Nathaniel Hawthorne was an anti-transcendentalist and believed in the dark side of man, hence his dark romantic novel The Scarlet Letter. ... The Scarlet Letter defines the American Romanticist movement while using symbolic characters and places that give the book seemingly two different stories. ... Furthermore the novel can be defined as a romantic novel by analyzing the characters Hester, Pearl, and Dimmesdale for their overall purpose to the story and the symbolism. ... Once in the center of town he approaches the scaffold where Hester and Pearl stood. He calls to them to help him cl...

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• Grade Level: High School

Upon further reading of this passage, not only did I choose this scene based on the good feeling that I got, but also because Hawthorne filled the scene with what I believe to be symbolism and deeper meaning. ... Whatever he does, whether he goes on the scaffold and professes his sin, or moves to England with Hester and Pearl, this relationship can not work because in so many ways, Dimmesdale rejects the Scarlet Letter, in both human and supernatural forms, it now rejects him, evidenced by the reactions of Pearl in the last chapter, when she runs to the brook to was her head after she D...

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