accept our human nature and change for the better. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Puritanical novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ the main character‚ Hester Prynne‚ commits an offense of infidelity against her husband‚ Roger Chillingworth. From then on her secret affair with the Puritan minister will always be on her mind considering the degradation she was subjected to and the infamous letter that will be forever embedded on her bosom and her child Pearl -- the fruit of her sin. Hester was a woman that was well
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crimes and faults of Hester Prynne‚ the infamous adulteress of the novel‚ who has been accused of bearing child with an unknown instigator. Throughout the novel we see the symbolic nature of this scarlet letter take many forms‚ as it plays a key role in the story development. More importantly‚ this illustrates the hidden sin within us all‚ and how we as humans choose to show our own ‘scarlet letter’. However‚ Hester did not commit her
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evil‚ being connected to the devil and his dark ways. Hester Prynne‚ the main character of the story‚ was shunned by the rest of the Puritan world after committing the sin of adultery. She lived in a world where it was not accepted. She was isolated from the world around her‚ having little hope. Throughout the novel‚ symbols such as the character of the kind woman‚ the wild rose bush outside of the prison doors and the character of Pearl‚ Hester Prynne’s illegitimate child‚ are used to show that even
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The plot focuses on sin in the Puritan society. Hester Prynne‚ the protagonist‚ has an affair with Reverend Dimmesdale‚ which means they are adulterers and sinners. As a result‚ Pearl is born and Hester is forced to where the scarlet letter. Pearl is a unique character. She is Hester’s human form of her scarlet letter‚ which constantly reminds her of her sin‚ yet at the same time‚ Pearl is a blessing to have since she represents the passion that Hester once had. Pearl is Hester’s human form of her
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the shame of his lover‚ Hester Prynne‚ protects his reputation among the Puritan people. The scaffold‚ a public symbol of disgrace‚ contrasts with the pastor’s silent sin of adultery. When Hester became a symbol of sin among the people and wore the scarlet letter as punishment‚ Dimmesdale bears a sinner’s masked mark in his heart. As a result of his concealed sin‚ Dimmesdale suffers from guilt and hypocrisy. Over the course of the three scaffold scenes‚ Dimmesdale changes from cowardly guilt and
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Letter‚ Hester Prynne is convicted of adultery and condemned to wear a scarlet “A” and suffer essential excommunication from society. Hester and her young daughter‚ Pearl‚ find themselves outcasts in the Puritan society of seventeenth-century Boston. On the surface‚ this novel’s tale is the opposite of proto-feminist‚ a term applied to works that show the emergence of modern feminist concepts. Via the actions and characteristics main characters‚ or perhaps heroines of the novel‚ Hester Prynne and her
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the Visualize the Scene category. I can see Hester Prynne emerging from the prison. I can see that she is ladylike‚ tall‚ and beautiful. I can see her in a beautiful dress with the A embroidered on it walking through the crowd with her head held high and a baby in her arms. #2 – Chapter 3‚ pages 13-16: I used the Ask a Question category. Who is this man who has come into the town with the Indian? Why does he question a townsman about Hester Prynne? Why is one shoulder higher than the other
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it meant Able‚ so strong was Hester Prynne‚ with a woman’s strength.” (Hawthorne 146).This is showing that the townspeople now see her as someone who cares for the community and is wised. They no longer see it as a sin‚ but almost a sign of capability. They saw Hester and thought “wow‚ it is Hester‚ a woman who is able to still make a living and support for her child‚ even after being almost shunned by the community for committing a sin‚ under the Puritan law .” Hester is doing the best she could
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the chapters it is shown that Hester lived between the town and between the woods but since she completely was shutout from the world her way of thinking was starting to change. An example of Hawthorne writing that a person could lose their mind once losing contact was “Whether it were not better to send Pearl once to heaven‚ and go herself to such futurity as eternal justice should provide.”(152;chp.13)‚ in this quote you can see that Hawthorne made it seem like Hester was kind of losing her mind
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Sarah Jamie Audate Mr.Orenzo November 15‚ 2012 Research paper Hester Prynne stood out as a Protagonist in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet letter. The story of the scandalous women‚ the women with long luscious brown hair‚ the women who is drop dead gorgeous ‚ the women who gave birth to Arthur Dimmesdales child ‚she is Hester Prynne. Throughout them all‚ giving up her individuality‚ she would become the general symbol at which the preacher and moralist might point‚ and in which
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