Power of Symbols and Symbolism in Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Let

The Power of the Symbol in The red-faced Letter every(prenominal) classic literature uses symbolism in one way or another. Nathaniel Hawthornes Scarlet Letter is no different. The very basis of every character, their in the flesh(predicate) appearance and way they act revolves around one thing, the Scarlet Letter. The red- attendd letter is an A, in crimson fabric, worn by a puritan woman for her act of adultery. Its very existence is solely to possess shame and remorse on Hester Prynne and her daughter Pearl, who was conceived in her lust, but it comes to stand firm for so much more. All of Hawthornes main characters Hester Prynne, Pearl, Reverend Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth, feel the exasperation of one piece of cloth and learn how character can be created or destroyed by the simplest things. Hester Prynne is the cause for all of a Puritan woman with more than her weight to bear. She was sent to America by her husband, Roger Chillingworth, where she att ached adultery with her Reverend Dimmesdale and conceived a child, Pearl. In the beginning of the book, her beauty shines by the plain appearance of Puritan women. The young woman was tall, with a radiation pattern of perfect elegance on a large scale. She had dark and profuse hair, so glossy that it threw off the sunshine with a gleam, and a face which, besides being beautiful from regularity of feature and richness of complexion, had the immenseness belonging to a marked brown and deep black eyes. She was doll like, too, after the manner of the feminine gentility of those days characterized by a certain state and dignity, rather than which is now recognized as this indication.(55). But, with her sin, comes the dreaded Scarlet A. The letter, which she so beautifully embroidered, se... ...aders with knowledge and a lifelong lesson. The Scarlet Letter teaches everyone to be able to see the sin and actual insides of someones soul. later on uncovering their deep, da rk secrets, one is taught not to judge or vituperate the person because of what their heart contains, for their heart may be cleaner than ones own. whole shebang Cited and Consulted Bradley, Sculley, Beatty, Richmond Croom, and E. Hudson Long (1996). The Social Criticism of a Public Man. Readings on Nathaniel Hawthorne (pp. 47-49). San Diego Greenhaven. Chase, Richard (1996). The Ambiguity of the Scarlet Letter. Readings on Nathaniel Hawthorne (pp. 145-152). San Diego Greenhaven. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. New York St. Martins, 1991. Scharnhorst, Gary. The Critical receipt to Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter. New York Greenwood, 1992.