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    novels The Scarlet Letter features Hester Prynne that commits a shameful sin‚ that being adultery. Related to The Scarlet Letter‚ In The Crucible concerns a group of girls that are said to also commit a shameful sin‚ which is witchcraft. However the children lie and say and said that all they did was “dance” in the woods. Even though both these novels have different plots‚ themes or ideas including‚ adultery and witchcraft‚ committing sins‚ and symbolism of forest and town views are shared both The

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    Feminism could be dangerous for every woman back then because they didn’t have the right to do anything related to adultery. Hawthorne portrays Hester as a staunch feminist by not allowing anyone to know about Pearl and her lover in the court. Hester is punished by standing in the middle of the town and letting people interrogate her about her child and the identity of

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    Adultery has remained an idea inherently wrong through particularly American culture for generations. Monotonous relationships are throughout the culture and many can empathize or relate from personal experience that negative emotions and effects adultery has on people. The immediate reaction to call it wrong comes from sharp and vivid emotions likely betrayal and heartbreak and for anyone who has experienced or seen these the action that caused this is inexcusable. The immorality for Richard

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel based on adultery and hypocrisy of society. In summary‚ the novel explains the story of Hester Prynne‚ a woman who is going through a long and rough period in her life because she is facing major conflicts with her society because of the adultery she has committed. Throughout the story line‚ Hester deals with conflicts with herself and her society when she is trying to keep the secret of who her husband is and who she had committed adultery with. She is also in conflict with

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    illustrate this theme. The Scarlet Letter demonstrates a precise close minded society. At what time the main character‚ Hester Prynne‚ commits adultery‚ she is forced to wear the scarlet letter. The puritan society in which Hester lives is very extreme in demonstrating the theme of an sheltered society. When Hester committed adultery‚ the people of Boston threatened to take her daughter‚ Pearl‚ away. After an encouraging speech by the Reverend Dimmesdale‚ who we later learn

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    and mother that Calixta appear to be is a very loving and caring wife‚ which is shown near towards the end when the husband and son come back home and she greets them and is excited for the shrimp they brought back‚ even after she just committed adultery. I found one thing very unusual with the relationship between the wife and husband; when he brought the shrimp for her she just kissed him on the cheek and nothing else. Also during the beginning the son was very concerned about his mom’s well

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    involved. A. The prosecutions of infidelity as a crime in many states. 1. Virginia can prosecute if a husband or wife commits adultery and has anti- fornication statues to prevent sex before marriage. 2. In Alabama If any spouse lives together in adultery on the first conviction its $100.00 and be taken to jail for up to six months. B. Adultery takes away the kids since of security and creates permanent scars. 1. The children may show signs by wetting the bed‚ clinging‚ and

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    waiting out the storm‚ Calixta is back at home committing adultery with Alcee. Calixta is doing this because sex with Alcee is more satisfying than sex with her own husband. “The Storm” focuses on sexualtity‚ adultry‚ and pyscholigical realism throughout and after the sexual encounter between Calixta and Alcee. One of the first points deals with sexuality. “But she felt very warm and often stopped

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    Dimmesdale was a well respected reverend. Both of these characters shared a hidden sin‚ adultery. Both characters lived in the same time period but very different eras. This was a time period where religion had a huge influence on the government and acts such as Adultery were illegal. Both men had a high social status and would be ruined if such a secret were to emerge from hiding.

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    Hester Prynne is sentenced to wear after she commits adultery. It is a symbol that is sewn onto her clothes for everyone to see. It is a punishment that is meant to humiliate her for the duration of the time that she stays in Puritanical Boston. During the novel‚ the scarlet letter changes and evolves from meaning adultery to meaning ability and even physically changes its form. In the beginning of the story‚ Hester is being punished for adultery‚ and is forced to wear the letter A on her bosom. It

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