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Monday, February 6, 2017

Hawthorne and The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne uses tokenism passim the entirety of The Scarlet Letter. A symbol is an object, a character, a figure, or a tinge that is meant to represent an abstract brain or concept. Some of the symbols Hawthorne uses ar more in judiciousness than former(a)s and carry a heavier meaning. However, condescension the depth of the meaning, each symbol holds an weighty role in the story told. A a couple of(prenominal) of these important symbols include the prison house house house door, the rosebush growing outside the prison, the ruby earn on Hester Prynnes chest, Pearl, the black man, Roger Chillingworth, the forest, and the mark on Arthur Dimmesdales chest.\nOne of the starting line symbols introduced in the novel is the prison and its door. The prison after or so fifteen or cardinal yearswas already marked with weather-stains and other indications of age (Hawthorne 46). In a like manner, the door of the prison had never seen a untested era and looked more passe e than anything else in the new adult male (Hawthorne 46). Hawthorne uses these two objects to symbolize the Puritans crude concept of justice. However, growing near the prison there is a rosebush among the weeds. The rosebush is meant to represent forgiveness as well as the sainthood of Hester Prynne who supposedly caused the bush to grow as she walked into the prison.\nHester Prynne introduces two of the more important symbols as she walks through the prison door. These symbols are the blood-red garner and her daughter Pearl. The scarlet letter represents sin of adultery towards the germ of the novel. It is used to openly outrage the wearer for his or her sin. Hester represents the control she was fetching of her punishment by embroidering the A very well. The letter A rests on her chest in fine red cloth surrounded with an elaborate embroider, and strange flourishes of gold thread (Hawthorne 51) However, by and by in the novel the scarlet letter takes on a new meaning. ..They had begun to ...

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