Scarlet Letter

Section I: Significance of Title: The Scarlet Letter. In the story, Hester Prime Committed Adultry, and her punishment was that she had to go through out her life for 7 years wearing a shinny scarlet red A. The book could be considered a Metaphor because the scarlet letter was Hester's symbol of punishment. It was a way for the townspeople to judge Hester literally and figuratively as a woman, when it is clearly shown that the townspeople were no better (if not much worse) than Hester. You find exapmles of The theme in the scarlett letter all over the book, For one the scarlet letter, it would be finding your true identity, and your real role in society. After Hester is publicly shamed and forced by the people to wear a The A, she never thought really to leave. Hester reacts with suprise when she is told the town fathers are considering letting her remove the letter. Hester’s behavior is based on her want to determine her own identity rather than to allow others to determine it for her. For Hester, running away or removing the letter would be an acknowledgment of society’s power over her. she would be admitting that the letter is a mark of shame and something from which she desires to escape. she stays, the scarlet letter is used as a symbol of her own experiences and character. Her past sin is who she is, to pretend that it never happened would mean denying a part of herself. Hester is determined to invite her sin into her life. Authors sometimes use symbols in their books to represent different objects, people, or ideas. In the beggining, Hester wears the "A" and was labeled on sin. As the book went the meaning as the "A"" made a change for the better in Hester's life. The "A" had negative meaning, Hawthorne turns the meaning around in the story to mean able. The fact that Hester was given many hours of time and service to the sick, poor and troubled Hester began to gain respect from some of the town's people. The "A" on her chest changed the