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The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a novel that takes place in a Puritan community during the middle of the seventeenth century. ... ) Throughout "The Scarlet Letter" the "burning infamy" takes on various shapes and forms (try shapes and meanings. ...
The first person for whom the letter “A” takes shape for is Hester Prynne. (try: the first person the letter affects is Hester Prynne or something along that variation. ... The letter’s meaning shifts as time passes (Sparknotes, 7). ... )
Also, for Hester, the letter A takes on armor and alienation. ... All Hester can see is the letter A, the scarlet letter, and she herself is hidden behind that letter. ... They see nothing else to her, and so it is as if Hester the person is gone, and only the woman wearing (remove woman wearing for they now only see the letter not even a woman) the letter is left. Secondly, Hester herself hides behind the letter. ... The letter will repel people alone, and so she neednt bother with their society. (awkward sentence)
A last, but not least meaning for the letter “A” in reference to Hester is able. ... To the outside crowd, she puts on a disposition of strength, and almost displays overconfidence of the letter that she bears. ... Adultery, ashamed, artist, alienation,
armor, and able are forms that the letter A takes for Hester. ... change to: Although all the meanings for the letter A mostly affected Hester in a negative way, light would soon shed upon her situation.)
Also, to Reverend Dimmesdale the letter “A” takes on many purposes. The letter “A” can be a way of showing whom Hester Prynne had committed adultery with, and it
can also serve as being Dimmesdales own “A” for he was an accomplice to Hesters sin. “The ‘Conclusions’ of The Scarlet Letter begins by telling us that ‘when time
sufficed for the people to arrange their thoughts. ... To rationalists, for whom
supernatural explanations are ruled out, the letter must be Dimmesdale’s own writing. ... ” (citation correction here)The letter “A” could have also been an open symbol as to whom was the man that Hester had engaged in intercourse with. ...
Chillingsworth can be included into the letter “A” by the term alchemy. ... ” (cite correction) Alchemy is a form the scarlet letter takes in reference to Chillingsworth. ...
Another member who takes on symbolism from the letter “A” is Hester and Dimmesdales daughter Pearl. She doesn’t actually take symbolism from the letter “A”
for she is the letter “A”.
Approximate Word count = 2030
Approximate Pages = 8.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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