A horrible book written by American author Nathaninel Hawthorne. One is forced to ask, why is this book considered in any way, shape or form, a good book, especially when one considers that at the same time, geniuses such as Fyodor Dostievsky were writing their works. Even in American literature of the time one can take such examples as Thoreau and Emerson and wonder, why on earth is this book considered good?
by aneurysm December 01, 2009
A visible symbol of something you have done wrong and regretted, or a stigma of a past mistake you made that follows you.
The Puritans required adulterers to wear a scarlet letter, the letter "A" (with a scarlet red color) on a necklace as a penance for their wrongdoing.
by jakk765 November 14, 2013
Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter,
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet.
- Taylor Swift, Love Story
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet.
- Taylor Swift, Love Story
by x1n December 19, 2010
a forbidden woman; someone with a shady past who is ostracized from the community.
From the book by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter.
From the book by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter.
by katerdidit December 03, 2008
stigma related to the infamous incidents
For example, if you were caught to have a sex deal with a prostitute in China, your passport may be stamped with a seal of "lewd worm". This infamous seal is the "scarlet letter"
For example, if you were caught to have a sex deal with a prostitute in China, your passport may be stamped with a seal of "lewd worm". This infamous seal is the "scarlet letter"
by vanderpol August 01, 2010
An amazing novel of ideas that endures as a masterpiece of American literature, but one that is, apparently, pretty hard for some of us to understand or appreciate.
So I heard you're reading the Scarlet Letter for school? What do you think of Hawthorne's use of symbolism to expose the deficiencies of several 17th-century schools of thought?
LOLZ the scarrlet leterr iz so gai
LOLZ the scarrlet leterr iz so gai
by buwers December 01, 2010
by alina is freaking amazing October 01, 2007