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.