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Juxtaposition (contrast)

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Symbolism

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Foreshadowing plot points

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Other interesting ideas

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Dark vs light when Hester steps out of the prison door.

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The rose bush represents something delicate but yet still strong enough to survive.

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Roger Chillington will find Hester Prynne's lover and reveal him to everyone. As a result, Hester will reveal that Roger and her were married, running him out of town for good.

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In Chapter Four, when Roger Chillingworth threatens to find the man who gave her the child, she covered her heart to keep Roger from finding the man. This shows that Hester still keeps this unnamed man close to heart. She still cares for him, even though she now knows that her husband is actually alive.

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On page 49, it says,"...he laid his forefinger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red hot." Which foreshadows in the very beginning when Hawthorne was burned by the scarlet letter.

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Hawthorne takes hints throughout the chapters that Dimmesdale is the father of Pearl.

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When Hester was asked to name the father of her baby, she was "pale as death," but she spoke in a strong voice. There was weakness in her appearance, but there was no weakness in her

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The older generation is hateful towards Hester and what she had done. But, the younger generation is more sympathetic to what has happened.

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The old verses the young was a big contrast. The older generation hates Hester for what she had done because they are still in their old ways. Now the younger generation is okay with it because they are more into modern times.

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“She has borne that morning all that nature could endure….. Her spirit could only shelter itself beneath a stony crust of insensibility, while the faculties of animal life remained entire” p. 46
Here nature is used as a symbol for the Puritan lifestyle while the animal life represents that Puritan people within in the community who believed they were perfect when judging Hester.

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Pearl and Hester are the "same person," Pearl is external version of Hester's emotions.

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When Hester notices the father of Pearl, she sees him regularly. Giving a hint that the father must be of higher relations, because if the father was not of higher relations, he would have left town. However, he is staying for a reason.

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"Although she hid the secret from herself, and grew pale whenever it struggled out of her hear, like a serpent from its hole". The serpent is symbolizing the 🤬, from the book of Genesis. Changing the good heart of Eve, it changes Hester's too.

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Hawthorne used the cottage as a symbol for Hester's life coming out of jail
Parallels (cottage & Hester):
Seems it should be concealed but isn’t similar to her sin (her personal business that no one should be judging her for etc).
Lonesome, without anyone to care for it and love it
Soil too sterile for forming = her “toxicity," no one wants to be around her or "settle down" with her
Abandoned & out of social activity = she isn't close with anyone and no one wants to be close with her
Looking to west = looking towards future and seeing something better and more beautiful but unable to move

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The cottage that Hester chose to live in after being released was very isolated and away from everyone. The cottage was a symbol of Hester feeling isolated and alone from everyone. The cottage was just enough to where people could see her, but to where she wasn't included. This was a perfect representation of Hester's life from now on.

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Pearl being the embodiment of sin yet Hester sees her as such a valued and prized possession.

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In chapter 4, Hester was physically able to go anywhere, however emotionally she felt stuck and connected to the crime scene. I found it very interesting how even the glimpse of her baby's father was worth all the scrutiny she faced by choosing to stay in the town.

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The difference between the older generation and the younger generation. The older being more gruff and merciless with the young being more sympathetic.

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Pearl absorbed Hester's emotions in the womb and came out the embodiment of Hester's inner self. Being wild and bold.