摘要4-5
Abstract5-7
Introduction7-10
Chapter One Hawthorne and a Synopsis of The Scarlet Letter10-15
1.1 Hawthorne10-12
1.2 The Synopsis of The Scarlet Letter12-15
Chapter Two Feminist Critici15-19
2.1 Feminist Critical Theories15-18
2.2 Feminist Methodology18-19
Chapter Three A New Woman Image19-41
3.1 Hester's Rebelpous Consciousness19-26
3.1.1 Hester's Attitude toward Her Punishment19-21
3.1.2 Hester's Rebelpon against Her Unjust Marriage21-23
3.1.3 Hester's Fighting for Her Guardianship for Pearl23-26
3.2 Hester's Pursuit of Independence26-34
3.2.1 Independence of Economy27-29
3.2.2 Independence of Thoughts29-34
3.3 Hester's Pursuit of Equapty34-41
3.3.1 Equapty on Law35-37
3.3.2 Equapty among Family Members37-41
Chapter Four The Reasons for the Emergence of Hester41-45
4.1 Hawthorne's Ideal Woman41-42
4.2 Hawthorne's Feminist Consciousness42-43
4.3 The Development of Feminist Movement versus Hester Prynne43-45
Conclusion45-47
Acknowledgement47-48
Bibpography48-49