prison-door‚ the scaffold’s merciless nature‚ and the forest’s unruly and mysterious spirit‚ the protagonist‚ Hester Prynne‚ recognizes that her New England roots suppress her identity while nature serves as a respite‚ providing forgiveness and acceptance that relieve Hester of her ignominy. Rather than escaping New England’s firm hand to seek a sake haven in the oasis of the wilderness‚ Hester realizes that the scarlet letter provides a harmonic relationship with nature‚ allowing her to create an internal
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Being saved from sin. Proving that you are worthy. Redemption. Hester Prynne has a life full of redeeming herself. In fact‚ her daughter Pearl‚ and the scarlet letter are connected together‚ because they both redeem Hester. Pearl is one of the main reasons that Hester has to wear the letter “A.” Consequently‚ Hester was named an adulterer in the act of her having her child. Although‚ Pearl is a product of sin‚ she helps redeem Hester. Even though Pearl is named a “witch child”‚ she herself is an
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Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the main character Hester Prynne was an adulteress in the seventeenth century during the Puritan era. Three rhetorical strategies that really stood out were symbolism‚ archaic diction‚ and irony. The use of these rhetorical strategies enables Hawthorne to tell the story of the woman who was condemned for adultery and to expose the hypocrisy in a Puritan society. The first rhetorical strategy is symbolism. In the book‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne was being punished for her sins
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Cause and Effect: The Scarlet Letter Set in Boston‚ in the Puritan times of the 1940’s‚ the book‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ is about a young girl named Hester Prynne who commits adultery with the town’s minister‚ Arthur Dimmensdale. Hester is married to a man named Roger Chillingworth‚ a scholarly man‚ who sent her to Boston years earlier while he settled his affairs in Europe. Years passed and Chillingworth arrives in Boston to find his wife on a Scaffold being accused of adultery
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said little Pearl‚ the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself‚ because it is afraid of something on your bosom. In Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne has committed the sin of adultery and wears a scarlet A on her chest to condemn her. Hawthorne develops the personalities of Hester Prynne‚ Pearl‚ and Arthur Dimmesdale by using the function of light and dark images in his writing. In Edgar Allan Poes The Fall of The House of Usher‚ the House of Usher is presented
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live on the fringes of their communities and rarely speak with their fellow townspeople. Such outcasts include John Proctor from The Crucible and Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter . They are viewed as outsiders in their respective communities because of how set apart they are from the rest of their communities‚ although this happens for very different reasons. The main character of The Scarlet Letter ‚ Hester Prynne‚ was ostracized by the people for her sins and confined to isolation on the outskirts of town. Proctor‚ however
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Chillingworth‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Hester Prynne‚ are all accused of committing a sin‚ because of Theology a crime‚ in their Puritan society. Chillingworth is alleged of being “devilish”‚ Dimmesdale of lacking courage and having an intimate relationship with a married woman‚ and finally Hester Prynne of committing adultery. Out of these three‚ who is the guiltiest? In my opinion‚ Chillingworth is the guiltiest of these three because he‚ unlike Dimmesdale and Hester who did what they did for love‚ committed
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model of good vs. evil. Arthur Dimmesdale has committed a sin that is heavily frowned upon throughout his community‚ though; nobody in the community knows what that sin is besides Hester Prynne. Dimmesdale is the minister of the community and he has committed the sin of adultery‚ partaking in an affair with Hester Prynne while she long waited for her Husband to arrive at Boston. Dimmesdale‚ being a religious leader‚ goes through the struggle for salvation throughout the novel because the action of
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around a mother and her daughter. The name of the woman is Hester Prynne and her daughter’s name is Pearl. The story takes place during the 17th century in a puritan colony. Hester was married woman‚ that cheated on her husband. Afterwards‚ the people in this community discover Hester’s act of infidelity. The people in this community punish her for committing a crime against god‚ and her husband. the people in this community even make Hester wear the letter “A” on her clothing. This “A” is the symbol
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system. This masterpiece of Hawthorne showed how one sin affected the lives of three people. When Hester and Dimmesdale committed their sinful act of love‚ Pearl was born; she symbolized a sin‚ a secret and a connection. She played three major roles in The Scarlet Letter: Hester’s second physical reminder‚ the duel role of Hester’s saviour/tormenter‚ and a constant reminder to Dimmesdale and Hester of their sin. She functions more than just a child-character - she is an indispensable aid to the reader
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