Mikale Jenkins 1. Hester is the main character and the person who wears the scarlet letter that gives the book its name. The letter is a patch of fabric in the shape of an “A‚” that tells that Hester is an “adulterer.” Pearl is Hester’s daughter‚ young girl who is moody and has the ability to take in things that others do not. Rev. Dimmesdale is the man who achieved fame in England as a theologian and then he came to America. Roger Chillingsworth is Hester’s husband in disguise. He is older
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In The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne shows her brave and daring side‚ as she stands up for herself. She is very bold to do some of the things she did and still not let the town see how she was really feeling on the inside. Hester proves that she is a strong woman in the Puritan society when she is compared to the other women that are repressed in the society‚ her interactions with others‚ and how she responds to the punishments she is given. Hester reacted to her punishments in a very mature manner
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selection contains vivid imagery and similes. It clearly describes how Hester and Pearl give the minister warmth‚ but more importantly‚ separate him from his dark hallucinations of being shamed in front of the entire city. By grasping onto their hands‚ the minister is reminded of life and has temporary relief from his self-torturing guilt. The passage uses a simile to illustrate this idea more clearly‚ “pouring like a
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through priests and religion‚ in the name of God‚ almighty. The novel focuses on a women by the name Hester Prynne and the adulterous affair she committed with her minister and the catastrophic consequences that resulted. Hester was just an ordinary woman living in the Puritan society and her husband Roger Chillingworth was assumed to be lost at sea but Hester chose to believe he was dead‚ as a result Hester slept with her minister Arthur Dimmesdale. As a
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Hawthorne tries to convey are still relevant today. Think about it. With all of the experiences of Hester Prynne and other characters in the novel‚ we interpret concepts that are still correlated with those of today. In Hawthorne’s the Scarlet Letter‚ two crucial themes of sin and what it can do to people and the different degrees of evil directly relate to today’s society and modern ideas. As it is known‚ Hester committed a sin in the novel with Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale that the Puritans in her society
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diction‚ syntax‚ tone‚ examples‚ analogy‚ and/or contrast. Hester Pryne is the main character of the Scarlett Letter‚ she’s the woman who has an affair with Dimmesdale and has a baby girl‚ Pearl. Dimmesdale is the pastor of the community and keeps the affair a secret‚ which would eventually cause him to have a heart attack‚ which in turn ends his life. Hester has been alienated from the community because of her affair. Hester is one that is usually rational to others‚ but she’s not going to
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develop a deeper understanding of historical context and this theme. Hester lived in a Puritan society during the seventeenth century. During this time‚ people lived strictly based off their religion. However‚ Hester committed adultery; which was punishable by death. Despite this‚ Hester’s punishment was issued by the court‚
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attempt to do so sexually. Females have the ability to achieve their sexual liberation despite the patriarchal societies in which they live. Two females which have attempted to achieve sexual liberation are Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter and Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar named Desire. Both Hester Prynne and Blanche Dubois’s attempts to achieve sexual liberation were hindered by the patriarchal societies in which they lived in; making only one of them successful. The Scarlet Letter‚ written in 1850
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some‚ The Scarlet Letter may seem like a protofeminist novel. In the eyes of some‚ had Hester been a man‚ her punishment would not have been nearly as embarrassing and deceitful. In the eyes of some‚ Hester did nothing but the right thing based on her trying to protect other women from gender-based prosecution‚ though it meant completely disregarding Puritan laws in her society. Then again‚ in the eyes of some‚ Hester deserved all of the harassment and harsh‚ negative attention that she received from
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narrates the life of a Puritan woman‚ Hester Prynne‚ who experiences social rejection for committing adultery and continues to raise
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