Roman Clodia

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"This gets very fevered at times with first Pearl and then Chillingworth being associated with the devil. They're interesting secular themes too about identity forms of authority and the individual versus society but gosh Hawthorne is heavy handed with his symbolism," she said. "He doesn't leave a lot of room for like you know read what you want into this."

The Scarlet Letter is often included as part of a high school reading curriculum because it's good at teaching people about symbolism, and it's good at teaching people about symbolism because it uses a half-dozen symbols roughly 700 times apiece.

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