Arthur Dimmesdale‚Pearl‚Hester and Richard Bellingham. This book revolves on how Hester had committed adultery and has to pay her sins. Hester wasn’t speaking of who the father of Pearl(the child) was at any point. Over the books time and through the chapters Hester had eventually been found out. Pearl was isolated and alienated in “The Scarlet Letter”. Pearl had been alienated by society because pearl was the sin of Hester and was shown as the demon child. This is said by Hester as pearl is a “Great
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respectively‚ both use punishment for deception as a recurring theme. Although they do so to different degrees and in dissimilar manners‚ both authors agree that deception is a sin that requires punishment. In The Scarlet Letter‚ the heroine‚ Hester Prynne conceived a child out of wedlock. Despite the pleas and demands of the clerical community‚ she did not reveal the identity of the father. The Puritanical community in which she lived in demanded her to give up her conspirator or bear the consequences
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Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald with The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Both novels‚ for example‚ examine the dichotomy between reality and appearance as well as the conflict between individual and social values. In The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale love each other. This love holds great personal value for them. However‚ because their relationship is adulterous‚ it cannot be tolerated by the Puritan society within which they live. Individual values and desires are submerged
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September 21‚2012 HN English 3 Colville Sympathy Essay Between the four main characters in “The Scarlet Letter”‚ Chillingworth deserves the most sympathy. Due to Hester and Dimmesdale’s tryst‚ Chillingworth began to grow bitter and spiteful. Although Chillingworth had taken a two-year hiatus‚ he still managed to provide for Hester until his return. Like any human‚ Chillingworth had feelings‚ which he showed through out the duration of the story. “Misshapen from my birth-hour‚ how could I delude
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exposes the rigidity and cruelty of the Puritan society through the characters and plot. Set in the early colonization of New England‚ Hawthorne demonstrates society’s oppression on several characters through one woman’s mistake. The heroine‚ Hester Prynne‚ is cast away from society because of her sin against the church. Due to her birth‚ Pearl is also ostracized within the community. Finally‚ Arthur Dimmesdale’s demise is caused from the guilt and pain he feels of not fulfilling society’s expectation
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Anyway‚ I wrote a paper titled The Sins of Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth‚ which is exactly what it sounds like it would be about. This paper feels simpler than most‚ but I think it is because my thesis is the title. At the start of every paragraph‚ there is a transition‚ and
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story‚ Chillingworth seems to become the representative of pure evil and malevolence. However‚ Chillingworth was not always this way. Before the present story even begins‚ Chillingworth was known as an intelligent and industrious scholar. The drastic change from the Chillingworth of the past and the Chillingworth by the end of book due to his lust for vengeance is a major part of what makes him a perfect symbol of the nature of evil. Near the beginning of the novel‚ readers may interpret Roger Chillingworth
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are prevalent‚ but a lot of people still detest “leeches” and in The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne used both characteristics of a leech to epitomize Roger Chillingworth‚ the husband of Hester‚ the protagonist. In the story‚ to find the man who gave birth to Hester’s child‚ Chillingworth entered the Puritan town‚ where Hester and Dimmesdale lived in. In the town‚ people considered doctors as “leeches” and Chillingworth lived with Reverend Dimmesdale at another house to cure Dimmesdale’s deteriorating health
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2: Complete a character analysis of the three main characters: Hester‚ Arthur‚ and Roger. Hester: In this novel‚ Hester is the protagonist. She is also the mother of Pearl. Due to her adulterous affair with Arthur Dimmesdale‚ she is forced to wear the Scarlet A on her chest as a punishment. Roger Chillingworth is Hester’s husband‚ but when he is away in Amsterdam is when Hester has her affair with Arthur‚ and Pearl is conceived. Hester never fully comes to terms with her punishment because she doesn’t
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fate of Hester Prynne‚ or if Wilson himself was going to have to determine Hester Prynne’s fate‚ Dimmesdale hesitated. He didn’t want to be the one to determine Hester’s fate because he feared what Hester’s response would be and feared that she would give him up as her lover. The second clue or detail that reveals Mr. X’s identity is when Dimmesdale is asking Hester to reveal who her fellow sinner is‚ he does it in a soft‚ kind tone. “The young pastor’s voice
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