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Theme:
     The theme in The Scarlet Letter is the way that society looks at people and what is right.  In this novel the society looks at Hester Prynne as a whore in her time because of her choice to have sex before marriage.  Not only does she have sex but she gets pregnant and has a baby.  The society made her wear a red A on her to show the fact that she had committed the crime of adultery   This all represents the way that society creates people and makes an image that everyone must follow if they don't want to be misinterpreted.  Society is still like this today but has been more open to difference.  Hester Prynne has a hard to going through society as she is alone but becomes strong and different from the rest of society.

Motifs/symbols:
   A symbol in this novel is Pearl he daughter.  She is an important figure to represent honesty and purity.  She may have been a bad mistake on her mothers part, but she is a great example of truth.  The fact that children are honest, from birth until taught other wise, shows how as a young child she shows only honesty and asks the questions of the people that make them think twice about their beliefs.