the scarlet letter

THEMES are the fundamental and often universal ideas

explored in a literary work.
THEME in The Scarlet Letter Example from the text (include
passage and page #)
Sin, Knowledge, and the Human
Condition

The nature of Evil

Identity and Society

MOTIFS are recurring structures, contrasts, and literary

devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major
themes.
MOTIF in The Scarlet Letter Example from the text (include
passage and page #)
Civilization vs. the wilderness

Night vs. day

Evocative Names

SYMBOLS are objects, characters, figures, and colors used to

represent abstract ideas or concepts.
SYMBOL in The Scarlet Letter Example from the text (include
passage and page #)
The scarlet letter A

The meteor

Pearl

Light and color, the rosebush by

the prison door