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.†
Chpt Intr.
- O Fiend, whose talisman was that fatal symbol, wouldst thou leave nothing, whether in youth or age, for this poor sinner to revere?†
Chpt 5 *
- 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.†
Chpt 15
- 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.†
Chpt 19
Definition:
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(talisman) a trinket or piece of jewelry thought to be a protection against evil