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    including Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ is identity. An individual named Hester is unique from the rest of the Puritan society. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Hester Prynne’s unwillingness to conform to the ways of the Puritan society to display the theme of identity in The Scarlet Letter‚ and also backs Rousseau’s idea that society is corrupt. Hester Prynne exemplifies is a prime example of the theme identity in The Scarlet Letter. Hester has to wear the letter “A” on her clothing because of her sin. The

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    into an appealing symbol is Pearl‚ the daughter of Hester Prynne. Pearl’s representation changes throughout the novel‚ but she is continually displayed as a wicked character and is demonstrated as God’s “punishment” for Hester’s guilt‚ and not only that; she continues to disregard the Puritan laws by relating with the nature and being over-joyful. Pearl‚ sometimes described as worse as a witch‚ is a young girl‚ somewhat smart‚ with wild temper. Hester‚ as a single mother of this child‚ was under heavy

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    Noah Berley 10 October 2012 Why does Hester feel compassion towards Mr. Dimmesdale and the need to help him? (151) Hester sees Mr. Dimmesdale suffering and observes that he is on the verge of lunacy. Hester felt guilty in letting Mr. Dimmesdale be thrown into a pit of such evil and not pledging her loyalty nor her courage to him. She felt even more empathetic towards him due to the fact that she had gone through a period of craziness and sorrow herself and was still recovering from it.

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    meets Hester Prynn and soon discovers the means of her sin. Hester’s thoughts as she stands before the public are described at the end of the second chapter. "Could it be true? She clutched the child so fiercely to her breast‚ that it sent forth a cry; she turned her eyes downward at the scarlet letter‚ and even touched it with her finger‚ to assure herself that the infant and the shame were real. Yes! -these were her realities‚ -all else had vanished!" (Hawthorne‚ 55). At this point‚ Hester is still

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    Scarlet 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

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    major theme in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter takes place in New England‚ during the Puritan Era. The novel takes place around a sin Hester Prynne commits with Reverend Dimmesdale. Hester commits adultery with Dimmesdale but only she is punished as she will not give him up. She has a daughter named Pearl. Hester has to wear a Scarlet Letter “A” as punishment. Another main character is Hester’s husband‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ who she thought had died prior to committing adultery

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    This‚ I believe is how Hester dealt with her guilt and how Arthur ultimately died. Hester’s sin was public while Arthur’s was private. In Hester’s case‚ the shame was only momentary. While it never truly went away‚ overtime the shame‚ guilt‚ and sin were all pushed onto the back burner and stayed there only occasionally resurfacing. Even though Hester had her ever constant reminders of the letter A and the child that came from the sin

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    rather than the real intention being “adulterer” b. Why does Hester feel she is to blame for Dimmesdale’s poor condition? Hester feels that she is to blame for Dimmesdale’s poor condition because while Dimmesdale has been torturing himself over his secret and slowly killing himself‚ Hester just sat back and witnessed it all and did not help in comforting him. c. Why does Hester pity Chillingworth? It is concretely stated in the text that‚ Hester pities Chillingworth “for the hatred that has transformed

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    lightly back then. People who committed Adultery were publicly shamed‚ and worse. Now in present times‚ Adultery is not seen as horrible‚ for some reason. For this reason‚ I believe the Social Milieu of this novel is very important. * Protagonist: Hester Prynne * Antagonist: Roger Chillingworth * Point of View: The narrator is an unnamed person (customhouse surveyor). He is obviously omniscient‚ in that he seems to know everything about the characters. Yet‚ I believe that he is also a subjective

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    In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne was found guilty of adultery‚ branded with a scarlet A‚ and shunned by the town--an extreme punishment by modern standards. This A that Hester was forced to embroider onto all of her clothing symbolized not only her sin‚ but the A also held meaning for other characters. It represented the guilt of the man with whom Hester committed adultery: Reverend Dimmesdale. Hester never revealed his identity to the town‚ and Dimmesdale felt

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