《红字》中的Repeated images和Sets of words and phrases 有哪些，代表了什么意思

Recurring images include the scarlet LETTER A, Dimmesdale's hand over his heart, scaffolds, numerous natural and supernatural images (roses, stars, forests, witches, etc.).

The scarlet letter A: There are three meanings of A explicitly stated in the novel, all narrated by Hawthorne himself in the novel.

Adultery. Chapter 1 and 2. The scarlet letter was the punishment, the torture, of the shame of religious society. Agony in the scarlet letter

Able. The middle of the novel. At this point the scarlet letter began to develop in the direction of salvation. Hester makes a living with diligence and sincerity and lives stubbornly. The so-called Able Woman is not easy to be. Local residents say "it was meant able" when they see the red meteor forming the A character.

Angel. Later in the novel. The scarlet letter had been sublimated into a divinity, an angel, a Madonna. Hester saved himself by doing good deeds all his life. In the end, people in the town regarded Hester as an angel.

2022-02-18

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