美国著名作家纳撒尼尔·霍桑最杰出的代表作《红字》以其深邃的主题和象征主义创作技巧而形成了自己独特的艺术风格。本文就作品的象征主义创作技巧作了较为深入的探究,分析《红字》中那些构思精巧的意象,是如何充分反应了清教对人的精神摧残和人们无法克制的对幸福生活的追求。正是象征主义创作技巧的绝妙运用加深了小说的寓意,增添了作品的浪漫色彩。 The most outstanding masterpiece of the famous American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne “Scarlet Letter” with its profound theme and symbolism creative skills and formed its own unique style of art. This article makes a more in-depth exploration on the creative techniques of symbolism of works, and analyzes how those elaborate images in the Scarlet Letter fully reflect Puritanism’s devastating human spirit and its unquenchable pursuit of a happy life. It is the perfect use of symbolism creation techniques that have deepened the moral of the novel and added to the romanticism of the work.