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The Scarlet Letter: An Analysis Of Symbolism
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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is generally considered to
be the first American symbolic novel. A symbol is something which is used
to represent something broader in meaning.
The most obvious symbol in the novel is the actual scarlet "A" which
both the criticism and I agree upon. This ....
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....e diamond in the rough.
The symbol for Puritanism, according to one critic, is when Hawthorne
uses the beadle. I can see how the Puritans are compared to minor parish
officials in the Church of England by the way the society follows their
lead. The Puritan children are taught to scorn Hester for her adultery.
In the Puritan rule this is an austere iniquity, so they dominate the
judicial side of her punishment. The Puritan world and the natural world
are also contrasted continuously thr.... |
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