Analysis Of ' Hawthorne 's ' The Colony '

Hawthorne does not only use human or people for symbolism. He also uses inanimate objects to project his themes and morals. There are many different things used iron, a rosebush, scaffolds, and of course the scarlet letter. In The Scarlet Letter the author might directly state what the objects represents or it might be left to the reader to decide for themselves what the object means.

The novel The House of Seven Gables conveys its messages through the usage of images, which is done through inanimate object or places. This can be seen in the house of the seven gables and the daguerreotype of judge Pyncheon. Hawthorne present these images in such a manner, that their original meaning in the novel is no longer applicable. While many see his writing style as a tedious form, such writing has made the images created by Nathanial Hawthorne. Nathanial Hawthorne may be seen as a writer with a tedious writing style, such as the long descriptions of the images in the novel. Nevertheless it’s an effective manner to use allegory in a novel.

Through the dark description of the forest and prison, Hawthorne shows the hypocrisy in the society due to the fact that the Puritans are sinful. The very first descriptions of the town are a prison and a graveyard, the two most essential things the society needs. The society has “a grass-plot, much overgrown with burdock, pigweed, apple-peru, and such unsightly vegetation, which evidently found something congenial in the soil that had so early borne the black flower of civilized society, a prison”(Hawthorne 2). Prisons represent crime and the punishment in society, which grows from sin. Hawthorne compares the prison to a “black flower” which implies the growth of something evil in society. The Puritans know they are all but pure when the first structure they agree to put in the society is a prison. They should not be as judgmental to those who sin because the

Not only symbolism but imagery too, has a critical role in the Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne is successfully able to describe in detail the prison when it is first described in the beginning of the novel. From the door that is “heavily timbered with oak” to the building with a “beetle-browed and gloomy front,” Hawthorne successfully describes the place of darkness and sin. Oddly enough, in front of the prison, there is a rose bush. The rose bush can be used to describe a concept of peace or

Throughout, “The Scarlet Letter,” Hawthorne is able to enhance the plot by intricately incorporating symbols which represent a deeper meaning. One of which, is the infamous, and ambiguous, scarlet letter that lays upon the bosom of Hester Prynne. In the beginning of the book, the audience is immediately introduced to the scarlet letter as a symbol of shame and adultery. The narrator describes the Puritan society as very judgemental and harsh. Comments like, “This woman has brought shame upon us all, and ought to die,” creates this negative and unwelcoming atmosphere which surrounds Hester for a majority of the book. From then on, the Puritans constantly refer to the

Hawthorne’s use of diction in the novel suggest his disapproval toward the Puritan way of life. Hawthorne begins the novel describing the site of a prison. The Puritans had made it a priority to “allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery and another portion as the cite of a prison” (41). The use of the words “virgin soil” he depicts the land as new and innocent. However, by introducing the prison and cemetery it presents a bleak view of the Puritan society. This contrasts the view that the puritans had created the perfect society when they had that much distrust in mankind. This view continues with the description of the jail “already marked with weather-stains” giving it “a yet darker aspect to its beetle-browed and gloomy front” (41).

To begin, Hawthorne uses the Wild Rosebush to contribute to the overall theme of imperfection. The Wild Rosebush is a symbol for good

In his novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the symbolism of Dimmesdale, Pearl, and Hester’s Cabin to contribute to the overall theme of Imperfection.

Hawthorne displays many events where ambiguity is portrayed such as the rosebush or why Hester remains in Boston. By using this element, it gives the reading a mysterious feeling and interacts with the audience as they have to draw their own conclusions. One example is the rose bush outside the prison door. The readers have to decide “whether the bush survived the wilderness” or it “sprung up under the footsteps of the sainted Ann Hutchinson” (42). This rose offered a softer more fragile beauty in contrast to the strict black and white world of the Puritans.

As read throughout Chapter One, Hawthorne reveals the Puritans to be “bearded men, in sad-colored garments,”(para 1,p. 45), the prison as having, “a yet darker aspect to its beetle-browed and gloomy front,”(para 2,p. 45), and the prison door as, “oaken,” “antique,” and “studded with iron spikes” (p.45). Hawthorne does this in order to set a gloomy mood and to make the reader feel the darkness of this particular society. The prison is therefore being used to point out how cruel justice is for the Puritans. By his emphasis on the early establishment of the prison and the cemetery, Hawthorne may be pointing out that these were grim times with often happiness was found in the little things example being, the roses. He may also be pointing out,

The prison door represents punishment to those who have sinned, justice, the austerity of Puritan society and human nature (humans are sinful by nature). In contrast the rose-bush is “…wild…covered, … with its delicate gems…offer[ing] their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoners as [t]he[y] went in…” (Hawthorne, 33). Thus the rose-bush is symbolic of God’s/human’s mercy, paradise, human nature (positive outlook), hope and even individuality since it the only beautiful and optimistically described thing in this chapter. Note, Hawthorne was a transcendentalist and that individualism was a fundamental idea in this philosophical movement.

Moving forward, I will be sure to use fewer direct lines from the original book while attempting to convey Hawthorne's 19th-century tone. I was initially unsure of how to translate the novel into modern-day language, but from your advice, I am now more cognizant of what this project entails. I apologize for the grammatical mistakes and the word misusages, and will be sure to reread my work more attentively before I submit future chapters. I am currently on the eighth chapter, and will take all of your feedback and advice into consideration as I move forward in the project.

During this particular section, the author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, focuses on the spiritual battle within Reverend Dimmesdale, hence the foreshadowing and contextualization of the chapter’s title, “The Minister in a Maze”. The Minster that is reference in the title chapter is Reverend Dimmesdale, and the reference to the Maze is a concrete description of his confusion and internal battle. He has been transformed from the weak gentleman who went into the forest, who committed the act of adultery, and who was too afraid to admit to his mistakes, to a man who knows what he wants and who knows what will benefit himself the most. The formerly pathetic Dimmesdale, leaves the forest with a new sense of purpose and energy. His thinking has been transformed

Hawthorne has a unique perspective while also focusing on the religious, historical, and psychological perspectives of his time. The information from various experts to prove the Puritanical, Calvinistic, and ancient beliefs that form the basis of Hawthorne’s work (Hawthorne 392). Besides, the researcher notes that Hawthorne’s life is authentic although fictional. There is a psychological aspect of the story in that the man’s fall is unavoidable. The narration contains metaphoric and literal journey of the newlywed male character. However, he is making the treacherous journey with the devil himself therefore creating a spiritual crisis. Goodman Brown’s decision is ambiguous to his audience because it is a revelation of his new life and

In this passage from the “The Custom House” Hawthorne tries to convey his purpose in the excerpt by saying how Salem is a desolate and and abandoned after the war before the war it was a beautiful trading port that stood by itself. One other point that he is trying to make is that Salem is not as bad as it looks. Visitors may see it as a wasteland, but mainly the residents can still see the beauty and wonder that the town still holds.