Romanticism Scarlet Letter

Romanticism is a very unique style of writing that is very dramatic and descriptive throughout the entirety of the work. It is used in many different novels and writings, with one of them being The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter depicts a woman who is shamed of adultery and has to wear a scarlet “A” on her bosom, and the “A” seems to have supernatural powers that effect Hester Prynne and people around her in many different ways. The scarlet “A” attached to Hester Prynne’s bosom was a sign of her committing adultery and was permanently attached for her public shame. But the letter had other negatives to it, as “It had the effect of a spell, taking her out of the ordinary relations with humanity and enclosing her in a sphere by herself.” (34;
Pearl seemed not only to be able to use just about anything to torment her enemies, but also seemed to be able to use them in a supernatural way. Pearl could use just about anything she found around her, “a stick, a bunch of rags, a flower-were the puppets of Pearl’s witchcraft.” (58: ch. 6) which was terrible for Hester and she could never escape the torment of Pearl. Wherever she went, Pearl was able to find even the happiest of things, such as a flower, to use as a tool against her mother and tormented her it seemed whenever she had the chance. Hester Prynne had to deal with the supernatural all throughout chapters 1-6. Her scarlet “A” on her bosom seemed to be alive, glowing and burning, that it could always be felt on her chest wherever she went. And as if this feeling of burden and guilt wasn’t bad enough, her own child seemed to be a sort of witch and tormented her with anything she could find. Hester in her banishment from the village didn’t see any other people very often, and was forced to live a life of hell and misery with the scarlet letter and her own