| ABSTRACT (in English) | 第1-10页 |
| ABSTRACT (in Chinese) | 第10-12页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第12-17页 |
| CHAPTER ONE Hawthorne's Revenge on His Political Enemies | 第17-29页 |
| ·Influences of Dismissal upon Hawthorne in Writing The Scarlet Letter | 第17-20页 |
| ·Harsh Attack on his Political Enemies in the Real World | 第20-26页 |
| ·Merciless Attack Upon the Whig Party | 第20-21页 |
| ·Implicit Criticism of the Emblematic American Eagle | 第21-23页 |
| ·Satirical Portrayals of Salem Custom House and Custom officials | 第23-25页 |
| ·Haunting Shame of his Puritan Ancestors | 第25-26页 |
| ·Hawthorne's Fight in the Fictitious World | 第26-29页 |
| CHAPTER TWO Political Freedom | 第29-45页 |
| ·Factors Contributing to His Idea of Political Freedom | 第29-31页 |
| ·Influences of Domestic Events | 第29-30页 |
| ·Influences of European Revolutions | 第30-31页 |
| ·Political Context and Conflict in The Scarlet Letter | 第31-39页 |
| ·Hester, Pursuer of Political Freedom | 第39-45页 |
| CHAPTER THREE Feminist Ideas | 第45-63页 |
| ·Some Important Women in Hawthorne's Life and their Influences | 第45-49页 |
| ·Hester's Tragedies | 第49-56页 |
| ·A Subversive Woman | 第56-63页 |
| ·Hester's Reflection and Introspection on her Marriage and Causes of her Tragedies | 第57-59页 |
| ·Hester's Three Rebellious Actions | 第59-63页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR Hawthorne's Conservativeness | 第63-70页 |
| ·Expressions of his Conservative Political Points of View | 第63-67页 |
| ·Hawthorne's Inconsistent Fictional Treatment of Hester Prynne | 第63-65页 |
| ·Hawthorne's Inconsistent Literary Treatment of Pearl | 第65-66页 |
| ·Hawthorne's Complex Attitude toward Chillingworth | 第66-67页 |
| ·Reasons behind Hawthorne's Conservativeness | 第67-70页 |
| ·Burden of his Ancestor's Sin | 第67-68页 |
| ·Limitation of his Time | 第68-70页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第70-72页 |
| NOTES | 第72-77页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第77-80页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第80-81页 |
| PUBLICATION | 第81-82页 |
