SYMBOLISM IN HAWTHORNE’S PIONEER DRAMA ‘THE SCARLET LETTER’: A 21ST CENTURY PERSPECTIVE
This article offers an interpretation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s pioneer drama The Scarlet Letter by identifying the major obstacles to a thorough comprehension of the novel. Puritan principles are transgressed in Hawthorne's 1850 book "The Scarlet Letter," in which the protagonists commit sins that worsen issues that wouldn't typically arise. Hawthorne's writing is of this sublime caliber, and for obvious reasons, critics adore it. Despite the fact that much has already been written about it, only the best survives which in its total effect tends to veritable interpretation rather than criticism. Also, a few scholars disagree, nonetheless, as to whether the abstractness depicted in the novel, the romance's characters, and situations are symbolic and not allegorical. This article aims to resolve this by looking at the symbols that Hawthorne used to construct the characters and situations in The Scarlet Letter and interpreting that they all legitimately uphold their symbolic representation and are analogous to the people and circumstances in realistic fiction. From a true interpretation centered on the symbolic representation, the given facts will certainly emerge adding relevance not only to human life and human morals but also a greater sense of relevance to the ongoing history of mankind in the twenty-first century.
Hawthorne; American Literature; Puritan; Hester; Dimmesdale; Pearl; symbol; transcendental; The Scarlet Letter