Scarlet letter

A detailed Summary of Scarlet letter

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a personal account of a Puritan woman, who is being tried for a sinful crime. This timeless classic, which is full of adultery, betrayal, promiscuity, subterfuge, and intrigue, would make a great coming attraction for a Hollywood movie not to mention a great storyline for this book. This literally masterpiece is set back in seventeenth-century Boston; this setting is the main character's problem because if it was set in today's time, there would be no problem with this sinful act. Hawthorne recounts the tragic life of Hester Prynne, which is full of hardships, mystery, and betrayal.

Hester's life was a long and twisty road, but in that day in time she deserved ever bit of pain and despair that she could bare. Hester Prynne had an affair outside of her marriage, which is called adultery, and gave birth to a child from this sinful act. Hester was forced to stand on a scaffold for hours with her daughter Pearl because of her act of adultery, but I would say that the real hardship for Hester was that nobody had enough courage to stand with her. Neither her husband nor her mysterious lover had enough guts to face their problems up front, so because of this Hester was alone. Her husband was

There was no conclusion for me to this book because Hawthorne used the method of talking about moralization for the last chapter. This technique really irritates me, but back in Hawthorne's time this was a popular method. I guess I could talk about the symbolism. Pearl, for instance, symbolized lots of things. Although Hester had so much trouble with Pearl, she still felt that Pearl was her treasure. Pearl was really the only thing that Hester had in life, and if Pearl was not in Hester's life then Hester almost have surely committed suicide. Once and a while, Pearl would bring joy to Hester's life, and that helped her keep living. Pearl really symbolized a rose to her mother because at times she could be bright and vibrant, and really love her mother, but at other times, she could be wilting. It was at these times when she was "wilting" that brought Hester the most grief. One final way that Pearl symbolized something in the novel was with her association with the scarlet letter. Pearl really was the scarlet letter, because if Pearl had never been born then Hester would have never been found guilty of adultery, and then she would never have to wear that burden upon her chest. Without that burden, Hester would have led a much better life than the one she had throughout the novel. In closing, Pearl was a source of many different kinds of symbolism. From being a rose, to representing the scarlet letter "A", she was kind of a burden, yet a love for Hester. As a final note, Pearl was more than her mother's only treasure; she was her mother's only source of survival. They were many accounts of symbolism. I would have talked about them all, but this is not a research paper.

too afraid of ruining is social image to admit to being married to such a woman, but he and Hester made a deal. The deal was that if she didn't tell that he was her husband then he would not harm her lover, who is at this time is still unknown but to the author. So the idea was made, and they went their separate ways, but still Hester was alone and depressed.

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Approximate Word count = 1404
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)

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