Honors American Lit. B Kathryn Durga The Scarlet Letter: The Child at Brook-side 3/22/13 In this passage Dimmesdale is speaking about Pearl standing on the other side of the stream refusing to go to him and Hester. The contrast between Pearl standing on the opposite side as them parallels the contrast in their lives. Hester‚ now not wearing the scarlet letter‚ and Dimmesdale are concealing their relationship and their sin in the forest‚ representing a world of secrecy. Pearl‚ however
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and moralist might point‚” (71) Hester is burdened with overwhelming guilt in her isolated life within the authoritative society. As an act of atonement‚ Hester covers her hair with a cap‚ and her beauty and warmth are buried under the elaborate scarlet letter on her bosom. While Hester is deserved to be an outcast for her “evil doings‚” (57) the male sinner‚ who in fact is disclosed to be Reverend Dimmesdale‚ hides behind his deeds and suffer in silence but none of the criticisms are made on him. Hawthorne
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The Scarlet Letter Interpretive Essay In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ the Reverend Dimmesdale is the central conflict of the story. He is torn between his need to accept and pronounce his sin and Pearl as his daughter and his love of freedom. His demeanor drastically changes from the first scaffold scene‚ where he is seen as a two-faced criticizer to the third and final scaffold scene‚ where he humbly repents and acknowledges his sin publicly. The three scaffold scenes in the book
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which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other" (Burdon). The novel _The Scarlet Letter_ perfectly illustrates this point using complex and intricate characters that mirror reality with both positive and negative aspects of their personas. The story begins in mid-17th century New England with Hester Prynne being publicly humiliated for having a child out of wedlock. She is branded with a scarlet letter "A" as an adulterer but refuses to disclose who the father is. Soon after‚ Hester’s
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“Rosa‚” Aries groaned‚ “The bullet. The knife…” “Aries‚ I’m so sorry! My poor beast‚ my poor prince! My friend! You have to stay alive‚ please! Faith and Aaron are dead‚” Rosa cried‚ “I can’t bear to see anyone else die tonight. Especially not my best friend in all the world.” “Rosa. You are not of Aeon…” he sighed‚ “You are a princess of Earth. Maybe this was what was really meant to be. I would have called down the stars and moon…I would have set you free if I could have‚ that first day on the
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The Scarlet Letter There are many forms to degrade a person‚ some are deep wounds that can leave an imprint forever‚ and some go through one ear and out the other. There have been many occasions where one’s life is played upon‚ where the only solution is death. But there are two of those imprints I want to focus on; revenge and hatred and how these two abhorrent features can destroy a person physically and spiritually. Revenge is defined as to inflict punishment in return for injury or insult
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Sin‚ vengeance‚ evil‚ and redemption are all words one can associate when thinking about The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The character who takes the truest form of these negative words is Roger Chillingworth. Hester Prynne had married Chillingworth in England‚ however left her for many years. During those years‚ Chillingworth spent time with Indians learning their ways while Hester had an ill legitimate child with a beloved priest named Arthur Dimmesdale. When Hester Prynne begins her
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In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the author uses irony to expose the true character that Arthur Dimmesdale truly is.Dimmesdale is known‚ to the townspeople of the Puritan village in Boston‚ as a well spoken and profound minister who is their vision of God. Although Minister Arthur Dimmesdale has many qualities that make him stand out in the puritan community; his sinful secret that burdens him severely every day is heavily shown through the three main types of irony. The people of this
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In the novel “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hawthorne makes Hester the most “free” character by showcasing her transformation from ostracized sinner to an able woman of her letter in order to display the idea that repressed sin destroys the soul while openness and honesty sets a soul free. Hester was not burdened with the internal guilt that consumed her “fellow sinner”‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ because she had to wear her sin openly on her chest‚ forcing her to confront her sin and the stigma
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In The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the use of public shaming has an everlasting effect on a woman named Hester Prynne after she commits adultery within her Puritan society. She was sentenced to stand on a platform in front of her entire community‚ and she must wear the scarlet letter for the rest of her life. Public humiliation is the dishonoring showcase of a person for everyone in a community to see. To this day‚ some judges still use public humiliation to punish people for their
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