The story the Scarlet letter is all about symbolism. People and objects are symbolic of events and thoughts. Throughout the course of the book, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Hester, Pearl, and Arthur Dimmesdale to signify the Puritan and romantic philosophies. The movie The Scarlet Letter, directed by Roland Joffe, is depicted suprisingly different, than Hawthorne's 1850 novel.
Take for instance, the letter "A," surely a big part in the novel. In the novel, the letter is very nice, decorated, and in gold. In the book, Hester makes the letter herself. In the movie it is given to her. Hester is given the letter while on the sca
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