| ABSTRACT | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第9-10页 |
| Table of Contents | 第10-12页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter One LITERATURE REVIEW | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter Two A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO HAWTHORNE AND THE SCARLET LETTER | 第19-27页 |
| ·Hawthorne's Family Background | 第19-23页 |
| ·The Scarlet Letter | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter Three ANALYSIS ON THE PROTOTYPE OF HESTER PRYNNE FROM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES | 第27-58页 |
| ·Hester and the Prototype of Hester Prynne——Anne Hutchinson | 第28-31页 |
| ·Hester Prynne | 第28-29页 |
| ·Anne Hutchinson | 第29-31页 |
| ·Similarities between Hester Prynne and Anne Hutchinson | 第31-58页 |
| ·Threats to the Puritan society | 第31-35页 |
| ·Independent and brave women | 第35-40页 |
| ·Victims of puritan intolerance | 第40-48页 |
| ·The pioneers of religious freedom | 第48-58页 |
| Chapter Four ANALYSIS ON THE PROTOTYPE OF ARTHURDIMMESDALE FROM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES | 第58-71页 |
| ·Dimmesdale and the Prototype of Arthur Dimmesdale—John Cotton | 第58-62页 |
| ·Arthur Dimmesdale | 第59-60页 |
| ·John Cotton | 第60-62页 |
| ·Similarities between Arthur Dimmesdale and John Cotton | 第62-71页 |
| ·Distinguished ministers | 第62-64页 |
| ·Cowards before crisis | 第64-71页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第71-74页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第74-78页 |
