The Scarlet Letter

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Questions in The Scarlet Letter tagged with "symbolism"

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  In "The Scarlet Letter", how does Hawthorne's description of the letter "A" relate to Hester's character?

  Posted by jaerabb on Nov 11, 2008 at 06:17 PM

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  How is the name of Hester's child symbolic in "The Scarlet Letter"?

  Posted by itselectricx321 on Aug 24, 2008 at 03:37 PM

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  The letter A appears in several different forms during the course of the novel "The Scarlet Letter."

  Posted by mjohnso2 on May 5, 2008 at 12:53 PM

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  What natural phenomenon comes to symbolize both Dimmesdale's "sin" and Governor Winthrop's "virtue" in The Scarlet Letter?

  Posted by iluvbb17 on Apr 1, 2008 at 02:12 PM

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  When Hester throws down her scarlet letter, the transfiguration that was foreshadowed occurs, and Hester's beauty returns.

  Posted by sexymexicana on Dec 19, 2007 at 06:07 AM

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  Chapter 7 mentions a rosebush, so how is it connected to the rosebush in Chapter 1?

  Posted by wweiss on Nov 30, 2007 at 09:17 AM

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  How does Pearl in The Scarlet Letter symbolize redemption?

  Posted by ajkendall on Nov 19, 2007 at 01:05 PM

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  What does the scaffold represent to the puritan community in The Scarlet Letter?

  Posted by plzhelpme on Oct 15, 2007 at 04:19 PM

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