Title: The Scarlet Letter Author: Nathaniel Hawthrone Main Characters: Hester Prynne‚ Pearl‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale Three scenes most important for developing main character(s): 1. The first scaffold scene‚ which occurs in Chapters 13‚ focuses on Hester and the scarlet letter. She stands on the scaffold with quiet defiance‚ holding her baby in her arms. Meanwhile‚ a crowd of townspeople has gathered to watch her humiliation and hear a sermon. Her husband‚ Roger Chillingworth
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The Scarlet Letter: Syntax Essay In this excerpt of The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne brilliantly combines punctuation‚ sentence formation‚ and sentence length to describe the peculiar Roger Chillingworth and his business in the isolated town of Salem as a mystery that the townsfolk have been hypothesizing about since arrival. To start off‚ Hawthorne cleverly uses punctuation to question Roger Chillingworth’s arrival. Over the course of the excerpt‚ Hawthorne used question marks to build
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Scarlet Letter Essay How Is Sin Shown Throughout the Book? Sin; a transgression of a religious or moral law‚ a serious offence or fault‚ to commit a sin. These definitions explain the world "Sin" as something offence towards someone. The Scarlet Letter is centered around sin‚ involving three characters Hester‚ Arthur Dimessdale‚ and Pearl. Hester Prynne is a young woman who commits the act of adultery. She is left out of her community because of this crime‚ and looked down on. Arthur Dimmesdale
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community. They were solely relegated to serve their husband and their household. Anne Hutchinson was a woman in that time period that rebelled against the traditional roles by standing up for her own thoughts. Hester Prynne‚ a fictional character in The Scarlet Letter‚ is a symbol of what Anne Hutchinson represents in Puritan history. Both women went against traditional beliefs and stood by them. Puritans believed in predestination which means Puritans believed “ in Jesus and participation in the
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Mistress Hibbins‚ a characterin Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ is a widow who lives with her brother‚ Governor Bellingham‚ is his mansion. She often shows up when Hester is in a time of crisis. She is a secondary character‚ but she is an important one because she is sort of an all knowing character and shows things that no one else does. Mistresss Hibbins shows how the forest is outside of the town both literally and figuratively. The townspeople believe the forest is where evil takes place‚ but
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puritan era turned out to be anything but a perfect society. If sinners weren’t judged by hypocrites then the puritan era would have been more successful in creating a utopia. Hypocrites were hidden throughout the puritan era. In the novel The Scarlet Letter many of the great leaders were unknown hypocrites. The puritans may not have known it but their own governor was a hypocrite. Puritans were expected to be perfect all the time‚ so that they would have a chance of going to heaven. This meant
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is the main theme in The Scarlet Letter. All of the characters in the book were somehow affected by the main sin‚ which was adultery. The three main characters were the most widely affected‚ and their whole lives were molded by the way they dealt with the sin. The sin surrounds‚ encloses‚ and strangles them. There was no escaping from its cruel consequences. Hester Prynne’s sin was labeled an adulteress‚ and the result of this was that she had to wear the scarlet letter "A." She feels that her
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“’Dear little Pearl‚ wilt thou kiss me now? Thou wouldst not‚ yonder‚ in the forest! But now thou wilt?’ Pearl kissed his lips. A spell was broken.” This quote‚ coming from chapter 23 in The Scarlet Letter‚ shows another example of how Dimmesdale attempts to free his soul before he dies. Throughout this entire chapter‚ Dimmesdale tries to cleanse his heart by telling the townspeople that he is not the man that they know and love. Instead‚ he is a sinner who has committed adultery with Hester
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Religion Vs. Nature In The Scarlet Letter‚ the town and the surrounding forest represent opposing behavioral systems. The town represents civilization‚ a rule-bound space where everything one does is on display and where transgressions are quickly punished. The forest‚ on the other hand‚ is a space of natural rather than human authority. In the forest‚ society’s rules do not apply‚ and alternate identities can be assumed. While this allows for misbehavior— Mistress Hibbins’s midnight rides‚ for
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by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ The Scarlet Letter and second by Arthur Miller‚ The Crucible‚ say a lot about puritan lives during this time period. The Scarlet Letter took place in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ and The Crucible took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts. Both of his works deal with sin‚ its effects on different characters‚ people’s reactions‚ each character’s conflicts‚ and their resolution to the conflicts. Dimmesdale‚ who is one of the main characters in The Scarlet Letter‚ and John Proctor‚ who is in
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