Towards the end of the novel Pearl receives a golden chain from one of the people working on the ship that will take Hester, Dimmesdale and her to England. This information helps the reader know where in the book Hawthorn decided to include the golden chain. It also shows how the golden chain was used in the novel. In other previous works of literature the golden chain symbolized love and it also has the same meaning in ¨The Scarlet Letter”. (Manheim). Knowing what the golden chain symbolize gives a person reading the novel a better understanding as to why certain objects were chose. Through the research that was done, the golden chain is said to symbolize control during most recent times. Being able to understand this means that the golden chain is given a more modern meaning. (Manheim). Over time the golden chain has developed a new meaning. The golden chain was first symbolized as love because it was what was taught back then and not enough people decided to think deeper about it until recently when it was symbolized as
Towards the end of the novel Pearl receives a golden chain from one of the people working on the ship that will take Hester, Dimmesdale and her to England. This information helps the reader know where in the book Hawthorn decided to include the golden chain. It also shows how the golden chain was used in the novel. In other previous works of literature the golden chain symbolized love and it also has the same meaning in ¨The Scarlet Letter”. (Manheim). Knowing what the golden chain symbolize gives a person reading the novel a better understanding as to why certain objects were chose. Through the research that was done, the golden chain is said to symbolize control during most recent times. Being able to understand this means that the golden chain is given a more modern meaning. (Manheim). Over time the golden chain has developed a new meaning. The golden chain was first symbolized as love because it was what was taught back then and not enough people decided to think deeper about it until recently when it was symbolized as