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A 5 page paper which examines the symbolism
present in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter.” Bibliography lists 6 additional
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years of its creation. It is a story of the Puritans and their hold on the society, yet it is also a tale of how people in America were breaking
away from those ideals, seeking a new, and hopefully better, life in this new land. In the character of Hester we find many symbolic representations of this new thought. In
the following paper we discuss the symbolism in Hawthornes tale as it involves Hester and a new America. Hester and America "The story takes place in the Massachusetts Bay
Colony in the 1600s, among Puritan colonists. Hester Prynne, the main character, has committed adultery; she is married, but her husband has not yet come to America, and she has
become pregnant and had a child" (Anonymous The Scarlet Letter bookportal.asp?portalid=69). From the beginning Hester is different. She becomes the brunt of all the cruelty and conformity that surrounds her
and she struggles to survive and rise above all that surrounds her. We note one symbolic presentation of Hester and her personality in the following examination, which states that
"Hesters allegorical representation of free will is much closer to the free will doctrine of the Papists than to the sense of predestination found in the beliefs and practices of
die Puritans. Hesters first act in The Scarlet Letter seems to be an act of free will," that being her decision to commit adultery in a land that surely abhors
such actions (Reiss 200). And, despite the fact that the town puts her in prison, she is firmly immersed in her new and honorable nature. Reiss illustrates that "Although it
is the town beadle who releases Hester from prison, on the threshold of the prison-door, she repelled him, by an action marked by natural dignity and force of character, and
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