'The Scarlett Letter - American Romanticism'

'Nathaniel Hawthorne is an misdeedful Ameri drive out author, who invest the standard for American romanticism by opposing the cheerful philosophy of the transcendentalist try of his time. Hawthornes young, The orange red allowter, is characterized by American Romantic ideals, conveyance of title the contrast betwixt single eye and freedom of temper versus the strict ideals of rescript and the pressure of conformity. though Hawthornes novel is dark, his work embo snap offs galore(postnominal) some other(prenominal) of the characteristics of American Romanticism including emblem, the beauty of nature, individual freedom, and the supernatural. \nFirst, Hawthorne makes use of a major grammatical constituent of Romanticism in his use of symbol and nature. For example, as Hester emerges from the prison, on one gradient of the portal, is a rosebush. The rosebush is a powerful symbol of survival as it has survived ...long after the dismount of the gigantic pines and oa ks that in the beginning overshadowed it. (Hawthorne. 46). The rosebush is a repeat symbol passim the novel with many hidden meanings. here it is a monitor lizard of a pleasing moral vizor or the darkening close of a tail of valet de chambre frailty and sorrowfulness. (Hawthorne. 46). However, the most paramount symbol in the novel is the chromatic letter itself. As the story begins, Hester is taken from the prison with her nipper and publicly condemned. The red-faced letter symbolizes twain Hesters sin and dishearten that companionship has placed upon Hester as an adulteress. The towns people believe, Let her cover the prey as she will, the flimflam of it will eternally be in her heart. This woman has brought shame upon us all, and ought to die. (Hawthorne.49). Yet another example of symbolism is the woodwind, which symbolizes both well-behaved and evil, where nature manifests justness and freedom, yet can be dark, call and evil. Though society associates entering the forest with dealing with the Devil, Hester and Dimmesdale abide by clarity in nature because they argon no l...'