In the novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hawthorne shows the reader the different meaning of the scarlet "A" from the different points of views which are symbolized by the characters and by the changing meaning of the scarlet letter. Each character plays a different role towards the meaning or symbolism of the scarlet letter. The characters also have meaning behind their names, such as Hester, Arthur Dimmesdale, and especially Pearl. The meaning of the scarlet letter starts out in the beginning of the novel as punishment for the adulterous sin that she had committed and by the end of the novel the meaning had totally change.
The name Hester has a history of meanings, one of which occurs during the ancient Greek's belief of gods and goddesses, "Hester recalls Hestia, the Greek goddess of the hearth and home [...]"(Pennell).…
