2006-12-12 04:12:02 · 12 answers · asked by Dimples 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Wow, you're just now reading this in college? We read that in high school back in the day. A is for adultery...read the book or at least the notes.
2006-12-12 04:20:37 · answer #1 · answered by glitterkittyy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Scarlet Letter
The scarlet letter is meant to be a symbol of shame,(Adultry) but instead it becomes a powerful symbol of identity to Hester. The letter’s meaning shifts as time passes. Originally intended to mark Hester as an adulterer, the “A” eventually comes to stand for “Able.” Finally, it becomes indeterminate: the Native Americans who come to watch the Election Day pageant think it marks her as a person of importance and status. Like Pearl, the letter functions as a physical reminder of Hester’s affair with Dimmesdale. But, compared with a human child, the letter seems insignificant, and thus helps to point out the ultimate meaninglessness of the community’s system of judgment and punishment. The child has been sent from God, or at least from nature, but the letter is merely a human contrivance. Additionally, the instability of the letter’s apparent meaning calls into question society’s ability to use symbols for ideological reinforcement. More often than not, a symbol becomes a focal point for critical analysis and debate.
2006-12-12 04:23:35 · answer #2 · answered by Grammy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A stands for Adultery. The main character committed the sin of adultery. As a punishment for your sin, in those days the letter A was sewn into your blouse for all to see.
2006-12-12 04:32:40 · answer #3 · answered by Yuriy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A stands for adultress. Adultry is having sex outside of a marriage. She was labeled with the A after she had Pearl and her husband had been away for several years. It was red because red was a hard dye to get ahold of back then so the A stood out against her clothes and you could see it.
2006-12-12 04:21:14 · answer #4 · answered by nmtgirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the letter A stands for Adultry, you should be able to figure it out from there.
If not, here's the link to the Sparknotes
2006-12-12 04:21:36 · answer #5 · answered by Usual 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The A stands adultery because she cheated on her husband and got pregnant by that affair that she had. She had the affair with the priest.
2006-12-12 04:20:37 · answer #6 · answered by ambr95012 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big A little a what begins with A public punishment for Adultery...AAA
2006-12-12 04:21:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should at least read the Clift / Cliff notes...
If you didn't wanna read the books then why did you sign up for the class??? Why are you wasting your time and money?
2006-12-12 04:23:38 · answer #8 · answered by geek49203 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the a stands for adultress because in the book hester was married and in the town where she lived everyone knew she was and when she turned up pregnant they knew it wasn't her husbands because he had died and she wouldn't name the reverend as the father
2006-12-12 04:20:39 · answer #9 · answered by bnannners 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The letter ''A'' signified adultery !
2006-12-12 04:20:51 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋