Part 1 of Essay
Throughout The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne refers to light and dark. In the novel they have many different meanings and are displayed in many different ways. Light usually symbolizes good, purity, and joy. The darkness symbolizes evil, secrecy, or guilt. An interaction between the two is also evident. Hawthorn ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... seems somehow to remain "painted on the darkness," (115). Martin shows how good can shine on the physician, yet his evil still remains in the darkness. Even Pearl, an innocent child who does not know Chillingworth, refers to him as a dark person. When speaking to her mother, she says, "Come away, mother! Come away, or yonder old Black Man will catch you" (Hawthorne 123)! The "black" in "black man" refers to Chillingworth's evil, which is clearly acknowledged by even a small child. Guilt is also acknowledged ....