Night Symbolism by Kade Hale-Osborn https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567 en-us 2017-10-31 20:02:59 UTC 2025-10-20 07:32:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Explanation of Symbol- Kade Hale-Osborn kade_47436 https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567/wish/202318253 Nathaniel Hawthorne is considered one of the most prolific symbolists in American Literature and this is evident in the Scarlet Letter. In the Scarlet Letter, the night time, and more specifically the darkness of the night symbolizes many things. For example, the darkness is used to symbolism the concealment of Pearls' father. The night in Chapter 16, when Hester and Dimmesdale meet in the forest, symbolizes the hidden love between the two. Another example of the night used as concealment is when Dimmesdale stands on the scaffold at midnight and confesses his sin to no one. Even in the end, Dimmesdale's and Hester's grave are in presented to us in darkness. ]]> 2017-10-31 20:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567/wish/202318253 "Hester, that wear the scarlet letter openly upon your bosom! Mine burns in secret! Thou little knowest what a relief it is, after the torment of a seven years' cheat, to look into an eye that recognizes me for what I am!" (Hawthorne 188) jialin_250222 https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567/wish/202319361 2017-10-31 20:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567/wish/202319361 "To Hester's eye, the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale exhibited no symptom of positive and vivacious suffering, except that, as little Pearl had remarked, he kept his hand over his heart. "(Hawthorne 185) jialin_250222 https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567/wish/202322887 2017-10-31 20:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567/wish/202322887 On page 50 it tells about how Hester has the letter A but it also serves to protect Pearl's father. This example tells how there are many ways they are hiding their love from everyone else jialin_250222 https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567/wish/202324822 2017-10-31 20:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567/wish/202324822 Night and Darkness aliyah_42348 https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567/wish/202325564 Darkness is that archetype which signifies the unknown, the unconscious, and mystery. It also symbolizes being alone, and withdrawn from daylight. On the periphery of the conscious world of the city. ]]> 2017-10-31 20:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567/wish/202325564 On page 155 a sexton tells the minister how he found a glove and it belongs to the minister. The sexton then says how a minister does not need a glove if he is all good and pure. This shows how Dimmesdale needs a glove because he is not all pure and good like he is supposed to be jialin_250222 https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567/wish/202326144 2017-10-31 20:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567/wish/202326144 The Moon aliyah_42348 https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567/wish/202327531 The moon, is a symbol of permanent change and resurrection, rotates and at the same time the moon in both spans divides the past and present. The moon proclaims itself as a symbol of the self-verification sought by the persona.]]> 2017-10-31 20:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567/wish/202327531 aliyah_42348 https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567/wish/203688919 2017-11-05 21:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567/wish/203688919 Murray,Keat. “Robert Frost's Portrait of a Modern Mind: The Archetypal Resonance of "Acquainted with the Night".” Robert Frost's Portrait of a Modern Mind: The Archetypal Resonance of "Acquainted with the Night". aliyah_42348 https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567/wish/203944115 2017-11-06 15:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kade_47436/mnsfd4zc1567/wish/203944115