Judgment And Isolation In The Scarlet Letter

In the book The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne there are many concepts that show throughout the book. Some of the concepts are judgment and isolation, these two concepts show up the most throughout the book mostly with Hester. It is either that Hester is being judged about her crime and sin she had committed. Also Hester sometimes feels that she has to isolate herself from the rest of the colony because she is sort of an outcast. Hester Prynne is not the only character in the book that shows these concepts so does Pearl, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth. Towards the beginning of the book Hester feels a little bit judged by Pearl when she throws the flowers at the “A” and dancing so happily when it lands upon it “In the afternoon of a certain summer’s day, after Pearl grew big …show more content…
Even though Pearl did not understand why her mother wears the scarlet letter and just assumes it is normal and is just acting like a child. This obviously hurt Hester’s feelings just a small bid and made her feel judged because Pearl doesn’t understand what the “A” is and why is it there. But, Hester seems that her child just needs to do what she does because it is because of her daughter why she wears the scarlet letter. The other concept is isolation because Hester and Dimmesdale are just hiding a large secret that nobody knows about yet and that is that Dimmesdale is the other half of the sin and crime, the father of Pearl. They end up isolating themselves more and more from society because if one person finds out they will be in more trouble than what has already happened. They feel that if they tell the secrets they will be freed of revealed , but they will be judged once word spreads out to the towns people “They stood in the noon of that strange and solemn splendor, as if it were the light that is to reveal all secrets, and the daybreak that shall unite all who belong together” (Hawthorne