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The Scarlet Letter has interesting details centered on irony. The personalities of the characters even contradict the obvious choice. The beginning scene shows a few very prominent views, which sets the tone of the story. The opening scene of The Scarlet Letter begins with the description of the Utopian’s society with a prison. Just next to the prison, lies a rose bush in bloom. The rose bush is said to have sprouted after the famous Anne Hutchinson crossed the path to enter the prison. The rose symbolizes many things. Perhaps it proves that even the condemned show no evil and are forgiven by nature. The roses, “…which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner…” (Hawthorne 46). As the prisoners enter