The Manifestation Of Sin

"Red letter" is a very symbolic book. One of the most complicated and misunderstood symbols in this book is Hester Prynne's daughter pearl. The pearl of the whole story has evolved into a prominent symbol of "A". This article explains an example of symbolic pearl expression. In the red letter, Hester received a red letter "A" for her sin. This is how Puritan punishes her for her adultery offense.

The central theme of the "red letter" is that the obvious sin eliminates one person from society, and the unrecognized crime leads to the destruction of the inner spirit. Hawthorne used the red letter symbol to express this idea. In the novel, Hester was forced to wear Scarlet A (a symbol of her sins) because she committed adultery. Without insisting on pearls, his body and spirit were completely worsened. His daughter tortured himself physically, and for several years he became jealous and weak. Only seven years ago when he announced publicly on the same scaffold that he had to bear the shame, he could get relief and get rid of the evils that bothered him I made it.

The red letter "A" is a physical manifestation of Hester 's affair, but her daughter' s pearl proves his sin in a more direct way. In Chapter 3, Hawthorne described pearls as babies. The crimson color is consistent with the physical and symbolic features of the red letter "A". Because of the pearl, her mother "A" caused curiosity, always touched it and asked her mother about it. To imitate her mother, the pearl made "A" made of green seaweed on her chest. The fact that pearl 'A' is green is very important as green is the color of life. Pearl is the life of Hester to her sins. She can be difficult to handle, but pearls are a gift to her mother.