霍桑的小说《红字》主题思想丰富深邃 ,艺术表现手段超凡卓越。众所周知 ,精细入微的心理描写是这部小说最重要的特色 ,也是它蜚声文坛、行之久远的一个主要原因。而本文则试图以小说中出现的红“A”字作为切入点 ,探讨作者是如何通过它及其色彩意象来推动情节发展和表现主题内容的 Hawthorne ’s novel “The Scarlet Letter” has profound and profound themes, and its artistic means are outstanding. As we all know, subtle nuanced psychological description is the most important feature of this novel, but also its renowned literary world, one of the main reasons for a long time. This article attempts to use the word “A” in the novel as a starting point to explore how the author uses it and its color image to promote the plot development and the performance of the subject matter