The scarlet letter

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Setting

17th century Boston, Massachusetts

Time frame

1642-1649

Strong and determined. Accepts to wear the letter as a punishment and raises her daughter alone

Hester prynne

Daugherty of Hester, wild, likes to have fun, wears exquisite dresses.

Pearl

Symbolizes the devil, shriveled, moved from England to the new world to see his wife

Roger chillingworth

A conflicted character in 'The Scarlet Letter,' he is the secret lover of Hester Prynne and struggles with guilt and shame over his sin.

Authur Dimmesdale

Antagonist

Roger Chillingworth

Protagonist

Hester

Themes

Sin, guilt and punishment in a puritan society

• women’s role in society

• Sin and guilt

• Ilianation and alienation

• Appocriation

Motifs

Darkness and light between Hester and Pearl

• pearl and her name

• The Scarlett letter

• Rosebush at the jail

Symbols (the letter, pearl, meteor)

• The scarlet letter represents many things, like identity, sin, ableness, and grace, and changes throughout the novel.

• Pearl represents sin and redemption.

• The meteor represents many things to different people, signifying the subjectivity of symbols in general.