The Scarlet letterTheme of Isolation

Loneliness Meaning of loneliness is sad because of

having no friends or company. In this novel only Dimmesdale feel

loneliness.

Isolation of Pearl Even Pearl is isolated from the society of

the puritan children.by her mother’s sin. She is lonely child who plays With inanimate objects or with animals.

Isolation of Hester.

Hester

Dimmesdal

Society

Isolation of Hester Her isolation is mark of her social caste. Her badge on shame Gains her distance from people She “transcends her separation from

society by good deeds and companionship of miserable people.

Isolation of Dimmesdale

Dimmesdale

Hester

Pearl

Society

Isolation of Dimmesdale In this novel Dimmesdale separate own

self from the society. His sensitivity to his sin leads to

suffering and private torture.

Center of the Novel

Dimmesdale

Pearl

Hester

Conclusion Hester and Dimmesdale are isolated by

their original sin. Which violated “Holiness & supreme

importance” of human heart. Hawthorne’s own terror of loneliness

and his desire for the “magnetic chain of humanity” or human company seems to have been transferred to these characters.