... different themes portrayed throughout the book. Hawthorne develops these themes through many different symbols in his novel. Besides the obvious symbol being the Scarlet Letter, you can find many other examples of Hawthorne's use of color. The colors that he repeats in the book besides red are gray ... is upon the scaffold in the gold sunshine, into which Hester has brought him. The color black came into play often describing Hester and Pearl. He quotes Hester as having "dark and abundant hair, so glossy that it threw off the sunshine with a gleam, and had the impressiveness belonging to...

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• Grade Level: High School

... of this novel, Hawthorne chooses to begin his novel with a prison. This is an appropriate symbol for the punishment that the protagonists will suffer. The Scarlet Letter deals with the adultery sin of Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, the revenge of Roger Chillingsworth, and the towns people's attitude toward Hester and her ... 's punishment a whole lot less worse then what it was. Hester was punished for this sin in more than one way. She had to wear a scarlet Letter 'A' on her chest. She could not escape all of the towns people gossiping directed towards her. Although her pa...

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• Grade Level: High School

... . In 1835, "Young Goodman Brown- was published, which was one of the early stories that he included in Twice-Told Tales. But Nathaniel is most famous for his novel "The Scarlet Letter."" At the beginning of the story Goodman Brown is portrayed as a well respected and god fairing man. He is a very religious man, which is typical because he is a Puritan. There ... to thee,"" it paints the picture to the reader that he is a religious man because saying his prayers every night is a ritual, which most religious people perform. There are various quotes throughout the story where Goodman turns ...

• Word Count: 1340
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School