TheLoveunderAsceticisminTheScarletLetterandTheThornBirdsAbstractLoveistheeternalthemeinhumanlife.However,lovechangesmuchbecauseoftheinfluenceofasceticism.Althoughloveisatragedy,thespiritofmaincharacterslongingforloveandstrugglingwiththedoctrineofreligionsisworthlearning.Itcanalsolearnedthattheasceticismrestrainsthehumannatureandresultsinthedestruction.ThisthesiswilldealwiththeinfluenceofasceticismonloveinTheScarletLetterandTheThornBirds.TheinfluencereflectsmainlyintheleadingcharactersDimmesdaleandRalph.Bothofthemarepriestsandfallinlove.Theworseisthateachofthemhasachild.However,theyhavetoabandontheirbelovedbecauseoftheasceticism,andtheybeartoomuchtorture.Sotragedycannotbeavoided.KeyWordsLove;desire;tragedy;asceticism摘要爱情是人类永恒的话题.可是在西方社会中，爱情由于宗教禁欲主义的影响发生了一些变化，带有了一定的悲剧色彩。在西方描写神职人员爱情的文学作品中，虽然他们的爱情是悲剧，但他们那种为了爱情而努力奋斗，甚至和宗教做抗争的精神使我们振奋。从中我们也能深刻的感受到宗教对人性的摧残。本篇论文将从《红字》和《荆棘鸟》两部作品中的主要人物丁梅斯代尔和拉尔夫来看宗教禁欲主义对他们内心的摧残和折磨,从而导致的悲剧.丁梅斯代尔和拉尔夫都是牧师，却同样陷入了感情之中。但是因为宗教的禁欲主义，他们不能接触爱情，一旦有了感情就要经受很多折磨和痛苦。所以悲剧的产生是必然的。关键词爱情;欲望;悲剧;禁欲主义IntroductionLove,oneofthemostbeautifulandromanticemotioninhumanlife,hasbeenstrugglingwithAsceticisminwesternsociety.Justbecauseofthis,love,themostbeautifulfeelinginhuman’sheart,isbothadreamandapunishmentintheeyesofclergymenunderAsceticism.Therefore,loveofclergymeninthewesternliteraryworksendsintragedy.ThispaperwilldealwiththelovetragedyunderAsceticisminTheScarletLetterandTheThornBirds.TheScarletLetteriswrittenbyNathanielHawthorne.ThestoryhappenedinthebackgroundofAmericancolonyruledbyPuritaninthesixteenthcentury.TheleadingcharactersinthisnovelDimmesdaleandHesterfallinlovewitheachother.ButDimmesdaleisapriest.BeforehemeetsHester,hehasdevotedhimselftotheGod.Inthispaper,youcanlearnDimmesdale’smixedfeeling.HelovesHester,buthemustabidebytheruleofPuritan.Pearl’sbirthnotonlysendsHestertotheprisonandHesterissentencedtowearthescarletletter“A”allherlife,butalsogivesDimmesdalemorespiritualtorture,becauseDimmesdalehasnocouragetoconfesshissin.Heisafraidoflosinghis