scarlet letter

Summer reading: The red letter written in the novel Nathaniel Hawthorne's symbol is universal, understanding the symbol is a necessary condition to understand Hawthorne's novel. Rose bush is a symbol of a novel. People think about them through the role of Hester and Pearl. Hester Pudding was convicted on charges of adultery. She was put on a scaffold as a form of public humiliation and told her to wear a scarlet A on her chest to humiliate herself.

"Red Letter" reveals moral and social values ​​related to social discrimination against women through alienation of Hester Prynne, the main character of "Red Letter". In the "red letter", Hester was punished for an affair relationship with Pastor Din Mesdale, and a child named Pearl was born. For adultery, the social authority of Puritan she lived was accused of wearing a red letter on her chest. In fact, however, Hester is "red" and there is social alienation, and it is declared life imprisonment for the reason that the community is looking at a foreign body contaminant. For that reason, women are further alienated because they should act according to society's beliefs.

First, the most important and influential sign in the book is notorious scarlet letters, so the title is "red". In chapter two, Hester left the prison and was wearing the notorious red letter "A". In the first few years of Hester 's punishment, the letter reminded people of shame everyday. In Chapter 5, Hawthorne writes: "... Hester Prynne always feels extremely painful when he feels that he feels this symbol.This place has never been ruthless.Every day is more sensitive due to everyday torture. But as the story develops, this letter means something else for Hester and the people, then in Chapter 18, Hawthorne wrote: "We believe that Hester Prinley believes As it seems, seven years of gangsters and shame seems to be preparing for the present time. " As Hawthorne wrote, Hester's sorry, came, it did not carry out its mission.