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人情冲突和伦理困境是文学作品中的显性主题。在美国作家纳撒尼尔·霍桑的代表作《红字》中，一段不伦之恋将几位主人公都置于爱恨情仇的纠葛之中，他们为走出困境，各从其志，救赎自我，终获赦罪的自由。本文从婚姻伦理、职业伦理和人际伦理三个层次解析小说中人物所面临的困境，以及他们为摆脱这些困境所作出的道德救赎努力，由此探究作家霍桑的宗教道德观念以及当时清教社会的伦理制度。
인정충돌화윤리곤경시문학작품중적현성주제。재미국작가납살니이·곽상적대표작《홍자》중，일단불륜지련장궤위주인공도치우애한정구적규갈지중，타문위주출곤경，각종기지，구속자아，종획사죄적자유。본문종혼인윤리、직업윤리화인제윤리삼개층차해석소설중인물소면림적곤경，이급타문위파탈저사곤경소작출적도덕구속노력，유차탐구작가곽상적종교도덕관념이급당시청교사회적윤리제도。
Conflicts in human relationship together with ethical dilemma are widely discussed in literary works. The world-renowned American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne portrayed in The Scarlet Letter a passionate and indecent extramarital affair, for which the protagonists in the novel were afflicted with emotional entanglements. They struggled to get out of the predicament by redeeming themselves, and they achieved the salvation of soul. From three perspectives such as marital ethics, professional ethics and interpersonal ethics, this paper explores the plight the characters are involved in, and describes their special efforts to be freed from the trouble. Hence it is possible to interpret the writer＇s religious beliefs and moral Standards, as well as the ethic system in the Puritan society at Hawthorne＇s time.