The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne uses many things for symbolism and in my
             opinion the most symbolic were the scaffold scenes. There are a total of three scaffold
             scenes and each has its own purpose and meaning. Without the scaffold scenes this
             book would basically leave you clueless to what was really going on because the
             scaffold scenes really tell you what is going on and why.
             The first scaffold scene is basically an introduction to the whole book. You learn who all
             the main charters are and most of all Hester and her terrible crime she committed. This
             is the first time everyone sees Hester with the letter "A" on her bosom. Hester is a very
             brave woman for standing up on that scaffold in front of everyone in the town to gawk at
             and for admitting that she had committed adultery. Also, it takes a very courageous
             person to stick up for what they believe in like she did by not telling who she had
             The whole story builds you up to this point of finding out who Hester committed adultery
             with. By this point in the story you have some clue who the father of Pearl is but until
             you get to the second scaffold scene you don''t know for sure. At the second scaffold
             scene Dimesdale is on the scaffold and Hester and Pearl come up and join him.
             Dimesdale is wearing down by the burden of his sin he committed. He goes to the
             scaffold to confess to God and ask for some kind of forgiveness. Then a cloud forms
             the letter "A" in the sky and everyone thinks this stands for angel because that''s how
             they view Dimesdale. Then when Dimesdale goes to leave he leaves his glove on the
             scaffold to symbolize he was there and that he should have been up there with Hester
             and his daughter in the first place.
             Then when you think everything is going to turn out okay and nothing bad is going to
             happen to Hester and Pearl, Dimesdale goes up on the scaffold. This worries Hester
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