Scarletletter Symbolism :: essays research papers

The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne uses numerous things for symbolism and in my opinion the most symbolic were the scaffold scenes. in that respect are a total of three scaffold scenes and each has its take purpose and meaning. Without the scaffold scenes this book would basically leave you clueless to what was unfeignedly going on because the scaffold scenes really tell you what is going on and why.The first scaffold scene is basically an introduction to the whole book. You retard who all the main charters are and most of all Hester and her terrible law-breaking she committed. This is the first time e genuinelyone sees Hester with the letter &8220A on her bosom. Hester is a very fearless woman for standing up on that scaffold in confront of everyone in the town to gawk at and for admitting that she had committed adultery. Also, it takes a very courageous person to stick up for what they believe in corresponding she did by not telling who she had committed the crime with. The whole taradiddle builds you up to this point of finding out who Hester committed adultery with. By this point in the story you have some clue who the start of Pearl is but until you get to the second scaffold scene you feign&8217t know for sure. At the second scaffold scene Dimesdale is on the scaffold and Hester and Pearl come up and join him. Dimesdale is wearing away humble by the burden of his sin he committed. He goes to the scaffold to avouch to God and ask for some kind of forgiveness. and then a mist over forms the letter &8220A in the sky and everyone thinks this stands for angel because that&8217s how they view Dimesdale. Then when Dimesdale goes to leave he leaves his glove on the scaffold to symbolize he was there and that he should have been up there with Hester and his daughter in the first place.Then when you think everything is going to turn out hunky-dory and nothing bad is going to happen to Hester and Pearl, Dimesdale goes up on the scaffold. T his worries Hester wish it would anyone in her position. So Hester and Pearl join him again on the scaffold. Hester is wearing the Scarlet Letter like always and then Dimesdale shows his letter &8220A that he inscribed over his heart.