Symbolism In Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter'

2. The scarlet letter is clearly a symbol throughout the text, but its meaning grows and changes continually from its first appearance in chapter two, to its last at the end of the story. Explain how it changes. Support your explanations with specific references to the text. In the Scarlet Letter, Hester was marked with a red ‘A’ on her dress. At first, this meant that she had committed adultery. This ‘A’ separated her from the rest of the community in Boston because they knew what she had done. But as the story continues, the community begins to recognize the ‘A’ to mean ‘Able’ because of her kind ways. She was willing to treat the ill. But she still felt segregated from the rest, as if she was in a ‘sphere’, or world, of her own. Because