Monday, November 4, 2013
The Scarlet Letter - First Chapter Theme
The theme that Hawthorne uses in the first paragraph of The Scarlet Letter is the importance of nature. He describes all the details of a rose-bush as well as using it to describe how nature's weather-stains and not being maintained can be an unappealing sight. He uses nature to symbolize how pleasant things may occur, or how these pleasant things can be overshadowed by darkness. For example, he says that the rose-bush is beautiful, but around it were once trees that were killed to make way for something else.
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Donovan - nature is extremely important in this book, but now compare it to the prison. The main idea of nature exists in its comparison with society (Puritan society). Good.
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