In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, he uses many symbols that tie into the character’s lives. Hester has the scarlet letter as punishment of her sin. Dimmesdale has the meteor as his own mark of shame. They both have Pearl as the end result of their sin. Sin is intertwined with all of the characters in the book and the symbols used to represent them.
Hester Prynne, the town’s seamstress, committed adultery and for her punishment she has to wear the scarlet letter. The “A” stands for her sin, but as the people come to know her over the years, they think of the “A” as her being able, able to
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