Nathaniel Hawthorne is considered one of the most influential author’s of the time. He expresses a great deal of Puritan style in his novel, and he creates very unique three dimensional symbols in his novel. Symbols are considered one of the most influential ways to express a persons view on a topic. The Scarlet Letter is no exception to this statement. William Hawthorne’s romantic novel, The Scarlet Letter expresses his view of many topics in society through his symbols. The Scarlet Letter is one of the most powerful and influential symbols in the novel. It evolves over time and represents many different things in the society from adulterous to angel to able. In the society adultery is a very serious issue that is punishable by death. It
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The Scarlet Letter is not only changing the community’s view of Hester, but it is also changing Hester herself. Hester steers away from “passion and feeling to thought” (160). The letter starts to shows an impact on Hester and it changes her views on society and women as well. She is losing herself from the letter and constantly thinks about the letter and the impact it has has on herself and others. She thinks about the letter so much that it overpowers her, and she starts to think it is the only thing in her life that anyone sees. Hester does not realize how much of an impact her letter has on herself until she takes it off and feels like everything is left off her shoulder. She feels free when the letter is off of her and it shows the impact it has on Hester. Hester will later go on to overcome the letter and have the letter become a symbol of legendary status to future generations to come.The scarlet letter effects everyone in different ways. One is Arthur who has one of the biggest impacts, so much that he starts to torture and hurt himself in response to the letter. He tortures himself so much, that he engraves his own scarlet letter …show more content…
The forest is a place where Arthur and Hester come together to show their true feelings. Hester and Arthur meet each other for the first time in seven years in the forest, and they can not recognize each other. They believe that “each [are] a ghost, and awe-stricken at the other ghost!” (186). They can not recognize each other from the effects of sin and guilt that have impacted both their lives greatly. Not only is it a place for Hester and Arthur to see each other, but it is a place where sin does not create a barrier between people. The forest is where people freely express their sin and have the Blackman make his mark on people. Mistress Hibbins frequently goes inside the forest because she is also a sinner and the forest is a place where sin and evil is present. Mistress Hibbins knows that whoever enters the forest is because they have something to hide and have sins they want to confess. She knows that Arthur has a sin he is keeping from everyone because he comes from the forest. Hawthorne wrote about the forest to express the dark truth about society, how we keep secrets bottled up inside us that can lead us to an evil place where we can express our true feelings. The Scarlet Letter expresses many topics in society through the symbols. These symbols help show different effects of sin and guilt, but also show how the symbols help
The Scarlet Letter is not only changing the community’s view of Hester, but it is also changing Hester herself. Hester steers away from “passion and feeling to thought” (160). The letter starts to shows an impact on Hester and it changes her views on society and women as well. She is losing herself from the letter and constantly thinks about the letter and the impact it has has on herself and others. She thinks about the letter so much that it overpowers her, and she starts to think it is the only thing in her life that anyone sees. Hester does not realize how much of an impact her letter has on herself until she takes it off and feels like everything is left off her shoulder. She feels free when the letter is off of her and it shows the impact it has on Hester. Hester will later go on to overcome the letter and have the letter become a symbol of legendary status to future generations to come.The scarlet letter effects everyone in different ways. One is Arthur who has one of the biggest impacts, so much that he starts to torture and hurt himself in response to the letter. He tortures himself so much, that he engraves his own scarlet letter …show more content…
The forest is a place where Arthur and Hester come together to show their true feelings. Hester and Arthur meet each other for the first time in seven years in the forest, and they can not recognize each other. They believe that “each [are] a ghost, and awe-stricken at the other ghost!” (186). They can not recognize each other from the effects of sin and guilt that have impacted both their lives greatly. Not only is it a place for Hester and Arthur to see each other, but it is a place where sin does not create a barrier between people. The forest is where people freely express their sin and have the Blackman make his mark on people. Mistress Hibbins frequently goes inside the forest because she is also a sinner and the forest is a place where sin and evil is present. Mistress Hibbins knows that whoever enters the forest is because they have something to hide and have sins they want to confess. She knows that Arthur has a sin he is keeping from everyone because he comes from the forest. Hawthorne wrote about the forest to express the dark truth about society, how we keep secrets bottled up inside us that can lead us to an evil place where we can express our true feelings. The Scarlet Letter expresses many topics in society through the symbols. These symbols help show different effects of sin and guilt, but also show how the symbols help