Just like the language in this novel, paying attention to words that pop up out of the book can give foreshadowing events, description of words and major symbols. Reading this book, there just words that seemed to really jump out or just catch my attention. Words that helped described symbols and colors I thought really caught my eyes.
Definitely for sure, The Scarlet Letter has a lot of symbols and colors. The words in the book were used to help describe these colors and symbols as well as the characters. Colors such as Red and Black I kept seeing them to pop out at me with a sign that kept saying “PAY ATTENTION STUPID!” Which I think was very useful in helping to explain the story and give further depth into it. Colors always need to grab attention, with them blended into the novel; they help you grab the important aspects of the book.
If it’s not the colors, the symbols pop out with an even bigger sign that says “REALLY LOOK HERE STUPID!” This book filled with a bunch of symbols, especially with symbols of Good and Evil or Passionate Desires. Some words like “EDIFICE” (36) seemed to really pop at me because I thought it was important to describe the setting about the current situation and to describe the emotional feeling Hester felt as she approached the square. “Snake” just popped complete popped out because “Snakes” usually mean sinister or conniving, and when it describes Cillingsworth’s reaction to seeing Hester ion the square, that was great foreshadowing into what his character will react to his wife’s newly found title. If it isn’t the colors, it’s the noun’s similes, and metaphors that really help take the reader into a further depth of the book.
Definitely there are words in this book that really grab my attention and force me to really pay attention. Maybe it’s because they have a big sign with “LOOK HERE STUPID” written on them, or maybe the fact that these words have a color base meaning or they are comparisons to another noun that emphasize a particular trait of that noun. The Scarlet Letter language is one thing, but the there are words in this complicated language that stand and really get into your face. Definitely keep in mind the words that really pop up, or make you think, they have more a complex set up than you actually think.
Greek? It's STILL Old English to Me
Art is not clear or concise, it takes interpretation, and a keen eye to tap into the meaning, Nathaniel Hawthorne has not failed that standard. Hawthorne’s use of Old English made The Scarlet Letter reading seem like 600 pages instead of the 166. But the artistic value and symbolism was able to compensate for the language difficulty in my mind. It was the small description that made this harder to pay attention too and the style of the language.
I read the book back in High School, and that I think was THE most difficult part, especially when I didn’t really get a full grasp of the language set up. I really had a hard time to understand the more in depth importance such as the Romanticism values within the context, I got the basic storyline in the book because we got to discus the chapters we read. In. fact, after we got done with the section, I completely repressed as much as I could so I wouldn’t remind myself on how bad it was for me to full comprehend it. After having to re-read it, I had a better understanding of it, and was able to pay more attention to the use of the language to help build a further understanding if this book. I have the complete respect for Hawthorne, but he just a little difficult to understand.
But the symbolism of the book, was what I really liked about this entire story. Hester’s Husband was “The Leech,” I really liked how his character was to seek the truth out about Hester and was able to extract it from the Priest. Or young Pearl only recognizing her mother when she has the Letter on her dresses. But the one major symbolism within this book for me was the color. Red, specifically Scarlet, was the recurring color I kept seeing over and over within this book.
Red is my absolute favorite color, not because it means Strength, but the Passion and Sensuality it beholds. I think really the use of color was the biggest absolute important symbol throughout the entire novel because it represented the biggest key in the book. Showing sensual desires, passion, negativity of the protagonist who was branded with her letter. Red was greatly used in the book and further emphasized the meaning of the book.
It’s still all old English to me, and was very confusing to read again, but artistically I liked it. The book’s use of language structure made it great piece of art work and is really helped developed the book if you can pay attention. The use of Symbolism was really amazing and was able to be able to tell how the stories overall meaning.
I read the book back in High School, and that I think was THE most difficult part, especially when I didn’t really get a full grasp of the language set up. I really had a hard time to understand the more in depth importance such as the Romanticism values within the context, I got the basic storyline in the book because we got to discus the chapters we read. In. fact, after we got done with the section, I completely repressed as much as I could so I wouldn’t remind myself on how bad it was for me to full comprehend it. After having to re-read it, I had a better understanding of it, and was able to pay more attention to the use of the language to help build a further understanding if this book. I have the complete respect for Hawthorne, but he just a little difficult to understand.
But the symbolism of the book, was what I really liked about this entire story. Hester’s Husband was “The Leech,” I really liked how his character was to seek the truth out about Hester and was able to extract it from the Priest. Or young Pearl only recognizing her mother when she has the Letter on her dresses. But the one major symbolism within this book for me was the color. Red, specifically Scarlet, was the recurring color I kept seeing over and over within this book.
Red is my absolute favorite color, not because it means Strength, but the Passion and Sensuality it beholds. I think really the use of color was the biggest absolute important symbol throughout the entire novel because it represented the biggest key in the book. Showing sensual desires, passion, negativity of the protagonist who was branded with her letter. Red was greatly used in the book and further emphasized the meaning of the book.
It’s still all old English to me, and was very confusing to read again, but artistically I liked it. The book’s use of language structure made it great piece of art work and is really helped developed the book if you can pay attention. The use of Symbolism was really amazing and was able to be able to tell how the stories overall meaning.
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