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Scarlet Letter Symbolism
Title: Scarlet Letter Symbolism
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 492 | Pages: 2.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Scarlet Letter Symbolism
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s sets a tone by way of eloquently placed adjectives, and use if terms such as; “sad-colored garments,” “throng,” and “heavily timbered with oak,” In The Scarlet Letter. The first paragraph of a solid piece of literature often sets the foundation for the work, as well as giving the reader valuable insight into the setting, and mood of the piece.
Hawthorne manipulates the reader’s senses with the word “sad-colored,”
taking two completely …showed first 75 words of 492 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 492 total…fundamentalist Puritan community. This oaken portal is also shrouded with mystery; the outsiders most likely wonder what goes on within the heavily timbered doors, yet no Puritan would even think of setting foot inside the prison walls to find out.
Hawthorne chooses his words with care in this first paragraph giving the
reader a general feel for what the piece is about, Thereby enabling the reader to foreshadow events within the span of the novel.
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