05 02 Task English
Name: Renee Hughes Date:
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5.02 The Scarlet Letter Chapters 1-8 Symbols Form
Complete the Symbols Form below (20 points)
Symbol
Meaning
Significance
Prison
The prison, a "black flower," contrasts with the beautiful rose bush, which grows naturally. The prison punishes, Nature and the rose bush forgive.
Prisons are a "black flower" because though they are meant to punish sin (represented by the color black in the novel), they would not exist without sin. Prisons feed on sin in order to grow
Cemetery
The cemetery and the prison are negative values representing evil.
When contrasting with the cemetery, he's suggesting that this moral evil will bring death to civilized society
Letter A
it symbolizes Hester's pride, it is seen to mean able by the townspeople, its a symbol of growth to Hester, it also symbolizes mockery with the gold thread.
By embroidering the letter, Hester transforms a badge of shame into a symbol of individuality. The narrator connects the letter to nature with the word "fertile."
Sunlight
Truth and purity
Hester told Pearl she could never offer her sunlight
Scaffold
Open acknowledgement of sin
Hester stands on the scaffold for three hours openly acknowledging her sin of adultery. (Chapter 2)
Forest
a free world and a dark world where no Puritan law exists
First, the forest is characterized as a dark place, home of the "black man of the forest" or the devil. Mistress Hibbins tries to get Hester to come to the forest and meet the black man after she almost loses custody of Pearl.
Light/Dark
Forest is light and dark Tombstone is light and dark Prison is dark, Hester comes out into sudden light Scaffold is light in day, dark at night Chillingworth's face gets darker as the book progresses
Hawthorne does very well by using light in this sense. He first, before the reader is introduced to the story, has Hester in a dark prison where prying eyes
School: Facilitator:
5.02 The Scarlet Letter Chapters 1-8 Symbols Form
Complete the Symbols Form below (20 points)
Symbol
Meaning
Significance
Prison
The prison, a "black flower," contrasts with the beautiful rose bush, which grows naturally. The prison punishes, Nature and the rose bush forgive.
Prisons are a "black flower" because though they are meant to punish sin (represented by the color black in the novel), they would not exist without sin. Prisons feed on sin in order to grow
Cemetery
The cemetery and the prison are negative values representing evil.
When contrasting with the cemetery, he's suggesting that this moral evil will bring death to civilized society
Letter A
it symbolizes Hester's pride, it is seen to mean able by the townspeople, its a symbol of growth to Hester, it also symbolizes mockery with the gold thread.
By embroidering the letter, Hester transforms a badge of shame into a symbol of individuality. The narrator connects the letter to nature with the word "fertile."
Sunlight
Truth and purity
Hester told Pearl she could never offer her sunlight
Scaffold
Open acknowledgement of sin
Hester stands on the scaffold for three hours openly acknowledging her sin of adultery. (Chapter 2)
Forest
a free world and a dark world where no Puritan law exists
First, the forest is characterized as a dark place, home of the "black man of the forest" or the devil. Mistress Hibbins tries to get Hester to come to the forest and meet the black man after she almost loses custody of Pearl.
Light/Dark
Forest is light and dark Tombstone is light and dark Prison is dark, Hester comes out into sudden light Scaffold is light in day, dark at night Chillingworth's face gets darker as the book progresses
Hawthorne does very well by using light in this sense. He first, before the reader is introduced to the story, has Hester in a dark prison where prying eyes