The Scarlet letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, the Scarlet Letter, conveys the theme that as people actions change so does others perspective of them, the character Hester’s scarlet letter “A” doesn’t just stand as a symbol by itself but as a symbol of Hester’s identity; as her actions change so does the towns thought on the scarlet letter as they do not recognize her scarlet letter as a sign of sin and adultery, but as a symbol of being able. What was meant to shame and disown Hester in time turned into the exact opposite. In this novel society gave Hester the scarlet letter as a sign of sin and adultery, which was to symbolize her identity given to her by the Puritans. Hester refuses many times to take off the scarlet letter realizing that tacking the scarlet letter off or moving back to England will only bring her guilt and she would give the allowance of the Puritans to have control over her life. So instead of living in shame with scarlet letter, or “A”, like society wanted, and not ignoring it all together, Hester begins to work hard to improve her image and rebuild her character and herself as a person. One step Hester took was giving back to the poor even though she is living in poverty herself. Another key in Hester’s change in character is that she also starts to be helpful kindhearted. …show more content…
Society changes their perspective and the meaning of her scarlet letter. Instead of the sin the scarlet letter once stood for, and the sinner Hester was only recognized as, and always deemed to be, her and the letter “A” are now recognized as able and an angel
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, the Scarlet Letter, conveys the theme that as people actions change so does others perspective of them, the character Hester’s scarlet letter “A” doesn’t just stand as a symbol by itself but as a symbol of Hester’s identity; as her actions change so does the towns thought on the scarlet letter as they do not recognize her scarlet letter as a sign of sin and adultery, but as a symbol of being able. What was meant to shame and disown Hester in time turned into the exact opposite. In this novel society gave Hester the scarlet letter as a sign of sin and adultery, which was to symbolize her identity given to her by the Puritans. Hester refuses many times to take off the scarlet letter realizing that tacking the scarlet letter off or moving back to England will only bring her guilt and she would give the allowance of the Puritans to have control over her life. So instead of living in shame with scarlet letter, or “A”, like society wanted, and not ignoring it all together, Hester begins to work hard to improve her image and rebuild her character and herself as a person. One step Hester took was giving back to the poor even though she is living in poverty herself. Another key in Hester’s change in character is that she also starts to be helpful kindhearted. …show more content…
Society changes their perspective and the meaning of her scarlet letter. Instead of the sin the scarlet letter once stood for, and the sinner Hester was only recognized as, and always deemed to be, her and the letter “A” are now recognized as able and an angel