Nathaniel Hawthorne: An Early Pro-Feminist The Puritan society as portrayed in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is based upon the idea of patriarchal views. Men are the heads of society and women are viewed as lower class citizens. Hawthorne’s personal opinions however‚ do not correlate with the views of the Puritans and he often makes his pro feminist ideas evident to the reader. Specifically‚ Hawthorne’s use of literary devices throughout his novel emphasizes his own opinions on feminism
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Outcasts of Poker Flat” characters Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and John Oakhurst illustrate the theme of moral ambiguity through their struggles and actions. Hester Prynne endured many things throughout her life. She was forced to be married to Roger Chillingworth‚ a man she did not love. Prynne was sent across the ocean without him to establish a home in the new world. She fell in love with Arthur Dimmesdale‚ a young‚ smart‚ and handsome Reverend. Hester Prynne soon became known as an adulteress
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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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Assignment 2 Film Form Analysis Meshes of the Afternoon: The first scene I chose to analyze is the scene where the woman‚ who is the only person in the film‚ is falling out of the bedroom window. We come to realize that she is‚ in fact‚ falling inside of the house rather than outside of the window‚ causing confusion for the viewer. The camera is out of focus for a moment and is used at a Dutch Angle or Dutch Tilt Shot‚ giving the impression that the world in frame is out of balance‚ which
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Massachusetts‚ in the 1640’s. Embellished with symbols and hidden themes‚ the novel tells “a tale of human frailty and sorrow” (Hawthorne 46). In addition to human flaw and sadness‚ the novel reveals inhumane punishment and torture from the government and citizens of Puritan society. All of these subjects are given a deeper meaning through symbols. These symbols help manifest the undertones of man vs. nature. The rose bush‚ prison‚ scaffold and brook represent complex and essential symbols in The Scarlet
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others more relevant to the word but searching through all the explanations‚ I believe that the meaning for this word was the name of a snow sled that a young boy wanted but couldn’t really get back. This pictured on a drama film in the 1940’s called “Citizen Kane” that was produced‚ directed‚ co-written‚ and starred by a man named Orson Wells. It is believed that this artifact was just an allusion to the only time Mr. Kane (Orson Wells) was truly happy in his childhood. I think this is a significant item
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Hester is the protagonist in the book The Scarlet Letter. She is described as a beautiful and proud young woman who is married to Roger Chillingworth. When she first enters in the story‚ she is wearing an “A” meaning she has committed a sin of being an adulteress with the reverend. When she walks out into the public showing off her “A” she is leaving her head held high. Hester has such an amazing outlook on things. She has decorated her red “A”‚ this shows she is capable of making ugly things and
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the film‚ like a mother to an infant. For example‚ the director that I believe qualify as auteur is Orson Welles. Orson Welles meets the definition I have provided because as a director he was able to effectively express personal ideas. The film “Citizen Kane” marked the first time the technique “Deep Focus” was used extensively and effectively. In this film Orson Welles was able to express his vision and apply the deep focus technique effectively. Another director who I qualify as an auteur is
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Salem and Boston‚ of The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter respectively were colonized by Puritans and their beliefs and rules of God. The setting contributes to the revenge in both pieces of writing because had these events occurred in a later time‚ Hester and John Proctor would have received a divorce instead of being convicted and possibly sent to death. As the stories continue‚ many characters want revenge on other characters because they were seen as a threat‚ nuisance‚ or unnecessary. In The Crucible
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When conducting an interview for the American Film Institute‚ actor Jeff Bridges‚ discussing 1941’s Citizen Kane‚ said its director was "twenty-five years old‚ and he didn’t know what he couldn’t do...and Greg Toland gave him all the confidence in the world (2011‚ 0:28 sec.). Bridges was of course talking about the late‚ great Orson Welles. But who was Greg Toland? Well known in Hollywood at the time‚ Toland was a longtime cinematographer who had not only won an Academy Award for 1939’s Wuthering
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