"To be fully human is to balance the heart‚ the mind‚ and the spirit.” One could suggest the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ that one should not violate the sanctity of the human heart. Hester was well ahead of her time‚ and believed that love was more important than living in a lie. Dimmesdale’s theology and his inclinations render him almost incapable of action; Chillingsworth dammed himself‚ along with Dimmesdale. Hester was “frank with [Chillingsworth].”
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but‚ if entrusted to the wrong set of hands‚ it will lead to major destruction. Power has been given to everyone just in different amounts. What people do with the power they have is up to them‚ but‚ in many instances‚ it is misused. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hawthorne creates a story that shows the abuse of power by people in different social statuses in Puritanical society. The abuse of power between the Puritans in Hawthorne’s story and people in American society today displays
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that Hester is forgiven but on the other hand dimmesdale and chillingworth are not. Based on my thoughts and opinion on Hester I feel that she is forgive and here sins still stick with her.I think that she has done her time and earns to take her letter if yet when given the choice she chooses to keep it on which is very good of her. Yes Hester did have a child at a young age which
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In The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ who is a former physician‚ is the evil figure throughout the classic novel. In Moby Dick‚ by Herman Melville‚ Captain Ahab‚ who is an experienced captain‚ portrays as the evil character also. Both figures from the novels represent an excellent example of evil-natured men who are out to get vengeance on someone or something for the wrongdoing to them. First‚ Chillingworth and Ahab are both trying to seek revenge
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The Scarlett Letter The Scarlett Letter is about a woman named Hester. Hester is living a normal life when out of no where she is accused of being with someone outside her marriage. Back in June 1642 it was illegal to be with someone outside of your marriage. Hester was also pregnant and refused to tell anyone who her unborn child father was.If you were caught committing adultery you had to showcase to everyone what kind of person you are. So since Hester was suspected of adultery the town made
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The Scarlet Letter & A Model of Christian Charity Beneath the Surface Nathaniel Hawthorne lived during an extraordinarily turbulent time in American history. Our young nation was barely into its second generation of independence from England. Emotionally volatile issues revolving around religion‚ slavery‚ and liberty abounded. During American ’s antebellum period‚ citizens struggled to define themselves in a rapidly changing world. Questions concerning religious doctrines‚ the morality of slavery
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In Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ the respected minister Arthur Dimmesdale deceives his community‚ preventing the townspeople from seeing the truth that he has sinned and hidden his secret. When his guilt finally overcomes him‚ he fantasizes about confessing the secret of his adultery to his congregation seven years after he committed the sin‚ but the people do not believe what he says. Rather than believing him‚ they believe the deception he has been showing them. He shows the community a perfect
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Sin and Forgiveness in The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne uses the theme of sin and forgiveness throughout The Scarlet Letter to portray the protagonists and antagonists of the story. Hawthorne uses comparative techniques through dark versus light‚ and nature versus civilization. With both of these he is giving underlying comparisons of sin and forgiveness. Hawthorne uses comparisons to show the reader that by having the inability to forgive‚ he/she is committing the sin of pride and is no better than
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Hester’s colors in appearance are seen as sinful‚ dark‚ and Puritan related and in contrast Hawthorne reveals Pearls colors in appearance which unveil innocence and life as well as colors that tie in with the scarlet letter which by the Puritans is viewed as sinful colors. Hawthorne chooses for Pearl to freely express her true self and not wear colors that convey facades put on her by her mother Hester
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The Scarlet Letter Symbolism Essay People often overlook obscure details due to a variety of reasons. In The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ symbols are notable and powerful sources of percipience. Throughout the story‚ the author uses flowers as messengers of hope‚ love‚ forgiveness‚ and other emotions. In the novel‚ the disparity of wild-flowers and similarities between a rose and Hester show the threat of sin to Puritan ideology. To begin‚ wild-flowers are thrown at the scarlet letter
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