The Scarlet Letter Group
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dvanbramer88
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High School - 10th Grade
Time and the Natural Enviroment are major symbols.Explain To what degree each of these symbols succeeds in accomplishing Hawthorns purpose.
The scaffold represents Time. The natural enviroment symbolizes the conflict between puritanism and individual freedom.
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