Pillars of Metaphorical Ambiguity in The Scarlet Letter

The pillar of figurative ambiguity in "Red Letter" is not so obvious among the various mysterious elements hidden in Hawthorne's "Red Letter", but the recognition and expression consumption of the reader is the allegory in it It is more than a like game. It is subtle. Character name The hero of the plot and her rivals have convenient and matching names. The four pillars that support this novel are hidden with predictive names that make the reader understand the meanings of letters and letters quietly. Supporting this novel is Hester Prynne, Rogge.

In addition to the blurring of the letters in the novel, "red letters" also contains a lot of ambiguity in the red words themselves. First of all, the meaning of this letter raises a stingy problem. The meaning of "A" starts to mean adultery. From there, it changed to "able" which can express Hester 's interpretation of appreciation. At the end of the novel, the letter "The Red Word is not completed" finally formed a positive symbol, people asked Hestor for advice. The problem and Hawthorn let the reader explain the letter to the reader. In addition to its ambiguous meaning, this letter will change its shape. For example, there are some explanations about the meteor flying in the sky at night in the second scaffolding scene. For Dimmesdale, meteors are another form of "A" that illuminates his sin. However, this letter has an ambiguous meaning to others, I believe that meteors represent "angels" after the late Winslow.

In the whole novel there are ambiguous episodes and statements that deepen the understanding of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "red letter". The clever use of Hawthorne's ambiguity led him to be able to insert two opposite ideas at the same time into the reader's mind, and the reader accepted one with the depth of his intelligence And hide the other. A strange and unusual sense. Perhaps the ambiguity that encourages crown to believe in ambiguity can only be understood by the speaker about the topic rather than talking about the topic - it may be something that the reader can actually read.