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The Scarlett Letter1
Title: The Scarlett Letter1
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1467 | Pages: 6.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Scarlett Letter1
The Effective Use of Symbolism
The novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne is an intriguing account of a Puritan community that experiences a breakdown in beliefs. The story deals with a woman, Hester, who commits adultery with a Calvinistic minister resulting in the birth of a child (Martin 110). As compensation for her crime of passion and her refusal to name her lover, Hester is sentenced to wear an embroidered scarlet letter on her bosom. …showed first 75 words of 1467 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1467 total…again and emphasis the importance of the symbolism of the scarlet letter to the overall effect of the novel.
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Works Cited
Baym, Nina. The Shape of Hawthornes Career. New York: Cornell University Press,
1976, p.283.
Fiedler, Leslie A. Love and Death in the American Novel. New York: Stein and Day
Publishers, 1966, pp. 217-58.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. New York: W.W. Norton and Company,
Inc., 1962.
Martin, Terence. Nathaniel Hawthorne. New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1965.
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