The Scarlet story

In this book the prison was built for all the sinners in the town. It was a symbol of punishment to the people. It was made of cold stone wall and it was right in the middle of the quiet town. It also represented crime because of all the different crimes people have done to get in there. And a symbol of sadness for everyone that was inside the prison. Hawthorne’s significance of the …showed first 75 words of 534 total…

…showed last 75 words of 534 total…of the thing that go on around her,also the mocking from the people in the town every day.She was also a product of sine,because Hester was not married to Dimmesdale when she had her. Also she is concitered as evil, in how she would throw rocks at the little boys and girls when they went into town. By that Hawthorne is saying that there is a little evil in all of us.