The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter, which was written about Hester Prynne’s adultery in the seventeenth century, which adultery is a crime, she was convicted and was forced to wear an embroidered letter A for the rest of her life. She is also reminded about her sin because of her daughter, Pearl, and by the town who shuns her and exclude her. Hester is a very strong and passionate women who everyone judges her for her crime. She learns to live life normal with her daughter, but she is always going to feel ashamed and guilty for her sin. Nathaniel Hawthorne demonstrates the theme of identity and society by using the setting, symbolism, and tone.
As an illustration, Hawthorne uses the setting to support the theme of identity and society. The setting takes place during the seventeenth century in which …show more content…
Pearl is a symbolic of “Hester’s adultery, ability, affection, and role as feminine angel” (Daniels). Which means that Pearl represents more than just a burden but a blessing that Hester admires a lot. In society in those times, the people mistreated Hester and Pearl because of their situation. The embroidery letter A that is on Hester's chest “signifier of pride and shame, achievement and everly alludes to adultery’ (Egan). The letter A is viewed by the people as Hester identity, but it is view different to Hester. Hester does not think that the letter A is her identity but “the very passions which motivate Hester’s transgression, and the sufferings that accompany her punishment” (Daniels). In which when Hester moved and did not wear the letter A, she felt relieved because she did not want to be identified as the women who commit adultery. Pearl and the embroidery letter A both symbolizes Hester Prynne and which helps analyze the theme of identity and society of The Scarlet
Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter, which was written about Hester Prynne’s adultery in the seventeenth century, which adultery is a crime, she was convicted and was forced to wear an embroidered letter A for the rest of her life. She is also reminded about her sin because of her daughter, Pearl, and by the town who shuns her and exclude her. Hester is a very strong and passionate women who everyone judges her for her crime. She learns to live life normal with her daughter, but she is always going to feel ashamed and guilty for her sin. Nathaniel Hawthorne demonstrates the theme of identity and society by using the setting, symbolism, and tone.
As an illustration, Hawthorne uses the setting to support the theme of identity and society. The setting takes place during the seventeenth century in which …show more content…
Pearl is a symbolic of “Hester’s adultery, ability, affection, and role as feminine angel” (Daniels). Which means that Pearl represents more than just a burden but a blessing that Hester admires a lot. In society in those times, the people mistreated Hester and Pearl because of their situation. The embroidery letter A that is on Hester's chest “signifier of pride and shame, achievement and everly alludes to adultery’ (Egan). The letter A is viewed by the people as Hester identity, but it is view different to Hester. Hester does not think that the letter A is her identity but “the very passions which motivate Hester’s transgression, and the sufferings that accompany her punishment” (Daniels). In which when Hester moved and did not wear the letter A, she felt relieved because she did not want to be identified as the women who commit adultery. Pearl and the embroidery letter A both symbolizes Hester Prynne and which helps analyze the theme of identity and society of The Scarlet