![]() Other hand we can see that Dimmesdale as a symbol of hypocrisy and self-centered intellectual. He has duet personality whose public and private faces are totally different. Her sensitivity with society's victims turns her symbolic meaning from a person whose life was originally twisted and repressed to a strong and sensitive woman with respect for the humanity of others.ĭimmesdale is the another second character who we can considered as a secret sinner. Here, Hester we can see that as a fallen woman because society didn’t accept her with this situation and they continuously thought that it’s a sin and redemption for her and she has to punished by them. Hester suffers a lot for her validity of her letter's symbolism just as the human beings struggle with their moral choices. Hester Prynne the main protagonist is the public sinner who display the effect of punishment or we can see that the rigid mind-set of Puritans. So, let’s have a glimpse of vivid symbols which used in “ The Scarlet Letter”. Hawthorne vividly portrays this puritan tendency to look for a symbolic meaning in everything. They looked also ever simple matter from allegorical point of view. The Puritans had the tendency to see everything allegorically. In this novel writer depicts the early colonial society dominated by the Puritans. The symbols which Hawthorne use in his work were narratively convincible. So, in this regard, Hawthorne wrote this novel & this novel also considered as the pioneer of the use of symbols. The use of symbol is the very distinctive feature of the American literature. ◆ Use of symbol in “ The Scarlet Letter” :. And Hawthorne gives very significant symbols this whole novel. So this is how the whole story unfold here in this novel. So after doing this Hester is required to wear a Scarlet Letter “A” on her dress when she is in front of the people of town. They thought that women who have the extramarital affair or giving birth to baby of the absence of the husband is the sin. Society where Hester lives is the Puritan society so they were too much rigid about this things. After hearing these all he did not accept Hester and also give support to the society. Chillingworth come to know about these all. And there Hester has the extramarital affair with Arthur Dimmesdale and that’s why she become pregnant. And Chillingworth sent Hester to the America. Roger Chillingworth who is the husband of Hester Prynne. Hester Prynne who has given birth to a baby of unknown parentage. Hester Prynne is the main protagonist or we can say the story is all about her. The whole novel's story moves around these three characters. In this novel we can see main 3 characters:. ◆ Glimpse of the novel “The Scarlet Letter”:. It give the more richness and colour can make the meaning of the work deeper. Symbolism is often used by writers to enhance their writings. We can see that in an Action, person, flower, place, word or an object can all have a symbolic meaning. Different symbols meant different meaning in various circumstances in any writer's work but it need a depth understanding. Symbolism refers to the idea or message which the particular writer wants to give the specific meaning of that.
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