The author of my book is Nathaniel Hawthorne. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts. The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850, followed by his other famous book, “The House of the Seven Gables,” published in 1851. Something the two books have in common is that they both have gothic and fictional elements. Even though Gothic is not the main genre of Scarlet Letter, it is a Gothic novel because of the forbidden love the protagonist has outside of her marriage. An affair was considered a crime in the time period the book is set in. The main genre of this book is historical fiction. It is set in 17th century Boston, where people believed in the Devil, witches, and a vengeful God. While the book is historically accurate, other elements of the writing make it fictitious. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay The book tells the story of Hester Prynne, who committed the crime of adultery. She gives birth to a baby girl and refuses to reveal the baby's father. As punishment she is forced to wear the scarlet letter "A" which makes her an adulteress. Her cowardly lover, who is a priest, does not confess his crime for 7 years. Considering his position as a priest, he feels guilty because he has committed a sin in the eyes of God. Her husband, who was believed to be dead, begins to live under a new name to find Hester's lover. "Man had marked this woman's sin with a scarlet letter, which had such a powerful and disastrous efficacy that no human sympathy could reach her, except he was as sinful as she. God, as a direct consequence of the sin thus punished by man , had given her a beautiful son, whose place was on that same dishonored breast, to forever connect her parent to the race and lineage of mortals, and to be at last a blessed soul in Paradise!” (Hawthorne 84) After reading this passage for the first time, as a reader, I was able to empathize with Hester The passage symbolizes two ironies First, the scarlet letter that was meant to be a punishment is actually beautiful as it is the place where now lies Pearl. The other irony is Pearl herself as “God, as a direct consequence of the sin that the man thus punished, had given her a lovely child” (Hawthorne 84) in return for her actions different number of themes, but my focus is the emotions presented in the book, which are also some of the themes I will analyze are alienation, confession, persecution, sin, redemption and guilt Analysis of creation of the media The form I am focusing on is the symbolism in the book. The symbol I will refer to is a scaffold is a raised wooden platform used in the past for the public execution of criminals of scaffolding in the book. All four main characters were present together in these scenes. To explain my images, I'll tell you what happened in each scene. In the first scaffold scene, Hester walks out the prison door with her 3-month-old daughter. he walks among the audience and climbs the scaffold. As he walks through the audience they talk about the symbol on his chest. Hester and Pearl are publicly persecuted, while the man with whom she committed adultery sits quietly in public. She is interrogated by city officials. Hester's husband is also present at the scene and learns of her crime. He develops an evil impulse to take revenge on her. During her humiliation, she faces all the emotions alone on the scaffold. In the second scaffold scene, it is Dimmesdale who climbs the scaffold during the night. He hopes to be able to publicly confess his sin and.