weed imagery in the scarlet letter
Weed Imagery and Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne uses the images of weeds to symbolize and present evil in The Scarlet Letter. ... Another example of weed imagery is as follows; “Wherefore not; since all the powers of nature call so earnestly for the confession of sin, that these black weeds have sprung up out of a buried heart to make manifest an unspoken crime? ... Hawthorne placed the weed imagery carefully enough so that it didn’t disrupt the flow of the novel.