The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel about a woman named Hester Prynne. In the novel Hester has committed adultery. The novel tells about her struggles and how she deals with them. The novel shows symbolism as well with the letter “A”. The significance of the letter changes from the beginning of the book to the end. According to the Elements of Literature pg. 1202, a symbol is a person, place, thing, or event …showed first 75 words of 491 total…

…showed last 75 words of 491 total…uses a lot of symbolism in this novel. He leaves it open and lets readers interpret his novel in many different ways. People can determine themselves if what happens to Hester is right or wrong. In the novel Hester overcomes the shame of the sin that she has committed through the goodness and purity she has in her heart. Since she was kind and helped the townspeople she didn’t deserve what happened to her.