The Scarlet Letter

In the "red letter", Nathaniel Hawthorne settled in Puritan New England in the 17th century. Pastor Arthur Ding Mesdale joined Hester and Pearl on the platform to show his sinful scene as an example of Dimmesdale accepting his actions. Until this point of the novel, Dimmesdale concealed the fact that he had sex with a married female Hester. On the scene, Ding Mesdale was upset with seven years' secret shame and publicly joined the Hester publicly to publicly show his behavior.

"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.