Hawthorne’s literary world turns out to be a most disturbed, tormented and problematical one possible to imagine. This has much to do with his “black” vision of life and human beings. 霍桑的文学世界是一个最令人不安、最痛苦、最有问题的世界。这与他对生命和人类的“黑色”愿景有很大关系。正如霍桑所说，每个人心中都有一个恶魔，或许一生中都处于隐藏的状态，但是周遭环境可能会使它活跃起来。