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The Scarlet Letter is considered to be one of the greatest American novels. ... She presented herself in front of the society with dignity, absorbing the piercing eyes upon the scarlet letter on her bosom which was a constant reenacted of the reactions of the time where she stood on the scaffold. ... I believe he was trying to get some form of relievement from the heavy burden, which he felt was burning “a scarlet letter within his chest”. ... Hester lives with the sin she is reminded of each day with the visible scarlet letter. Arthur lives with the conscience of guilt that he is constantly reminded with the inner burning of the scarlet letter upon his heart. ... In the end Hester realizes that whether the scarlet letter be removed or not it is always a permanent part of her that will live within. ... One of my favorites being the scene in which he describes the red sky and the apparition of the scarlet letter it was symbolic and helped you picture the meaning of the scarlet letter. ... Hester Prynne was considered an adulteress and had to live with her sin of adultery each day with a physical reminder of the embroidered scarlet letter upon on her bosom. Her sin led her to redemption and by the end had earned her a different symbolism to her scarlet letter A, the community believed it didn’t stand for adultery anymore bur for “able” and strong. ... The Scarlet Letter has taught me many themes of sin, redemption, and guilt.
Approximate Word count = 1496
Approximate Pages = 6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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