his wifes voice and realizes that she is one of the ones who is to be initiated at the meeting.,在森深深处，他看的了镇上和教堂里许多有名望的人物，如威严的总督德高望重的教长童年时的教义老师的等，都在秘密地与魔鬼践约，可是她又听见了费丝的声音,At the ceremony, he and Faith approach the altar and, as they are about to be anointed in blood to seal their alliance with wicked

7、ness, he cries out to Faith to look to heaven and resist. In the next instant he finds himself standing alone in the forest, next to the cold, wet rock.,在盛会中，布朗看见了费丝，并对她叫道：仰望天堂，抵挡邪恶！” 话刚出口，就发现自己孤单单身处宁静的夜，正侧耳倾听风声沉甸甸地穿过森林，消失无声。,Arriving back in Salem the next morning, Goodman Brown is uncertain whethe

8、r his experience was real or only a dream, but he is nevertheless deeply shaken. His view of his neighbors is distorted by his memories of that night. He lives out his days an embittered and suspicious cynical man, wary of everyone around him, including his wife Faith.,第二天回到家，她已经不确定昨晚所见的是一场噩梦还是事实了，他

9、也不知道，但是这场深林之旅彻底颠覆了他的信仰和世界，使他对什么都失去了信任，变得严厉，忧伤，苦思冥想，疑神疑鬼，在怀疑，绝望，孤独中度过了一生。,symbolism,Characters ：Goodman Brown Faith Scene setting : The place, the time & environmental factors Main thing：Pink Ribbon 粉红色绸带,Goodman： the nature of him: uprightness（正直）. Brown ： a mixture color of white and black which re

10、present “pure” and “evil” respectively. a common name that represents every common person. What Brown had experienced is just what everyone will experience in his/her life. Faith： the nature of her ：pure and giving sb confidence his religious belief in the God and spiritual belief Brown believed tha

11、t the peoples nature is good. But when he saw Faith and other noblemen in the forest party, he lost both his wife Faith and his faith in God. From beginning to the end, he was struggling in his inner heart. His mental world finally collapsed（崩溃）.,Time：sunset（美好事物的终结） The story night forced him to go to evil. Place: the dark forest (罪恶) Brown一步步走进黑暗的密林深处象征着他的纯真一步步受到罪恶的侵蚀,Faiths pink ribbon is used throughout the story as a symbol of innocence and purity.,Theme,森林之旅可被理解为在清教主义环境中长大，但尚未皈依的信徒的皈依经历而魔鬼盛会则是为皈依者举行的圣餐仪式。在这次旅行（即皈依）过程中，布朗认识到人性的堕落和