The Scarlet Letter: The Symbol Of The Scarlet Letter
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In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne's scarlet
token liberates her more than it punishes her. First of all, Hester's soul is
freed by her admission of her crime; by enduring her earthly punishment, Hester
is assured of a place in the heavens. Also, though her appearance is ....
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.... death, and second, the own personal hell
Hester will create for herself if she had chosen to hide her sin in her heart.
Though it was ordered for Hester to wear the letter, it was still her own choice
to make it in a vivid scarlet, "so fantastically embroidered and illuminated
upon her bosom." Hester chose red as the color of her brand of shame, to
declare to the rest of the townspeople that she is prepared to acknowledge her
sin, instead of denying it; she could have chosen to wear her "A" i ....
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