1.  Topic: Howthrone’ s use of
Symbolism in “The Scarlet
Letter”
 Paper-10-The American
Literature.
 Bhumi Vajani
 M.A-2 Sem-3
 Roll No:04
 Year:2013
 Submitted To: Dr.Dilip Barad.

Heenaba Zala.

Dept of English,

M.K.Bhavnagar

University.

3. •
“A”
Hester’s bosom
The Scaffold
Light and color
Night
The Sun
The Forest
Darkness
Use of Characters
Nature
Setting

4. Hester:- unjust
humiliation.
Dimmesdale:-Remind
of his own guilt.
Chillingworth:-Spur to
the quest for revenge.
Pearl:-Bright and
mysterious curiosity.

6. Symbols
Night
Concealment
Day
Exposure

7. The
Sun

9. “Boundary
“
”
between
two world
A Nature World
Laws
As opposed to the artificial
Puritan community with it’s
man-made laws.

10. Use of
Characters

12. Nature
stands in
contrast to
Puritanism.
Nature is
forgiving
&flexible
The symbol of
Nature continues
with the forest.

13. Able
Angel
“A”

14. Light &
Darkness
The symbolic
nature of the
background
Color-Red
Gray Black
Sunshine&
Shadows
Noon &
Midnight