Despite her being lonely with only Pearl by her side, Hester somehow finds her inner strength to defy not only the local people in her town but also the local government. Her strength becomes stronger and shows throughout the story, specifically when she interviews with Roger Chillingworth and Governor Bellingham. Her determination and confidence are repeated again when she confronts Governor Bellingham about custody of her daughter Pearl. When Governor Bellingham tells her that he is going to take Pearl away from her, she says, “God gave me the child. He gave her, in requital of all things else, which ye had taken from me.
She born as General Gabler’s daughter so she feels for a better destiny and imbues with romantic vision of making one’s own life a work of art. She could be imagined as distinguished, beautiful, proud and even in her defiance of her surroundings and in the gesture of her suicide. Hedda is pitiful because she is a tormented creature caught in an era that society imprisons women in limited choices, as a victim, in spite of her desperate to control the fate of others. With Hedda’s manipulative character, her desire of a “beautiful” death and her fear of scandal are the core characteristics that compels her to manipulate Lovborg in killing himself and leads herself to commit suicide. When Hedda first appears in the play, she is a cool character who has control of her emotions and actions.
One well-known example in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter is where the scarlet letter "A" pinned to Hester Prynne's breast represents adultery. The scarlet letter also has other, more subtle meanings. Also, the thesis investigates the main resources of Hawthorne's symbolic images. 1.2 Background of the study Symbolism in literature is the deep and hidden meaning in a piece of work. It is often used to represent a moral or religious belief or value.
From this starting point, I would like to show how Hawthorne stages the interpretative process within The Scarlet Letter, and how this provides keys for the reader on how to read them. The word "symbol" and its meaning in The Scarlet Letter: First, I would like to provide a few basic elements on the definitions of allegory and symbol as I will use them in this analysis. Starting from that definition, Poe's analysis of Hawthorne's works as "allegorical" can be qualified, especially in The Scarlet Letter in which Hawthorne blatantly refuses some key aspects of an allegorical mode of representation. I
With the development of plot,the scarlet letter"A" represents "amazon". Because she faces the jury of church, showing her bravery and independence to the women who were away from her and the society. The scarlet letter "A" was artistically done in fine red cloth surrounded by rich gold thread. After hester got freedom, she has enough time to make diversified and beautiful "A" for different classes. A long time later, The scarlet letter "A" becomes a kind of fashionable decorates instead of shame.
The letter’s meaning shifts as time passes. “Such helpfulness was found in her… so much power to do, and power to sympathize… that many people refused to interpret the scarlet A by its original signification. They said that it meant Able; so strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman's strength” (Hawthorne 141). Originally, it was intended to mark Hester as an adulterer, the "A" eventually comes to stand for "Able". Furthermore, for the Native Americans who come to watch the Election Day Pageant believes it marks her as a person of importance and status (Hawthorne 161).
But, when you take a second look at this controversy problem, I for one realised that reading this article has many Native Americans on edge with people discriminating them, has turned into a heavily disputed arguement. The controversy shows how we represent Native Americans with athletic sports. All coaches, and teammates feel they respect Native Americans and honor the name by representing them as their team name or mascot. On the other hand Native Americans feel that their ancestors and themselves are being demeaned. To find a solution to this controversy we must look at what people say about Native Americans, and we must listen to what Native Americans take it as offensive or as a compliment.
It can be said that The Scarlet Letter is a provocative book that filled with symbols. In fact, in this novel, Hawthorne plays with ‘A’ letters to clarify a great meaning and endow his book with the idea of universality. Even those readers who haven’t read The Scarlet Letter know about scarlet letters. Hawthorne has given
She then begins to criticize her husbands for not taking her side. Sita’s defiance shows when Rama questions her purity upon being rescued from Ravana. These displays of defiance by Sita and Draupadi, according to Linda Hess, Sally Sutherland, and Wendy Doniger, are a direct result of the pressure put on them by their husbands to be the “Ideal Women”. Throughout the Ramayana, Sita is shown to consistently be the ideal woman and wife for Rama. “Sita is the noblest flower of Indian womanhood, devoted to her land in thought, word, and deed” (Hess 1999, 2).
Richard Sewall also considers the scarlet letter “A” to be of main symbols to this novel. Just like James Pearl, Richard Sewall also says one of the ways the “A” is seen by others is it meaning Adultery, but Sewall also says that it “preserves a margin of freedom…” (322). It took her out of the ordinary relations with