Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter

<Tab/>Many works of literature contain much symbolic meaning. The Scarlet Letter, written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, contains many examples of these meaningful symbols. Published in 1850, this novel takes place in the Puritan colony of Boston, Massachusetts in the early seventeenth century. These symbols help convey the effects of sin on the individual. The sunshine, the forest, and Pearl have much significance as symbols.
<Tab/>The sunshine symbolizes things containing a good meaning. Claurice Swisher comments, "Sunlight suggests both truth and hea…