The most unexpected individual to be shunned by society is a smiling‚ recognizable face of American television. Shunning has been an integral part of human society from its inception‚ when man first left behind individual lifestyles and banded together to create the precursors to modern civilization. All cultures‚ societies‚ and civilizations contain those that would seem unwanted‚ which ultimately results in the shunning of individuals. When a community shuns a citizen within it‚ it is because the
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CH1&2?’S 1. Why are the people gathered outside the jailhouse? 2. What does the rose represent? 3. Why is Hester on trial? 4. What is Hester’s punishment? 5. What does the scarlet letter represent? CH3&4?’S 1. What does Hester see at the edge of the crowd? 2. How does the stranger describe himself? 3. What does the stranger look like? 4. Who is asked to speak with Hester? 5. Who is left in the room with Hester and the baby? CH5&6?’S 1. Is Hester being forced to stay in the society?
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Literature have their own answers to the question. Independence is a concept with a constantly changing‚ dynamic description. Three characters that reflect the developing idea of independence are Hester Prynne‚ Jim‚ and Walter Lee Younger. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel about a Puritan community that shuns Hester Prynne for doing what she believes makes her independent. Hester Prynne’s original grasp of what independence means is that it means living on
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The Scarlet Letter: Chillingworth’s Significance Nathaniel Hawthorne’s morally diverse novel The Scarlet Letter provides a darkening perspective on the effects of sin‚ hypocrisy‚ and anguish portrayed in the human behavior of the villain. Fundamentally‚ “there are no secrets that time does not reveal”; therefore‚ Hawthorne enhances his purpose with the utilization of many antagonists whom portray this‚ but neither associating more importantly than Roger Chillingworth’s character. (Steen) For instance
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The Scarlet Letter and the Modern Media: Synthesis and Analysis Writing Read the cartoons below. Write down what each cartoonist and editor believes. What are the writer’s attitudes (tone) toward the subjects or characters in the cartoons? What rhetorical devices or literary elements are they using to create their meaning. Come to class with your ideas listed and be prepared to discuss your own ideas in a small group. Literary Style and Themes Hawthorne’s work belongs to Romanticism‚ an
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Scarlet Letter Vocab Words | Definition | Romanticism (n) | Appeals to the imagination use of the “willing suspension of belief”. Romanticism stresses emotion rather than reason. | Puritan (n) | Religious reformers that emerged during 16th century. Puritan sought to cleanse the culture of what they regarded as corrupt‚ sinful practices. | Sepulchers (n) | A small room or monument cut in rock or built of stone‚ in which a dead person is laid or buried. | Inauspicious (adj.) | Not auspicious;
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December 7‚ 2012 Revenge: A Leech’s Worth Revenge can take a person’s life over. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ Roger Chillingworth begins seeking revenge and becomes completely obsessed with getting what he wants. Roger Chillingworth seeks his revenge on Arthur Dimmesdale. Roger Chillingworth is taken over by revenge; ultimately resulting in the physical and mental decay of his body and soul. In the opening of the novel Roger Chillingworth deformities are not as noticeable‚ but
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Literary Criticism of The Scarlet Letter E.P. Whipple- author of “Review of ‘The Scarlet Letter’‚ a Romance”- essentially describes Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter as a genius work of art by letting the reader see the near and far side of the spiritual laws‚ and praises Nathaniel Hawthorne for creating such an intensifying and objective novel. Whipple reminds us of the first part of the book when Nathaniel Hawthorne reminiscences about his times in the Old Custom House of Salem‚ Massachusetts
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Whether it is in symbolism or dialogue; speculation‚ imagination‚ freedom from judgment‚ and non-conformity are all used in the Scarlet Letter. These can be used to prove that Hawthorne’s assessment of The Scarlet Letter being a work of romanticism was correct. In the Scarlet letter‚ it displays uses of values and intuition over reasoning through Pearls questioning of Dimmesdale‚ and in Hester’s concerns about Chillingworth. From the beginning Pearl always asks her mother why Dimmesdale always holds
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