A man. A man in prison waiting for his great destiny sitting in prison just waiting because that's all he can do. He can do nothing but wait and think about what he has done to get to this position. To fix it? Out of the question. He hears a door slam and footsteps as they walk down a lonely, deep, empty hallway. The sound of a key opens the door to his prison. You hear the creak of rusty, ungreased hinges creaking in agony as the door swings open. The bulk of the head of the prison guard steps forward. “Get up” he shouts, “Let's get out”. Stepping out into the first light seen in months, the man covers his eyes from the brightness. The guard gives a push as he says, "Let's move." The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is full of symbolic elements. Three very important symbols are the imposing scaffolding, the alternating letter "A" and the characters themselves Hester, Pearl, Dimmesdale and Chillingworth. The first important symbolic element is the imposing scaffolding. Three main events happened on the scaffold, which is very important in moving this book forward. The scaffold is described as this big platform where a lot of important things happen. It is located in the center of the city where everyone can see, hear, watch and observe. The beginning of the story is where it begins with Hester and Pearl on the platform where she is told to reveal the father of the young beautiful little girl but she refuses and doesn't want to tell the irony of this is that the father of the young little girl Pearl is the one who tries to convince her to say it, Dimmesdale the preacher and also the father of the child Pearl is telling Hester "Speak and give your child a father". (P. 107) Once again he remains silent and will not reveal the name of the young preacher, father of the child. The second location is where the governor gives a speech and also where the governor's sister is executed for engagement