1. But dominating all outside interests, sporting or cerebral, was the fact that Sam Hawthorne was an Anglophile. 在萨姆·霍索恩的所有业余爱好中，不论是体育方面的还是智力方面，压倒一切的是对英国的崇拜。
2. Hawthorne is also a great allegorist and almost every story can be read allegorically, as is the case in"Young Goodman Brown." 霍桑擅长隐喻，像《小伙子布朗》一样，他几乎每个故事都可以当作隐喻来读。
3. Since Hawthorne treats them as examples of error, their diabolism is often unconvincing ; nor is it possible to take very seriously such objectives as a Great Carbuncle. 由于霍桑描写这些人物是误入岐途，他们的邪恶往往难以置信，而且你对大红玉之类的目标，也不能过于认真。
4. By composing the novel, Hawthorne intended to repent of his ancestors' cruelties and remove the curses from the persecuted. 霍桑创作《红字》，意在向当年受到自己先祖迫害的基督徒忏悔，替先祖赎罪。
5. Hawthorne feels that all excess is to be deplored. 霍桑觉得一切过分的举动都是可悲的。
网络释义
Alfred University--New York State College of Ceramics Alfred 阿尔菲德大学;
