Red most obviously represents Hester's sin, as shown by her scarlet letter. ... Black is used to represent evil and hiding. ... Hawthorne explains black weeds growing from a sinner's grave as evil coming out and dying. ... Black is used to symbolize the worst and most evil part of an object or person. ... Darkness represents a poor state with self-denial, as well as representing simple evil. ...
(Hawthorne, 2000, p. 45) Hester herself often glimpses flashes of this evilness in her child. ... Moby Dick is a timeless tale of man's battle against sin and evil. The men of the Pequod are in a constant evil battle against the white whale Moby Dick. ... In Moby Dick, the symbolic message is that sin threatens to destroy the world, which in the story is represented by the Pequod. ... (Melville, 1851, p. 174) It often seems as if some evil spirit, possibly the devil, possesses Moby Dick. ...
Because of that, Chillingworth represents evil in the novel. ... Even from the beginning, when there is a beautiful rosebush surrounded by "evil", which previews what is to come in the book. ... Pearl represents Hester's sin. ... The scaffold also represents an important part of the book. It represents the public forgiving of sins. ...
The letter "A" changes throughout the novel and goes from something evil to something good, in this case being "angel." ... Being a mere badge, this letter represents an identity, a mark, and a way of justification. ... Many see the "A" as something evil, as something for which Hester should be deeply ashamed about. ... And because of this the town people appreciate Hester and what she has done, proving to Hester that she is ultimately pure and not evil. ... This letter represents the novel as a whole; it gives the story and characters life. ...
A delicate balance between forces that are good and those that are evil hangs within every beating heart. ... Both the potential for good or evil dwells within each of these characters; however, it is their choice whether or not to give into the anger which will cause the evil within to grow. ... Evil has proven to be just as consuming as Dimmesdale's sin, if not more. The evil within Chillingworth has transformed him into the being from which all evil is rooted: the Devil himself. ... Despite the evil found in Pearl through the pain she caused her mother, she has come to repres...
The letter on his chest also represents that his sin will never leave because it is a part of his body rather than Hester's is only a piece of cloth. ... It symbolizes that Chillingworth was already evil when he came to the village. ... Chillingworth knows what he has become yet he still persists to do evil, he does not repent or feel sorry, he jus recognizes the changes in him and blames it on others. ... This is because Dimmesdale had already confessed so Chillingworth had nothing to live for and his motive to do evil had faded with Dimmesdale's death. Or it may kind of shows...
It means adultery because Hester Prynne commits adultery and has to wear the letter every day to represent that. ... The letter then represents able. It represents able because Hester has been very dignified and honorable while she wears it and she works hard and has became saint like. ... Pearls name represents the treasure that Hester has and is such a high price. ... He is said to be scary and evil looking person therefore his name is Chillingsworth. ...
Where the normal person has an equal balance of good and evil inside them, Chillingworth's over-abundance of evil begins to take a physical being on his body. ... His body has been crippled by the evilness inside of him. ... It seems like his evilness has filled the void where his compassion should have been. This evil was hidden within him throughout the book. ... Chillingworth was a symbol in the Scarlet Letter to represent the power of uncontrollable evil as well as the self-destructiveness of obsession and revenge....
For example, he utilizes imagery to convey that Dimmesdale can represent Puritan Society rather than the round character that can be seen on the surface level. ... Through this imagery that parallels Dimmesdale to Jesus Christ, we can see that Dimmesdale represents a Christ figure for the Puritan society, and Hawthorne uses this to criticize Puritan society. ... Pearl, is often identified with the color red, which Waggoner identifies as evil. Pearl is not an evil child in the true sense of the word, but she is a reflection of her parent's immorality and their love. ... Waggoner's the...
In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne uses evocative names to portray the characters' inner self and what they represent in the story. ... This character is shown as a very evil person throughout the novel. ... Hawthorne shows how names not only express the uniqueness of his characters, but also can represent the main ideas within his novel. ...
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter is a story that shows a love that cannot be. "Mother," said little Pearl, "the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on your bosom. It will not flee from me, for I wear nothing on...
From Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, One of the most complex and misunderstood symbols in the book is Pearl, the illegitimate daughter of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmsdale. Because Pearl was born from a man other than Hestor's husband, the townspeople call her the devil child. At first, P...
The truth of Hester's scarlet letter changed; it no longer represented her weakness and evil, instead, she was now seen as a hardworking woman who is kind and humble. ... Are humans born innately good, evil or both? ... " he demanded, looking into her face, and permitting the whole evil within him to be written on his features. ... On the other hand, Pearl was considered to be born evil because she was the product of her mother's sin. ... No one is born completely evil or completely good, their environment shapes them and they choose whether to be good or evil . ...
Dark sides of human nature are presented in this novel, such as Dimmesdale's cowardice, Chillingworth's evilness and the persecution existing for the cruel laws. ... Pearl's role is to represent the nature which should not be limited by society pressure. ... Pearl's innocence and sincereness also serves as a foil to Chillingworth's evilness which is blacker than the sin because of the revenge. ...
The preachers would see her walking down the street and stop her and gather a crowd around her and preach that she did an evil thing. ... Hawthorne's strategy in The Scarlet Letter is to enclose his human dilemma between the extreme positions represented by the black puritan and the fair puritan and to investigate a range of consequences within those boundaries. ( Stubbs Caldwell) The day that Dimsdale confessed he was filled with energy and was ready to tell the world what he had done. ... They could not believe that a priest so holy as he could do an evil sin. ...
Everyone has committed a sin either knowingly or by accident. Some sins are committed out of love, like that of Hester and Dimmesdale in "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. While others commit the sin of hate just like Chillingworth. Hester was forced to bear the letter "A" (adultery) as...
The Scarlet Letter Least Moral Essay Is literature in school graded fairly? Shouldn't most writings be speaking from the spirit and elaboration your own thoughts? How could that be graded on a letter grade if the teacher doesn't agree to that opinion? What if the writing is not moral to the...
Pearl, Hester's child, is viewed as a child of sin by the Puritans, and who should be treated ugly, evil, and shamed. ... The flowers appeared to know it," once again this shows the difference between Romanticism and Puritanism, as the Puritans felt that anything that came from the forest was evil. (194) Pearl had a knack of fitting in with natural things. ... Hester knows that from now on the image in the mirror will no longer be her own but rather the image will always resemble that of the mirror on the breastplate at the governor's mansion in chapter seven, "owing to the peculiar ...
She is a product of what Hester's red "A" represents and is usually dressed in shades of scarlet. ... Elves are most commonly thought to be mischievous and evil, which are both characteristics of the adultery the scarlet letter represents. ...
A symbol is defined as something that stands for or represents something else, especially an idea, quality, or condition. Symbols, also, can be objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent, in most cases, ideas or concepts, which in novels, usually contribute to the main theme in the book. ... Therefore, characters, in order to express their inner thoughts and true feelings, must seek refuge, which, in this case, brings in the forest, which represents a place of solitude or truthfulness for the main characters of this novel. ... The forest, where no one ever ventures, is seen as...
Pearl didn't actually know that the "A" represented Hester's sin of adultery, but instead she bonded with the object. ... They have learned from their parents that Hester is a bad woman and that her daughter has also sprung from evil's web. ... Perhaps this is because they represent what is pure and innocent about women, and no one would want her tainting that. ... In this way she represents Pearl as an individual much like her own self. ...
During the seven year span of the book, Chillingworth's kind fazade slowly becomes an evil obsession, the obsession being destroying his "closest friend,"" for Chillingworth suspects that Dimmesdale is the father of Pearl. ... The common people represent strict Puritans, not sensitive to feelings. ...
The Scarlet Letter is a book revealing lives of sin, social identity, and humanity. The story displays some of the darkest elements of the human soul: guilt, revenge, and evil. With its complex, emotional plot and its rich symbolism, this masterpiece has become a highly prized classic in American li...
Chapter One: The Prison Door Summary A large crowd of Puritans stands outside of the prison, waiting for the door to open. The prison is described as a, "wooden jail...already marked with weather-stains and other indications of age which gave a yet darker aspect to its beetle-browed and gloomy fr...
