All 4 Uses of
talisman
in
The Scarlet Letter
- Though by no means less liable than their fellow-men to age and infirmity, they had evidently some talisman or other that kept death at bay.†
p. 15.6
- O Fiend, whose talisman was that fatal symbol, wouldst thou leave nothing, whether in youth or age, for this poor sinner to revere?†
p. 60.9 *
- It may be that it was the talisman of a stern and severe, but yet a guardian spirit, who now forsook her; as recognising that, in spite of his strict watch over her heart, some new evil had crept into it, or some old one had never been expelled.†
p. 121.9
- The minister—painfully embarrassed, but hoping that a kiss might prove a talisman to admit him into the child's kindlier regards—bent forward, and impressed one on her brow.†
p. 143.6
Definition:
a small object or piece of jewelry thought to have magical power -- especially to protect against evil