One of the most reputable novels of the eighteen hundreds is the admirable Scarlet Letter. The renowned author of this work is Nathaniel Hawthorne. He uses symbols and images to help the reader grasp the idea of the good and evil that everyone has in his or her soul. Hawthorne carries the reader through the protagonist, Hester Prynne, life. This shows the battles of the public's opinion that Hester struggles to overcome. In a world consumed of sin, young Heater appears to be alone in the evil that the public condemns on her. Throughout this journey of Hester's life, Hawthorne uses symbols to show Hester’s sin, but she contradicts the public opinion of her and refuses to let her sin own her. In this romance there are many symbols that have
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All of the pain and suffering that Hester had to perseveres through and she names the result of the pain, Pearl. Many townspeople like the narrator questions why Hester would “[name] the infant “Pearl”, as being of great price” (91). The mother of the child did not see it as this, “[Hester] purchased [Pearl] with all she had-[Pearl was] her mother’s only pleasure” (91). No matter how others see the sin that Hester committed, she looks at Pearl as the greatest gift God has given her. Pearl is a constant reminder of Hester's sin walking with her everyday, and still Hester has the heart enough to love her child and provide for her. Through the world sees Pearl as worthless, she is Hesters troubled …show more content…
There are many symbols that Hawthorn incorporated in this work. Hester Prynne is the main symbol in this work. The reader saw the hardships Hester had to undergo and still managed to acquire her honorable repation back. After reading this novel it makes the reader go back and think of a time where they judged someone for a sin that they thought was much larger than theirs; However, If all sin is equal in God’s eyes then why does one try to weigh their sin with others? If the reader was in Hesters shoes could he or she withstand the verbal torment. Hester is perhaps the one of the most defiant and well respected ladys in the literary
All of the pain and suffering that Hester had to perseveres through and she names the result of the pain, Pearl. Many townspeople like the narrator questions why Hester would “[name] the infant “Pearl”, as being of great price” (91). The mother of the child did not see it as this, “[Hester] purchased [Pearl] with all she had-[Pearl was] her mother’s only pleasure” (91). No matter how others see the sin that Hester committed, she looks at Pearl as the greatest gift God has given her. Pearl is a constant reminder of Hester's sin walking with her everyday, and still Hester has the heart enough to love her child and provide for her. Through the world sees Pearl as worthless, she is Hesters troubled …show more content…
There are many symbols that Hawthorn incorporated in this work. Hester Prynne is the main symbol in this work. The reader saw the hardships Hester had to undergo and still managed to acquire her honorable repation back. After reading this novel it makes the reader go back and think of a time where they judged someone for a sin that they thought was much larger than theirs; However, If all sin is equal in God’s eyes then why does one try to weigh their sin with others? If the reader was in Hesters shoes could he or she withstand the verbal torment. Hester is perhaps the one of the most defiant and well respected ladys in the literary