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To Hester Prynne it might have been a mode of expressing, therefore soothing, the passion of her life.

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Interpreting Hester Prynne's deportment as an appeal of this nature, society was inclined to show

由于社会把海丝特-白兰的举止解释成这类性质的吁请，因此反倒宁可对其原先的牺牲品，显示出一种比她所乐于接受的、或者说比她实际应得的更加宽厚的态度。

"Hearken unto me, Hester Prynne!"

"听我说，海丝特E白兰！"

This paper aims to analysis Hester's characteristics to illustrate her attitude towards the rigid Puritan.

本文旨在通过分析海丝特的性格特点来说明她对死板的清教徒的态度。

Hester's adultery is viewed as a threat to the Puritan community in which she lives.

海丝特通*被看作是威胁到社会的清教徒在她的生命。

Puritanism is the ultimate reason that influences on Hester's whole life.

清教是最终的原因，影响海丝特的整个生命。

Pearl felt the sentiment, and requited it with the bitterest hatred that can be supposed to rankle in a childish bosom.

然而，海丝特吃惊地从中又辨出了曾存在她自己身上的那种邪恶的阴影的反射。

Whether from commiseration for a woman of so miserable a destiny; or from the morbid curiosity that gives a fictitious value even to common or worthless things; or by whatever other intangible circumstance was then, as now, sufficient to bestow, on some persons, what others might seek in vain; or because Hester really filled a gap which must otherwise have remained vacant; it is certain that she had ready and fairly requited employment for as many hours as she saw fit to occupy with her needle.

或许是出于对这位如此命苦的女人的怜悯；或许是出于对平淡无奇的事情也要故弄玄虚的少见多怪；或许是出于某种难以解释的原因——这在当时和今天都是有的——某些人苦求不得的、别人却可予取予夺、或许是因为海丝特确实填补了原先的一项空白；不管是什么原因吧，反正求她做针线的活路源源不断，只要她乐意于多少钟点，总有很不错的收入。

"None so self-devoted as Hester, when pestilence stalk ed through the town."

在镇上蔓延瘟疫的时候，谁也没有海丝特那样忘我地献身。

"None so self-devoted as Hester, when pestilence stalked through the town."

在镇上蔓延瘟疫的时候，谁也没有海丝特那样忘我地献身。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。