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Scarlet letter
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Introduction
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s tale, “The Scarlet Letter,” is a very powerful story of America and ideals that were held dear in the early years of its creation. ... Hester Prynne, the main character, has committed adultery; she is married, but her husband has not yet come to America, and she has become pregnant and had a child” (Anonymous The Scarlet Letter bookportal. ... Hesters first act in The Scarlet Letter seems to be an act of free will,” that being her decision to commit adultery in a land that surely abhors such actions (Reiss 200). ... After Dimmesdale’s death, she and Pearl leave New England, but Hester returns years later, and ‘of her own free will’ resumes wearing the scarlet letter” (Reiss 200). ...
This type of symbolic relationship is further indicated through her letter, the letter “A. ... She earned that ‘A’ under certain situations” such as those which involved her position as a lone woman with her husband overseas and her marriage being loveless (Anonymous Symbolism and The Scarlet Letter SCARLE_3. ... Another way that Hester Prynnes ‘A’ symbolizes America, is that they were both shaped by past actions” (Anonymous Symbolism and The Scarlet Letter SCARLE_3. ...
We also note that “The symbol of the scarlet letter shaped who Hester became, just as “America was shaped by everything that happened in her past. All the various people and cultures, mistakes she made, and her relationships with other countries” (Anonymous Symbolism and The Scarlet Letter SCARLE_3.
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Title: Scarlet letter
Words: 1200
Rating: None
Pages: 4.8
submitted by: LadyJasper86
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