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Volume 7, Issue 1
A Study of Puritanism in The Birthmark from the Perspective of Transitivity System
- Vol. 7, Issue 1, Pages: 10-18(2023)
DOI:10.47297/wspiedWSP2516-250002.20230701
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Volume 7, Issue 1
Chengdu Technological University,Sichuan,Chengdu,China,611730
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Ting Sui, Zheng Zeng. A Study of Puritanism in The Birthmark from the Perspective of Transitivity System. [J]. Journal of International Education and Development 7(1):10-18(2023)
Ting Sui, Zheng Zeng. A Study of Puritanism in The Birthmark from the Perspective of Transitivity System. [J]. Journal of International Education and Development 7(1):10-18(2023) DOI: 10.47297/wspiedWSP2516-250002.20230701.
The Birthmark is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) who is one of the most influential writers in American literature in the 19th century. It tells a story of a scientist called Aylmer who cannot accept the birthmark on his wife’s cheek
because he considers the birthmark as an imperfection of his beautiful wife. Therefore
he conducts scientific experiments to remove it
which unfortunately results in his wife’s death. Influenced by his puritan ancestors and the contemporary Transcendental Movement
Hawthorne expresses his ambivalent attitude towards puritanism through the portrayal of the destiny of the main characters in the novel. Through examining the flexible choice of transitivity system and the subtle distribution of the six processes in the discourse
this thesis
thus
holds that Hawthorne’s interpretation of puritanism lies in the characterization of the two main characters in the Birthmark. Hawthorne’s mixed feelings about Puritanism are mainly reflected in two aspects
namely
his acknowledgment of original sin and criticism of the rigidity and extremism of puritanism.
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