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... He stands before Hester and the rest of the town and proceeds to give a moving speech about how it would be in her and the fathers best interest for her to reveal the fathers name (letter 3). ... Then as Pearl grew older, she symbolizes the decimation of Hesters life and mental state by harassing her mother over the scarlet "A" which embroidered on her dress. ... In another aspect, Pearl symbolizes Gods way of punishing Hester for adultery and was really the scarlet letter (analysis 5). ...
Pearl, from being a rose, to representing the scarlet letter "A", she was a kind of burden, yet love for Hestor. ...
Hester becomes a highly respected person in a Puritan society by overcoming one of the harshest punishments, the scarlet letter (puritan 1). ... Hester went beyond the letter of the law and did everything asked for here in order to prove that she is "able". (letter 4). ... After years of proving her worth with her uncommon sewing skills and providing community service, the colonists come to think of the scarlet letter as "the cross on a nuns bosom. ... The scarlet letter was constantly worn by Hester with pride and dignity (stack 34 2). Hester knew that what was done in the past was wrong and that the scarlet A was the right thing to do, therefore it is worn with a sense of pride. ... At one point he lashes himself with a whip, and at the end of the book we find that he has inscribed the letter "A" into his own chest. ... After it is done, he dies in Hesters arms, freed from the debilitating burden of his secret (letter 3). ... His public confession is one of the noblest climaxes of tragic literature (letter 3). ... This, coupled with the fact that he has devoted himself almost entirely to his studies, serves to cut him off from the rest of humanity (letter 1). ...
As the author mentioned earlier, The Scarlet Letter is pervaded with symbolism. ... However the novel revolves around two major symbols: light and darkness and the scarlet letter. ...
The scarlet letter also takes many different forms in the novel. The first and clearest form that the letter A takes is "Adulteress. ... Hence, the people look at the letter elaborately embroidered with gold thread and see a worthless woman who is proud of her sin (Hawthorne 54). ... The final form that the scarlet letter take is "Able." Hester helped the people of the town so unselfishly that Hawthorne wrote: Such helpfulness was found in her,--so much power to do, and power to sympathize,--that many people refused to interpret the scarlet A by its original significance. ...
In closing, one of the most important reasons that The Scarlet Letter is so well known is the way Hawthorne leaves the novel open to be interpreted several different ways by his abundant use of symbolism (symbolism 7~8). This background, together with a believable plot, convincing characterization, and important literary devices enables Nathaniel Hawthorne in The Scarlet Letter to the develop the theme of the heart as a prison (analysis 13). ... The Scarlet Letter is one of the few books that will be timeless, because it deals with alienation, sin, punishment, and guilt, emotions that will continue to be felt by every generation to come (analysis 14).
Approximate Word count = 2608
Approximate Pages = 10.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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