SYMBOLS IN THE SCARLET LETTER

Plot Summary of The Scarlet Letter: The Scarlet Letter has as its setting Puritan Boston during the mid-17th century.Young Hester Prynne,a“fallen woman”,is sentenced towear a scarlet A,signifying“adultery,”because she has a lover whenher aged husband is not with her.Consequently she is driven out of theordinary relations with humanity,and is thus able to view critically thevarious aspects of the society.Hester is not overwhelmed by the