The Scarlet Letter

"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a book about a woman, Hester, who emigrated from England to Boston during the Puritan era. She has a husband. He will tell the colonists in Boston that they are with her soon. A few years later, he did not arrive, Hester discovered another man and she became intimate. She was pregnant, and she committed adultery in town. For the rest of her life, she had to write the letter "A" in her arms.

"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.

In "red letters" written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the symbol, especially the letter "A" plays an important role. The letter "A" or "red letter" represents direct adultery, and the owner Hester and the pastor Mr. Ding Mesdale bear the burden. Because the letter "A" is a symbol of sin and awkwardness, or at least a means, it has a deeper meaning than affair. The letter 'A' signifies the sign of the が, but it develops throughout the story and keeps their beliefs. In order to strengthen their power, the government pays close attention to people and makes everyone vulnerable; life is too fast, there is not much time to think about the world. Like the suppression of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "red letter", the hero's Hester Prinn violated the strict rules of the Puritan community and was abandoned by the public.