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" ....
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