Allusions

=//__Allusions__:// a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art. Casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event.=

=**__Allusions in the Scarlet Letter__**=


 * =John Winthrop; first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colon=

-This quote is when Hester is holding baby Pearl. This refers biblically to baby Jesus's mother, Mary of Nazareth, when she holds Jesus. Hester can most closely relate to Mary, baby Jesus's mother, and Pearl can most closely relate to baby Jesus. -This quote is about Dimmesdale's study, which has tapestries that represent the Biblical story of the King known as David. David had an affair with a woman known as Bathsheeba, and David sends Bathsheeba's husband to war to be killed. Nathan is a prophet who knows the secret of David. In the Scarlet Letter, Dimmesdale is seen as David, Hester as Bathsheeba, and Chillingworth as Nathan.
 * ===**Biblical allusions**===
 * -Had there been a Papist among the crowd of Puritans, he might have seen in this beautiful woman, so picturesque in her attire and mien, and with the infant at her bosom, an object to remind him of the image of Divine Maternity. (Hawthorne 48)**
 * -The walls were hung round with tapestry, said to be from the Gobelin looms, and, at all events, representing the Scriptual story of David and Bathsheba, and Nathan the prophet. (Hawthorne 104)**

=__Allusions to the Scarlet Letter__=
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