The Scarlet Letter: Light And Dark Imagery
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Throughout The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne refers to light
and dark. In the novel they have many different meanings and are displayed
in many different ways. Light usually symbolizes good, purity, and joy.
The darkness symbolizes evil, secrecy, or guilt. An interaction between
the two i ....
Middle of paper
.... the physician seems somehow to remain
"painted on the darkness," (115).
Martin shows how good can shine on the physician, yet his evil still
remains in the darkness. Even Pearl, an innocent child who does not know
Chillingworth, refers to him as a dark person. When speaking to her mother,
she says, "Come away, mother! Come away, or yonder old Black Man will
catch you" (Hawthorne 123)! The "black" in "black man" refers to
Chillingworth's evil, which is clearly acknowledged by even a small ....
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Page count: 5 (approximately 250 words per page)
