The situations presented in the novel either have a light side, thus meaning good, or an evil darker side. ... The use of light and dark is frequently used to represent good and evil, in the novel The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... It is this obsession that makes him so evil or dark. ... The main location represented with darkness is the gloomy forest. ... The use of light and dark is used to represent good and evil, which in turn sets the mood and setting for the story. ...

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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...

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Another romantic nature symbol is the forest, which symbolizes both safe and evil aspects. An instance of the forest being evil can be revealed when Mistress Hibbins approaches Hester to invite her to "dance with the dark man", this goes with the setting of the forest. ... Hester, in this novel, represents the individual. ... Hester represents neutrality against morality. ... Her existence came from what Puritanism deems "evil". ...

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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 . ...

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Chillingworth, Hester's wronged husband pretends to be his friend, but he actually plays an evil game with Dimmesdale throughout the whole story. ... On one hand, there is Chillingworth; Hester's wronged husband who wants to take revenge against him, on the other hand there is the Puritan society that is represented by the townspeople. ... The townspeople, who represent the Puritan society, play a decisive role as the second antagonist in the story. ... Chillingworth's evil ploy fails when confronted with Dimmesdale's confession. ...

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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. ...

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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 ...

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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...

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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. ...

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Outside of this door, however is a rosebush that represents Hester's beauty and elegance which is covered in "thorns"" that will only harm her and cover up her immense exquisiteness. ... Throughout the town, Hester's sin was not represented as an act of passion as Hester deemed it. ... "Ceasing to do evil is the most that can be asked of a human " (Howells- Hawthorne's Hester Prynne). ...

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It also represents beauty. ... He is now evil and only seeks revenge on the father of Pearl. ... Chapter XV: Hester and Pearl After Chillingworth leaves she sees how he has changed and become evil, and she starts to dislike him. ...

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