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正确答案：All his life Hawthorne seems to be haunted by his sense of sin and evil in life. Reading his tales and romances one cannot but be overwhelmed by the 'black' vision which these works reveal. The blackness of vision which comes as a natural corollary has become his trade mark. It illustrates to some extent the influence that the Calvinist doctrine of 'original sin' and total depravity had upon his mind. One source of evil in Hawthorne is overweening intellect. Hawthorne' s intellectual characters are usually villains dreadful because devoid of fellow feeling.In The Scarlet Letter the experience of Hester and Dimmesdale recalls the story of Adam and Eve because in both cases sin results in expulsion and suffering. But it also results in knowledge—specifically in knowledge of what it means to be human. The real villain in The Scarlet Letter is Roger Chillingworth the scholar the embodiment of pure intellect who commits ' the Unpardonable Sin'—the violation of the human heart. He keeps preying on Dimmesdale' s conscience until the poor wretch is tormented to death. The end of Chillingworth when it comes is also tragic enough. Dimmesdale declares God' s judgment on him before he breathes his last; ' Thou too hast deeply sinned \ ' And Chillingworth simply shrivels. The last time we see him he is kneeling down beside Dimmesdale ' with a blank dull countenance out of which the life seemed to have departed. ' Chillingworth' s misshapen body reflects (or symbolizes) the evil in his soul which builds as the novel progresses similar to the way Dimmesdale' s illness reveals his inner turmoil.
Allhislife,Hawthorneseemstobehauntedbyhissenseofsinandevilinlife.Readinghistalesandromances,onecannotbutbeoverwhelmedbythe'black'visionwhichtheseworksreveal.Theblacknessofvisionwhichcomesasanaturalcorollaryhasbecomehistrademark.ItillustratestosomeextenttheinfluencethattheCalvinistdoctrineof'originalsin'andtotaldepravityhaduponhismind.OnesourceofevilinHawthorneisoverweeningintellect.Hawthorne'sintellectualcharactersareusuallyvillains,dreadfulbecausedevoidoffellowfeeling.InTheScarletLetter,theexperienceofHesterandDimmesdalerecallsthestoryofAdamandEvebecause,inbothcases,sinresultsinexpulsionandsuffering.Butitalsoresultsinknowledge—specifically,inknowledgeofwhatitmeanstobehuman.TherealvillaininTheScarletLetterisRogerChillingworth,thescholar,theembodimentofpureintellect,whocommits'theUnpardonableSin'—theviolationofthehumanheart.HekeepspreyingonDimmesdale'sconscienceuntilthepoorwretchistormentedtodeath.TheendofChillingworth,whenitcomes,isalsotragicenough.DimmesdaledeclaresGod'sjudgmentonhimbeforehebreatheshislast;'Thou,too,hastdeeplysinned\'AndChillingworthsimplyshrivels.Thelasttimeweseehim,heiskneelingdownbesideDimmesdale'withablank,dullcountenance,outofwhichthelifeseemedtohavedeparted.'Chillingworth'smisshapenbodyreflects(orsymbolizes)theevilinhissoul,whichbuildsasthenovelprogresses,similartothewayDimmesdale'sillnessrevealshisinnerturmoil.