The most symbolic piece of work in American Literature is Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne's use of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter is one of the most significant contributions to the rise of American Literature. ... The A also stands for "Angel" when it is seen in the sky on the night of Governor Winthrop's death. ... These are the reasons why Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is American Literature's most famous symbolic novel ever to be written. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the great novels in American Literature. ... The scarlet letter "A" is Hester Prynne's American Express card, she cannot leave home without it. ... First, standing for adultery which alienates Hester from the community, later that same letter is interpreted as Angel as the governor passes away, and finally the "A" comes to mean able as a result of Hester's ambition and compassion. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

With its complex, emotional plot and its rich symbolism, this masterpiece has become a highly prized classic in American literature. ... The citizen also tells the reverend that many other people saw the "A" in the sky, and that they believed the celestial mark stood for "angel," and meant that the deceased Governor Winthrop had been converted into an angel. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

To Dimmesdale this implies that he should wear the mask of shame like Hester does, even though the community interprets the "A" in the sky as angel, marking Governor Winthrop's entry to heaven. ... The Scarlet Letter is one of the first American, symbolic novels, and has helped to influence the symbols used in the novel today. ...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne used his writing skills to appropriately show the strict intolerant ways of the disciplined Puritan America of 1850, with his novel The Scarlet Letter. ... Towards the end of her life, the letter grows to mean "Angel", and "the scarlet letter ceased to be a stigma which attracted the world's scorn and bitterness"(Hawthorne 229) and it was even "looked upon with awe, yet with reverence too." ( Hawthorne 260). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Her husband, later revealed to be Roger Chillingworth, took her first to Amsterdam, and then sent her to America to await his arrival. ... She recognizes the white man as Roger Chillingworth, her husband, who sent her to America and remained in Amsterdam. ...

• Word Count: 5572
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School