Two instances
inThe Scarlet Lettershow the motif (repetitive symbol) of the rose-bush: , and .
In chapter one, the rose-bush appears in complete juxtaposition to its location. The
"ugly building" from where it suddenly sprung contrasts dramatically with the
delicately beautiful nature of the plant. The narrator tells that legend suggests that this
particularly rose-bush miraculously sprang after the feet of Anne Hutchinson, the persecuted
religious leader, walked over it on her way to being jailed. However, there is an additional
meaning to this motif:
It may serve, let us hope,
to...
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