Metaphors In The Scarlet Letter

Born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote many novels and short stories. Hawthorne’s best novel, The Scarlet Letter, overtook the role of the first truly, American novel. His use of rhetorical devices, especially symbolism, established him as one of the most studied authors of all time. In order to convey meaning or to persuade, Hawthorne utilized numerous rhetorical devices. Rhetorical devices in The Scarlet Letter evoked emotions of the audience. In Hawthorne’s work, the devices helped the audience elaborate on the novel. Hawthorne used rhetorical devices to show his character's turmoil. He did this through the character of Hester Prynne, a social outcast bound to isolation by her sins. In novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hawthorne depicts Hester’s inner turmoil through the portrayal of the sinful nature of human beings utilizing rhetorical devices.

Device: Simile–A word or expression that makes an explicit comparison between two things of unlike nature that yet have something in common. Similes usually use the terms “like” or “as” in making that explicit comparison.

Hawthorne conveys his idea of adultery through Pearl. He connects the “sprite-like” child and the scarlet letter - adultery - to make them the same. Pearl was born from adultery, just like the letter. She is “the scarlet letter in another form; the scarlet letter endowed with life!” (92). Pearl is not a real child, but instead the living form of the letter; explaining her mystical tendencies and fascination with the Black Man. The novel is the life story of the Scarlet Letter and Pearl, for they are born and disappear at the same time. Hawthorne uses this breathing symbol of adultery to directly affect the other characters. He turns Pearl

The rose bush is directly stated by Hawthorne that it might represent a sweet moral blossom. It can also be shown as “To

Throughout the ‘Scarlet Letter’ Hawthorne uses many forms of figurative language. In Chapter 10, “The Leech and His Patient” Hawthorne reveals Hester’s secret lover and in order to make the climax of the story even more interesting, he uses figurative language. By using figurative language, Hawthorne, builds up the suspense and makes the story more interesting, catching the readers attention.

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Title “The Governor’s Hall” and “The Elf-Child and the Minister” BEFORE READING I think that in these two chapters we would meet with the leaders in the Puritan Society and that we could get more knowledge about how Hester thinks about her daughter. AFTER READING

      Throughout his novel, The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne reveals character through the use of imagery and metaphor.

In the book The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne holds the character Hester Prynne high up on a pedestal. According to the author D.H. Lawrence in his critical essay on The Scarlet Letter, he believed, was the fact that Hester committed adultery she should be rightfully shown what happens when you sin. Nevertheless, the use of persuasive words and phrases that Lawrence uses, tell the reader how much he disagrees with Hawthorne, based on the way he feels. D.H. Lawrence uses biblical allusion, sarcastic tones, and brief syntax to express his feelings towards the novel that Hawthorne wrote. D.H.

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In the stories of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the antagonist characters display parallel story lines through their searches for the enemy. Roger Chillingworth, the former husband of Hester Prynne and the antagonist of The Scarlet Letter, works against his wife in order to find her untold second lover. Frankenstein is a contrasting story in which an unnamed monster is the antagonist towards his human creator, Dr. Frankenstein. Yet despite quite different story lines, the two characters possess traits that exibit parallels between them. In the novel The Scarlet Letter, Roger Chillingworth displays the startling passionate characteristics of an unwavering drive to seek out his foe, madness as his focus on his search takes over his entire being, and terrible anguish when his task is unexpectedly over, all of which are reflected in the daemon created at the hand of Dr. Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley 's novel Frankenstein.

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, symbolsim is constantly present in the actual scarlet letter “A” as it is viewed as a symbol of sin and the gradally changes its meanign, guilt is also a mejore symbol, and Pearl’s role in this novel is symbolic as well. The Scarlet Letter includes many profound and crucial symbols. these devices of symbolism are best portayed in the novel, most noticably through the letter “A” best exemplifies the changes in the symbolic meaning throughout the novel.

In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author presents three symbols that all reinforce the main idea of the novel. The main idea that reoccurred throughout the novel is that people don’t have to let their mistakes or circumstances determine who they are or what they become; it’s all in how one interprets life. Many symbols may seem as just an ordinary character or coincidental object to some readers, but the symbols have a deeper, underlying meaning. Although there are many symbols in this book, there are three that really help support the main idea: Hester Prynne’s scarlet letter, the meteor, and Hester’s daughter Pearl.