The American novelist Nathaniel

The American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for his "black vision".The term “black" vision refers to ______.
A、Hawthorne's observation that every man faces a black wall
B、Hawthorne's belief that all men are by nature evil
C、that Hawthorne employed a dream vision to tell his story
D、that Puritans of Hawthorne's time usually wore black clothes
【正确答案】：B
【题目解析】：霍桑的内心世界是极其不安、痛苦的。这与他的“黑暗”的人生观有关。霍桑认为，人人内心都有邪恶，这种邪恶也许一生都潜藏在内心，但在一定的条件下就表现出来。答案为B(P431)。