This week we started reading the novel The Scarlet Letter. The novel is about Hester Prynne and the consequences she has to face after her affair is discovered. The novel is written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and corresponds to the genre of American Romanticism. It is Gothic literature, because there is a sense of mystery and darkness throughout the entire story. An example is the prison door. The prison door sets the tone of the story. It is ugly, old, gray, and has spikes all over it. It makes the tone very gloomy, and also somewhat apprehensive, because you now know that it will not not be a happy story.
Another example of the story being Gothic literature is when Ann Hutchinson is mentioned. Ann Hutchinson was a woman who was accused of heresy, then exiled, and finally killed. The author compares Hester to Ann. We can foreshadow, that Hester's life is not going to be an easy one, and that it is probably not going to have a happy ending either. It shows how her life will be sad, lonely, and troublesome.
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