Nathaniel Hawthorne is considered one of the.greatest novelists in the history of American literature.In his masterpiece The Scarlet Letter he skillfully used symbolism,which not only gives the various things and phenomena a deeper evel of meaning,but also gives an extremely rich connotation to the four main characters'names.This paper will focus on the names of Hester Prynne,Arthur Dimmesdale,Roger Chillingworth and Pearl,trYing to analyze and interpret the symbolism.