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The movie Pleasantville, directed by Gary Ross, and the novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, both were stories focused on outcasts in society. Though they were written generations apart, they share similar illusions of society, and judgments or acti ....

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.... reflect human nature and peoples’ way of life. Colors were symbolic in both The Scarlet Letter and Pleasantville, especially red. The first instance of color in Pleasantville, was red. Red was also symbolic in The Scarlet Letter, where the letter was scarlet, or red. Red represented the heart. Not literally, but the human soul and an individual’s feelings. The letter on Hester’s chest revealed her desires which she acted upon, which were normal. What started with red in Pleasantville, turned into every color representing individualism and emotion. In these stories, color represented reality and life. Their societies made color out to b ....