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In this chapter light and darkness are symbolically significant. I believe in this chapter the darkness represnts the characters sins and how they are hidden away hence Hester and her isolation. While the light / sunshine reprents the good and hope of Pearl' because she isn't shrouded in sin and is instead seen as a gift from God to Hester.

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Light and darkness in this chapter is used to portray good and evil. In chapter 16 as Hester and Pearl walk the light from the sun runs and hides from Hester keeping her in the dark. Pearl goes and catches the light and it stays with her. I believe that the light running from Hesters shows that she's still not good person but through Pearl she can be redeemed in the eyes of the lord and her town.

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In this chapter, I believe that the light and darkness is a representation of a person revealing his/her true colors.  Basically Hawthorne uses color as symbolism to help the readers understand the feelings better of each of the characters.  Hester can't touch the sunlight because she is this darkness metaphorically. But then you see happy Pearl  who is able to touch the sunlight. Basically I took this chapter in as, when you're light and happy and a ""gift"" you'll be considered the to be able to touch the sun, yet when you're miserable and seen as darkness and depressed and sins, you would not be able to have thar quality of light portrayed onto you, therefore considered darker and not able to touch that light or be it.

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the light and darkness in the chapter show the shortcomings and the real intentions behind them.The darkness would be the sins that the people are constantly committing and the light would be pearl and hester because she is constantly repsented as good and light.

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the light and darkness in the chapter show the shortcomings and the real intentions behind them.The darkness would be the sins that the people are constantly committing and the light would be pearl and hester because she is constantly repsented as good and light.

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In this chapter, I believe that the light and darkness is a representation of a person revealing his/her true colors.

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The light and darkness in this chapter show significance. I believe the darkness symbolizes all the sins and immoral going on throughout this story. This causes Hester to isolate herself and go into hiding due to all the assumptions and wrong she is accused of. The light symbolizes Pearl and all goodness and how she is a gift from god after everything that went on with Hester. To some they say god sent Hester pearl so she can learn from her mistakes and wrong doing but on the other hand she is simply a gift from god for Hester that brings light and innocence.

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Hawthorne is showing a person's true feelings through color. Hester cannot touch the sunshine in a sense because she is full of despair and fear due to recent events. Hester’s soul is dark and tainted by her sin from several years prior, preventing her from ever being seen as pure or good and forcing her to stay in the dark. Whereas Pearl, who has no idea of the matter at hand, is able to touch the sunshine because her soul is still pure and full of the happiness of a child. Pearl may be thought of as a devil child and born of sin, but she bears no history of committing sin like her mother, therefore she is able to be seen as good and is allowed to step into the light.

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In the current chapter we just read, I think there was a signifance about light and darkness. Pearl represnts light because she was a gift sent from god. Pearl is the light at the end of the tunnel. On the other hand I think the darkness represnts Pearl's mother, Hester. Throughout the whole novel Hester is shown as such a sinful person. The darkness is symbolizes Hester's feelings. The forest is the darkness place, bottling up all the sins.

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In chapter 16 the forest represents the moral wilderness that Hester has been wandering since committing adultery with Dimmesdale. The forest is dark and a good place to hide their sin, where the light would reveal their sin. Which is the affair she and Dimmesdale had in the past. Daylight is the equivalent of honesty and goodness. While the nighttime and darkness represents hidden secrets and evil. After Hester commits adultery she has wrapped herself in darkness. Hester is not evil but sin made her beauty and her light hideaway with guilt.The colors are so important throughout the book because it signifies why these character belong in the dark or light. Their actions led them to be there.  - ashley castaneda 

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In chapter 16 the forest represents the moral wilderness that Hester has been wandering since committing adultery with Dimmesdale. The forest is dark and a good place to hide their sin, where the light would reveal their sin. Which is the affair she and Dimmesdale had in the past. Daylight is the equivalent of honesty and goodness. While the nighttime and darkness represents hidden secrets and evil. After Hester commits adultery she has wrapped herself in darkness. Hester is not evil but sin made her beauty and her light hideaway with guilt.The colors are so important throughout the book because it signifies why these character belong in the dark or light. Their actions led them to be there.  - ashley castaneda 

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In chapter 16 Hawthorne uses color to express characters emotions, for example when Hester is wandering in the darkness alone, it is to symbolize her feelings. She knows that theres no hope for her to ever be seen without the A. The light in this chapter is Pearl because she is  the only hope that Hester has remaining after committing adultery. Pearl may be seen by some as the daughter of someone who committed sin, but she has no past like her mother which allows her to shine in the light, and not have live in constant agony.

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In this chapter there is a significance between light and darkness. The light would show good acts and kindness while the dark represents evilness. Throughout this  chapter Pearl is the light because she is a happy child who always sees the good in everyone and she is able to brighten up the day. On the other hand, the darkness is a symbol of sad times that Hester goes through. Which causes Hester to go hide in the woods ashamed of what she's done.

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Hawthorne uses color as symbolism to help the readers understand the feelings and intentions of the characters. Some colors used are red, gold, gray, and black. Hester can't touch the sunlight because she is basically in a state of darkness. Pearl on the other hand is a bright and happy child who is probably brighter than light itself. So she is able to touch the sunlight. Her soul is in a sense pure.

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In chapter 16, I believe that the light and darkness are very significant. I think that the light is symbolizing Pearl. Pearl is meant to show the light and how she brightens everything and no matter how dark and ugly things get, Pearl is always the light that shines through. The darkness is a symbol of all the dark times that are caused by the letter A. It causes Hester and Pearl to hide away and sit in the darkness to hide her shame.

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In chapter 16, the darkness represents evil and mysteriousness. Hester wanders in the darkness and this shows that as a person, Hester can be seen as a figure of darkness along with her actions, as she has to stay in the darkness in order to blend in with all of the bad she has done. I believe the light represents all good and a "perfect society" which is often avoided by characters due to fear that it will expose their own sin.

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In Chapter 16, the light represents Pearl. Pearl has been a character with an uplifting mood pretty much all book and she almost certainly represents the light shown within this chapter. Even when times get tough Pearl is always in the light of things. On the other hand the darkness is shown when Hester is off in the wilderness and all alone wondering in the dark. This is a low point after cheating with Dimmesdale. This shows the true darkness of this chapter.

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I feel like the light represents the good and the darkness represents sin and all the bad. Pearl is playing in the sunlight and Pearl was the result of Hester's sin and because of her sin she is in the darkness. Pearl brings the light to her mother's darkness. Pearl mentions the Black man which represents the darkness and sin Hester has in her life but she doesn't want Pearl to know that.

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In this chapter light and dark both show significance. The darkness represents Hester in a way that it is her sins that have left a mark on her which causes her to go into an isolation from the rest of society. As where Pearl is symbolizing the light. She is the form of light that takes place in Hester through all the good and the bad. Due to the darkness from the Letter A that Hester has to carry around on her chest it both her and Pearl stay hidden away, isolated, hiding from the shame and guilt.

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In chapter 16 the forest represents the moral wilderness that Hester has been wandering since committing adultery with Dimmesdale. The forest is dark and a good place to hide their sin, where the light would reveal their sin. Which is the affair she and Dimmesdale had in the past. The colors are so important throughout this chapter because it signifies important actions or reasons why these characters belong in the dark or light. It gives you an understanding what theyve done to belong to the dark or light. -ashley castaneda 

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In chapter 16 the forest represents the moral wilderness that Hester has been wandering since committing adultery with Dimmesdale. The forest is dark and a good place to hide their sin, where the light would reveal their sin. Which is the affair she and Dimmesdale had in the past. The colors are so important throughout this chapter because it signifies important actions or reasons why these characters belong in the dark or light. It gives you an understanding what theyve done to belong to the dark or light. -ashley castaneda 

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In this chapter I think the light represented honesty and goodness where darkness represented hidden secret and the sins of Hester. The sun light doesn't shine on Hester due to the letter A and her sins effecting that. When pearl mentions the black man, she says he haunts the forest and the letter was his way of marking Hester.When Hester tells Pearl to runaway in the sunlight its because even though she was born out of a sin, Pearl herself didn't do anything wrong and in that way she brings light to her mothers darkness .

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In this chapter, I believe that the light represents the good and the darkness shows the bad that happens in the shadows. When Pearl tells her mom that she cannot have sunlight because of the letter A, this shows that Hester's sin does not allow her to be seen as the good. Also when the Black Man story comes up, it represents the darkness and evil people think they see in Hester's sin. The A is the mark that will forever hold the "awful" act she did.  On the other hand, the sunlight shows the light of innocence in and good. Hester tells Pearl to runaway in the sunlight before it's gone. This means that Pearl was born because of the sin, but she personally hasn't done anything wrong. She brings the light to the dark sin of her mother. This is important, because it shows how any sort of light can make the darkness not seem so bad.

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I feel like the dark represents Hester A. No one thinks of her as good throughout the novel because of her letter A. The Black Man make people think of Hester sin and all the bad she has done throughout her life. The light on the other hand represents Pearl. Pearl was born from a mother of sin but she did not do anything wrong and she basically is the light to Hester. This is Hester only good thing that really happened to her,