简介:AsamasterpieceofHawthorne’sworks,TheScarletLettersetsuponNewEnglandintheseventiethcenturyandsuccessfullydepictsthecrueltyofPuritansocietyandthekilltohumannature.However,itseemsthatthisisnottheonlypurposefortheauthortocriticizethePuritanism.Hawthornealsoendeavorstopursuitanidealharmonythroughtheimageoftheforest,whichisomittedbymostofthescholarswhoresearchHawthorne’sworks,especiallyforTheScarletLetter.Inthisthesis,itaimstoillustratetheidealharmonyfromtwoperspectives:first,theimageoftheforeststandsfortheharmonyoftheprimitivelife;second,theimageoftheforestrepresentstheharmonyofthedevelopmentbothinbodyandmind.
简介:In1874FrancisGalton,aBritishpolymath,analysedasampleofEnglishscientistsandfoundthevastmajoritytobefirst-bornsons.Thisledhimtospeculatethatfirst-bornchildrenenjoyedaspeciallevelofattentionfromtheirparentsthatallowedthemtothriveintellectually.HalfacenturylaterAlfredAdler,anAustrianpsychologist.