The Scarlet Letter
written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the mid-Nineteenth century. It published in
1850. It tale of human tragedy, which
try to carry moral. It was well researched and portrays the era of Puritanism. Back in
the day, the law and religion were inseparable. When woman cheated her husband
even if that husband had been missing for two years. She had to be punished by
the law.
The
Scarlet Letter is about a woman named Hester committed adultery and had a child.
The townspeople are anger and they make her wear a scarlet “A” on her clothes
for everyone to see. It is should be a mark of shame, but Hester makes
her “A” beautiful. Her husband sent her to Boston and he will follow her later,
but at least two years passed and he had still not shown up. While Hester is
receiving some of her punishment by standing on a scaffold, she saw her husband
in the crowd. They later speak while she is in the jail, and he reveals that he
is now using the alias Roger Chillingworth so that he is not associated with
Hester. Everyone wants to know who Pearl’s father is, but Hester refuses to
tell not even Pearl knows.Roger Chillingworth begins search to get revenge on
Pearl’s father. Then, Dimmesdale recognize to crowd about his sin and about his
daughter (Peal), and he died.Roger Chillingworth died year after Dimmesdale.
Peal married from rich person. Hester return back to Boston and help poor
people. And the people forgot what she do is.
The title plays as an important symbol in
the story. There is a law and religion judgment in a Puritan society where the
story took place which forced woman to wear big red "A" on her
clothing until everyone see that. Hester, the hero of the story sent by her
husband Roger Chillingworth to America where she thought will never see him
again. Hester met a theologian named Arthur Dimmesdale and they become in love.
She then cheated on her husband with Arthur so, she had to be punished by law
and forced to wear the scarlet letter on her bodice. Now we can say Hester is
the one who gives the book its title. The scarlet letter "A" that she
wore stands for adultery with Aurther which then gave birth to her daughter Pearl.
Although this could make woman feels shame of her sin but Hester was strong,
she proudly walks through town with her head held high. Because she loved
Aurther extremely, she never wanted to know about the father of her daughter
and she endures years of shame and scorn.
Through of that, we see that there are two
scarlet letter forms. The first one, Hester is made to wear the scarlet letter
on the bodice of her dress as acknowledgment of her adultery, and to remember
her about her sin. Hester is more painted by the second symbol of her adultery
(her daughter Peal). She becomes living symbol of scarlet letter ''A'' on her
chest. However, this A is not only a
symbol of Hester’s adultery. Hester sews it herself ,so it is meant to speak of
her sins, it is so beautifully made that the townspeople notice its artistry
and craftsmanship before they remember what it means.
To sum up, Scarlet Letter story is gothic
and romance story. It is about woman who committed adultery. The town people
anger about that, and they punish her to wear scarlet letter ''A'' until
everyone see her. This scarlet letter appears as two forms. The first one, she
wear scarlet letter in her dress. Also, her daughter (Peal) is living symbol of
scarlet letter. However, she still be strong and did not take care about the
people although of all that.
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