摘要
《红字》中殖民地居民对海丝特所受惩罚颇有微词,认为对她的惩罚过于轻微。本人认为并非如此,因为佩戴红字和在刑台上示众让海丝特处于一种持续的监视之下。监视体现了权力,通过监视,权力不仅规训着海丝特,也让观看者再次接受社会规训和教诲。通过这种方式,海丝特产生深深的自责、羞愧、和自我教诲,并最终重塑自我,这正是监视的意义所在。
Several women in The Scarlet Letter believed that the punishment for Hester was too merciful to exert the influence upon Hester herself and the society. The paper,however,argues that the sentence does factually put Hester under a constant surveillance. Surveillance embodies power,and disciplines Hester. Meanwhile,it moralizes the spectators too. In this way,Hester feels guilty and shameful,and tries to reestablish herself in the end,which is the very significance of the surveillance.
出处
《外国语言文学》
2015年第1期41-47,72,共7页
Foreign Language and Literature Studies
