19世纪美国著名作家霍桑的优秀长篇小说《红字》是一部思想内涵丰富、底蕴深刻的多元主题作品。本文通过对作品中几个主要人物形象的分析和对作品中主人公在不同的遭遇面前所表现出来的不同行为、不同态度以及不同结局的探讨 ,论述了作家讴歌诚实、斥责虚伪的主题意识 Hawthorne’s famous novel “The Scarlet Letter”, a famous American writer in the 19th century, is a multivariate theme with rich connotation and profound connotation. Through the analysis of the images of several main characters in the works and the discussion of the different behaviors, different attitudes and different outcomes of the protagonists in their encounters before the different encounters, this article discusses the theme consciousness of the writer Acura honest, rebuking hypocrisy