Symbolism In The Scarlet Letter Picture this, you just finish a book and you think to your self, what did it mean? Well, if you are lucky they book symbolized something. Without symbols, writing is just an organized mass of meaningless words. Symbolism in writing is the deepness and hidden meaning in a piece of work. The novel "The Scarlet Letter" written by Nathaniel Hawthorne has many symbols entwined into it, making it very captivating …showed first 75 words of 501 total…

…showed last 75 words of 501 total…with meaning. It also reveals that the author really cares about what he is writing and that he wants us, the readers, to care about it as well. Nathaniel Hawthorne's use of symbolism in the Scarlet Letter shows his immense ability to produce a novel of the highest possible caliber. The Symbols in the Scarlet letter add needed meaning and deepness to the story that has and will continue to attract readers for many years.