In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses many different objects and people as symbols to express his message throughout the book. ... Perhaps the most complex symbol in the book is the most obvious and prevalent one, the books namesake, The Scarlet Letter itself. ... After being a complete outcast from the town and all its inhabitants, being respected by her peers is an amazing accomplishment for Hester. A third symbol Hawthorne uses in The Scarlet Letter is Pearl, Hester's daughter. ... In Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, there are many more than just these four prevalent ...

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• Grade Level: High School

There are many images of truth shown in Hawthorne's novel, "The Scarlet Letter." ... She shows the scarlet A on her chest for all to see, and braves their criticism. ... This scene is also important to the chraracterization of Hester because it is the first time that she is not in complete control of her emotions. ... She shows this through her scarlet letter, and she insists on it being exposed. To conclude, there are many situations in the Scarlet Letter where truth is shown, exposed and hidden. ...

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Some sins are committed out of love, like that of Hester and Dimmesdale in "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... On the other hand, I must bear "H" (hate) in order to transform myself into a better person and to gain more knowledge of things that I wouldn't be able to see for myself without my Scarlet Letter. ... However, society's vision of salvation is based on the bad things and good deeds you have completed throughout your lifetime. ... Dimmesdale was a very cowardly person when it came to the sin and his very soul burned for he had no scarlet letter. ... In short, "...

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• Grade Level: High School

This was surely the case in Nathaniel Hawthorne's, The Scarlet Letter, a novel set in Puritan times that describes what guilt and sin truly are. ... She was presented with a scarlet A to wear upon her bosom for the rest of her life. ... Her prison-door was thrown open, and she came forth into the sunshine, which, falling on all alike, seemed, to her sick and morbid heart, as if meant for no other purpose than to reveal the scarlet letter on her breast (72). ... they had begun to look upon the scarlet letter as the token, not of that one sin, for which she had borne so long and dreary a...

• Word Count: 748
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• Grade Level: High School