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Chapter 1
=== The title of this The Prison Door is symbolic of the type of life that Hester must now live with the scarlet letter on her bosom. The Scarlet letter is used as a tool to isolate her from the world. She is going to be forced to live behind a prison door even if she actually is free because no matter where she is she is an outcast from society. She is confined behind a door that separates her from the rest of the world. Also in this chapter they mention a rose, which symbolizes Hester’s soul. When people think of a rose of course they think of the beauty of it but as we well know all roses eventually die. This punishment that hester had of living isolated from society behind this prison door is suppose to slowly begin to rot away her soul. ===

The Recognition

 * 1) === One interpretation of this title can be that Hester recognizes the white man with the Indian as her husband, and that may be the recognition they are referring to. ===
 * 2) === Or the recognition can be the other way around and it is that Chillingworth is recognizing his wife that he sent away to represent him as a totally different women as he is now being informed of her sin. ===
 * 3) === The recognition may also be interpreted as the clergymen recognizing that Hester is a strong willed woman and she is not going to tell them who the father is even if she has to endure the shame alone. ===