Assignment #2

Pearl symbolizes the fruit of the sin Hester committed with Dimmesdale. This can be seen when Hester Pryne dresses Pearl with a scarlet dress, the same color as the A in Hester's chest. Now, since the A in Hester's chest is there because of the sin she committed, and the dress of Pearl is the same color as the letter, she symbolizes the sin.

The Letter A represents unfair punishment towards Hester Pryne. This is due to how everybody in the Town had committed sins before. However, they are too afraid to deliberately expose themselves to the public just a Hester does. This in turn make the townspeople hypocrites, whereas it lionizes Hester because of the strength she portrays exposing her sin.

The Forest symbolizes a place where anyone can be whatever they want to be. Witches for example, meet in the forest and while witchcraft is unacceptable in the town the witches can perform witchcraft inside the forest. This is also a place where Hester can take off her letter and be the women she is because in town people do not see the extraordinary things about Hester they only see the scarlet letter that sits on her chest.