The Symbolism Of The Rosebush In The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne

A rosebush has very many different meanings. They have underlying meanings and just the top, most basic part. People see roses as just these pretty flowers. When, in reality, they are just weeds. Complex weeds that have beauty and character. They tie into The Scarlet Letter in a very deep, intellectual way. The Scarlet Letter also has a top, basic part and a very deep, underlying meanings. The rosebush connects to the Scarlet Letter in the meaning and the end. Both showings have important connections and they make people think more. The Scarlet Letter and the Rosebush have direct connections to each other.
The rosebush at the threshold of the prison door is very significant. It is used as a symbol for nature in the book and beyond it. The one, single, wild rosebush is the last thing a prisoner sees before they
It is their last little glimpse of beauty. The rosebush is also a sign of nature’s pity for them. Hawthorne says in the end of chapter one, " Finding it so directly on the threshold of our narrative, which is now about to issue from that inauspicious portal, we could hardly do otherwise than pluck one of its flowers and present it to the reader. It may serve, let us hope, to symbolize some sweet moral blossom, that may be found along the track, or relieve the darkening close tale of human frailty and sorrow.” In the book, Hawthorne also uses the rosebush to symbolize Pearl and Hester. The stem with the thorns symbolizes Hester and the way she is dull and dreary, yet, also a support. How Pearl is a minimalist and only uses what is needed to get by. Pearl, on the other hand, is like the bloom. Pearl’s character is very vibrant and colorful. Like the bloom of a rose, she is filled with life. The rosebush sucks the life from everything around it because it is