Throughout The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne embeds a variety of signs and symbols in the letter "A." ... In this quote, Pearl is described as having a bright personality in contrast with her gray surroundings. ... Pearl is the "the animate letter, the child dressed in gold-embroidered scarlet" and "the scarlet letter in another form, the scarlet letter endowed with life.... Pearl's attire of the same deep, scarlet color and its same stitching, very much alike Hester Prynne's own scarlet letter on her chest was another representation of the scarlet letter. ....

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This feeling stands as a prominent symbol in the novel The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... Pearl symbolizes the scarlet letter on Hester's chest. ... She does this to try to hide the scarlet letter, but she notices that one shameful thing would not help to hide another. ... Pearl plays as a direct symbol of the scarlet letter, which is a way of penance. ... In times like these her Scarlet letter was not a signal for the start of mockery and ridicule. ...

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Symbolism in "The Scarlet Letter", whoa just gave one away! ... Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" contains many symbols, including the forest, Pearl, and the scarlet letter itself, which all contribute to the main theme of sin and its consequences. ... The narrator makes it clear of this saying that "God, as a direct consequence of the sin which man thus punished, had given her a lovely child, whose place was on that same dishonoured bosom." (59) This quote refers to the bosom, where Hester's scarlet letter "A" is clipped. ... In the beginning of the novel, the sca...

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"The Scarlet Letter" Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote "The Scarlet Letter" in 1850 in the highly religious area of New England. ... The Scarlet Letter is chock full of symbolism. ... Not only Hester, but also the physical scarlet letter, the badge of shame, is shown through the author's tone and word choice as a beautiful, gold and colorful piece attached with gold thread, thus giving the scarlet letter A a majestic tone when Hester wears it. ... The Scarlet Letter is wrapped in a deluge of allegorical theories and philosophies. ... This quote shows that Hester sometimes regrets Pea...

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The novel The Scarlet Letter, The Ministers Black Veil and Young Goodman Brown all unite upon this common thread. The opening scene of chapter 2 in The Scarlet Letter describes a gaggle of gossiping women viewing Hester Prynne's punishment. ... Midway into The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne writes "Would not the people start up in their seats, by a simultaneous impulse, and tear him down out of the pulpit which he defiled? ... The quote from The Scarlet Letter relates to how Dimmesdale hides his sin behind a veil of deceit from his congregation, who sees him as a "saint on earth&quo...

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In this short story "Young Goodman Brown,"" Nathaniel Hawthorne creates an image of innocence compromised in the face of the evil of the world. The way the story is presented leaves a question open as to whether Young Goodman Brown's experience was real or a vision. Nathaniel in this story does wh...

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