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ming from Meggie. For the love to Ralph, Meggie struggles with the God and the surrounding. She can abandon her all for Ralph. However, their end is tragic. Ralph passes away and so does Dane. The only thing Meggie steals from the God is taken away by God. At last, Meggie has noting but she knows clearly she is right, just because she loves Ralph. It is worthy to her. In this story, the main protagonist Ralph also cannot break away from the asceticism, but as a man having rich emotion, he cannot end his passion. He cannot help to love Meggie. His soul is struggling with the pain and torment. As the same to Dimmesdale, Ralph cannot get rid of the desires to power and the need to love. When the rich Mary died, she leaves her property to the church of Roman catholic but she asked the church must admire Ralph’s ability and value. From then on, Ralph has been put in the war between the God and Meggie, the Power and love. To Ralph, both of God and Meggie are important. He does not want to give up each one. At last, the power defeats the love. The God wins Meggie. As if it is destined, Ralph does not belong to the God completely. He also does not belong to Meggie. They struggle with God, with the rule of religion----asceticism. They have the right to love each other because love is human nature. The legend of the thorn birds predicts the life of Ralph and Meggie. The most valuable must be exchanged with high costly. Meggie gives back what she steals from God—Dane. Their love is destined to a tragedy Ⅲ. Analysis of Love Under Asceticism in The Scarlet Letter and The Thorn birds Perhaps in everyone’s mind, both Hester and Meggie are sympathized in that they are the victims of asceticism. In fact, the tragedy results from not only the asceticism, but also the human being themselves. They have freedom to choose their own lives. That is to say, their tragic lives are their choice. When they face between love and power even their ambition, they both drop their love and choose their career, fame and power. After they satisfy their desire, they find love is very important to them. They want to be normal human and live a normal life, but at the time they make the decision, their loves are destined to forbidden love. Love is sin and criminal in Bible. From this, it can be said asceticism is inhuman to clergyman. But they choose God, so their love is cursed. Dimmsdale and Ralph choose their career, the ultimate victim are Hester and Meggie. They must bear more than others. The pressure coming from religion and society is great. In fact, Hester and Meggie have the right to choose. Perhaps they can get the happy life if they give up this abnormal love, but they choose to keep on this distorted love, so their tragedy is inevitable. Dimmsdale and Ralph get the fame and career, but the ultimate victims are Hester and Meggie. Both The Scarlet Letter and The Thorn Birds are different stories, but it can be found the common places—both of the stories are love tragedy under asceticism. Conclusion Both The Scarlet Letter and The Thorn Birds describe the love of clergyman and the conflict in their heart. Both of Ralph and Dimmesdale are in misery and they want to get the free love. However, in fact both of them do not escape from the doctrines of religion. Asceticism is one moral principle or lifestyle which asks human to control their desire to human body. Religion takes the desire to body as vulgar and thinks that sex is the roots of sin an