... placement of the symbol. Feelings are connected with symbols because they rely and associate with past experiences. Erich Fromm, author of "The Nature of Symbolic Language", and Thomas Foster, author of "How to Read Literature Like a Professor", agree that emotional feelings related to symbols are "rooted in the experience of every human being" (Fromm 123 ... described as her mother's "treasure" and always being seen with a circle of light surrounding her which shows how the light symbol is shown (Hawthorne 81). Using the steps Foster gives as guidelines in understanding and finding sym...

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Kiran Thomas 10/27/02 English 10 Honors The Scarlet Letter: Chap. 1-2 Chapter One In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne sets a gloomy and dark mood. The descriptions of the peoples clothing " in sad colored garments and gray ... the reader's mind of the tone and mood of the novel. The term juxtapose can be best defined as to place one on top of another. In the opening chapter of The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne juxtaposes the image of a prison against the image of a rosebush. The weathered prison described with its "gloomy front," which "seemed never ... the prison with the beauty ...

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