Scarlet Letter Quotes And Analysis Essay
Chapters I and II:
1) Prison and cemetery
2) Anne Hutchinson
3) The townspeople gathered together to witness Hester being released from prison.
4) The scarlet letter A is meant to be a mark of shame for the adulterous act Hester is known for.
5) The fact that every new colony starts with a prison and cemetery immediately demonstrates how Hawthorne frowns on the ideologies of the Puritans in colonial times. Instead of focusing on majestic and wistful details of the colonial Puritans, Hawthorne focuses on the darkest details. Hawthorne also establishes the somber tone of the novel with the gloomy and harsh detail, which he expands on with the women and their gossip pertaining to Hester with malicious ideas such as branding the A on Hester’s forehead and even death.
Chapter III:
1) The stranger is wearing some proper Englishmen clothing and some traditional Native American clothing. His shoulders are uneven.
2) The stranger’s clothes culturally clash because he was held captive under some Native Americans who are now allowing him to go free.
3) The severest penalty for adultery in the Massachusetts Colony is death; however, Hester stands on the scaffold for three hours …show more content…
Chillingworth believes he is at fault for selfishly marrying Hester while she was young because he thinks he stole her youth by making her come into this “unnatural relation,” meaning they did not love each other much. They could not grow with their marriage as Chillingworth disappeared with the Native Americans; however, there is another culprit in Chillingworth’s eyes: Hester’s mysterious lover. Chillingworth presses on Hester to reveal who her lover was and while she refuses to reveal his identity, Chillingworth declares he will solve the mystery with his deductive
1) Prison and cemetery
2) Anne Hutchinson
3) The townspeople gathered together to witness Hester being released from prison.
4) The scarlet letter A is meant to be a mark of shame for the adulterous act Hester is known for.
5) The fact that every new colony starts with a prison and cemetery immediately demonstrates how Hawthorne frowns on the ideologies of the Puritans in colonial times. Instead of focusing on majestic and wistful details of the colonial Puritans, Hawthorne focuses on the darkest details. Hawthorne also establishes the somber tone of the novel with the gloomy and harsh detail, which he expands on with the women and their gossip pertaining to Hester with malicious ideas such as branding the A on Hester’s forehead and even death.
Chapter III:
1) The stranger is wearing some proper Englishmen clothing and some traditional Native American clothing. His shoulders are uneven.
2) The stranger’s clothes culturally clash because he was held captive under some Native Americans who are now allowing him to go free.
3) The severest penalty for adultery in the Massachusetts Colony is death; however, Hester stands on the scaffold for three hours …show more content…
Chillingworth believes he is at fault for selfishly marrying Hester while she was young because he thinks he stole her youth by making her come into this “unnatural relation,” meaning they did not love each other much. They could not grow with their marriage as Chillingworth disappeared with the Native Americans; however, there is another culprit in Chillingworth’s eyes: Hester’s mysterious lover. Chillingworth presses on Hester to reveal who her lover was and while she refuses to reveal his identity, Chillingworth declares he will solve the mystery with his deductive