individuals with different life experiences that help define who they are. Nathaniel Hawthorne also criticizes the Utopian ideals that societies often hold in his novel‚ The Scarlet Letter. The main character‚ Hester goes astray from the rules of her Puritan town and must wear a scarlet letter on her chest to declare her sin. The scarlet letter isolates Hester from the pressures to conform to society‚ giving her the opportunity to find her individualistic moral perspective in life and she shares this revelation
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In The Scarlet Letter‚ the author‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ uses many symbols throughout the novel. The most obvious and well known symbol‚ is the scarlet letter Hester is forced to wear. The infamous scarlet letter can be considered the most important and influential symbol. The symbolism behind the scarlet letter changes throughout this novel. Initially‚ the letter A was intended to mark Hester as an adulterer. During the first years of her punishment‚ the letter was a daily reminder of shame and her
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A Scarlet RomanceIt is the year 1644‚ Boston Massachusetts‚ and the stage is set for one of the most famous romance novels of our time. The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne set a genre standard for American Romanticism‚ with an intrinsic love of nature‚ sense of freedom of imagination and emotion‚ and the low regard Hawthorne holds for organized religion and all that it entails. In his novel‚ Hawthorne builds on the standards of romanticism‚ as the trend away from Puritanism and religious Oligarchy
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Matthew Polito Mrs. Audiffred Honors English 11 Writing Assignment #2 October 29‚ 2012 Sin‚ Guilt‚ and The Scarlet Letter Sin and guilt are themes that are not only central to The Scarlet Letter‚ but to the entirety of Puritan Culture. They come hand in hand‚ and are seen as almost necessary for moral perfection. Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ nearly every character is changed or at least affected by sin and guilt‚ and for many of them it is in a life changing way. It is an unavoidable side
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SYMBOLISM IN THE SCARLET LETTER Symbolism can be defined as using objects‚ characters‚ figures‚ or colors to represent abstract ideas or concepts. The Scarlet Letter is a story that describes the life of an adulterer‚ Hester Prynne. She had sexual relations with Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale‚ while married‚ that resulted in the birth of her daughter‚ Pearl. However‚ she doesn’t let it get to her and shows great bravery by living on through her hard time. In The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Hypocrisy in The Scarlet Letter In The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne suffers hardships in result of committing adultery. The townspeople punish Hester by having her wear a visible symbol of her sin: the letter A on all her garments (for adultery). In addition‚ she is made to stand on a platform for hours throughout a day‚ for the purpose of self-humiliation. Hester’s sin impacts not only her own life‚ but also the life of the townspeople and her daughter Pearl. In this novel
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that one has no control over . Regardless of which feeling of guilt‚ each person has experienced this feeling at one point of a their life. One can attribute this feeling to what Reverend Dimmesdale‚ member to the Puritan society‚ felt in The Scarlet Letter when he directly committed adultery with Hester Prynne. Dimmsdale considered himself the “deepest man of guilt” after going against his teachings of quintessential Puritan behavior‚ and also left Hester to suffer
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Abstract The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne’s representative work‚ is a classical novel in American literature in the 19th century. The novel displays Puritanism’s great impact on people’s life and thought. This thesis will give a picture of puritans’ life and ideology through the analysis of the Puritan town Boston and some related characters‚ and introduce how the communities in the town are deeply influenced by Puritanism. Meanwhile‚ by analyzing the main character Hester‚ the thesis will
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The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism British Literature Matt Gordon 9-22-96 Symbolism in literature is the deepness and hidden meaning in a piece of work. It is often used to represent a moral or religious belief or value. Without symbolism literature is just a bunch of meaningless words on paper. The most symbolic piece of work in American Literature is Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne’s use of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter is one of the most significant contributions to
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The Scarlet Letter‚ uses many symbols to represent different things. Some symbols represent the same thing. The letter "A" has many meanings‚ each character has their own meanings‚ and even the different parts of nature are symbols. Also‚ apart from providing structure for the novel‚ each scaffold scene conveys something different. One could say‚ arguably‚ that nearly everything in The Scarlet Letter is a symbol of something else. In the novel‚ there are four different versions of the letter "A"
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