电影《红字》观后感

To me, "The Scarlet Letter" is a good film with great performances. All the actors do a superb job, although saying German language.
The story takes place in the New England. The Puritans have crossed the sea to their new land America with their religion and customs form the old country. And in the early years of Boston, the church and it’s people were very strong, strong enough to punish everyone who break the laws of God. There was a woman called Hester Prynne. She always wears a symbol of her adultery, a scarlet “A” on her dress, walking fast through the street with her bastard Pearl. Her husband Roger Chillingworth is an old man who was full of revenge. He finally found Hester’s lover, Mr. Dimmesdale, a young priest who was kind but sickly, and worked for the church of the town. Chillingworth stays with him every day to afflict this poor man’s soul. At last, young Dimmesdale find his courage back. He stood on the platform of the scaffold, and told everyone that he was the criminal for God, and for Hester. After all this, this young priest died. And Hester made a decision to move Europe with Pearl.
Firstly, I’d like to talk about Hester Prynne, a brave and indomitable woman. During the years of her punishment, Hester tries to hide the secrets and lives with a pure heart. For my personal sense, Hester is a brave woman living under too much pressure and a magnificent woman fighting for her natural rights of love and freedom, even though she is regarded as a sinner who has broken a basic law at that time. In those years, she resists the miserable fate, and yearns for a beautiful life fulling with love. It is such a valuable spirit under that religious background. Hester never give up to the fate of her life, reaching passionately for a life of freedom and love.
Secondly, I would like to talk about Dimmesdale, another leading character. In my mind, he is a coward and a hypocrite lives with guilt. Because of his religious belief, he dare not to tell the truth. For saving his soul, this poor man suffers the mental torture. He burns a scarlet letter with a soldering iron in his chest to condemn himself. Finally, he died under the unbearable burden, becoming a victim of hypocritical morality of human society. On the face of it, religion gives light and hope. But in fact, it does harm to human. In this film, Dimmesdale is the one who is persecuted most, and his weakness leads to this tragedy in some ways.
Another two people impresses me are Pearl and Roger, Hester's husband. Pearl shows the nature of children, the beauty in the world. It seems that she does not be affected by her mother's "A". Human nature is as it should be. We should not let those religious disciplines control us and make ourselves become slaves of spirit. As Prynne's huaband, Roger, his only purpose is find out the person who seduce his wife. This unhappy man has made his aim in life to add to the suffering of the young minister. For persecuting Hester and Dimmesdale and having no forgiveness, he tarnishes his soul and becomes a mean man. After Dimm esdale’s death , no one changes more in appearance than him. All his strength and energy has been used to harm his patient.
The scarlet letter symbolizes the harshness of Puritan society, showing how Puritan society will always remember the sin. At the last of this film, Hester makes her decision to move Europe with Pearl. At that moment, she is full of energy again. After throwing the red “A“ before her mind, Hester regained her passion and beauty.。