One of the main considerations while reading The Scarlet Letter‚ is who seems to be the guiltiest character. The three prime targets are Hester‚ Dimmesdale‚ and Chillingworth. While all of them have questionable morality and have committed "sin"‚ Dimmesdale‚ the puritan minister‚ is the guiltiest character. He initiates a physical relationship with Hester‚ knowing she is married‚ he fails at the fatherly responsibility of taking care of his daughter‚ Pearl‚ and he selfishly cares more about himself
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The Outcome of the Choices Made “You can make bad choices and find yourself in a downward spiral or you can find something that gets you out of it.”-Ray LaMontagne The main characters in The Crucible‚ Easy A and The Scarlet Letter all had to deal with particular situations that got them into quite a bit of trouble along with other relating topics‚ such as public shaming‚ sin‚ secrecy and gender roles. The Crucible by Arthur Miller takes place in a Puritan New England town of Salem‚ Massachusetts
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J.M.J The Scarlet Letter Interpretive Essay English 11 First Quarter Harley Grace Masoner 1006891.02 December 14‚ 2014 2. How the third scaffold scene frees Dimmesdale‚ Hester‚ and Pearl in different ways. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ is a fantastic piece of symbolism‚ which delves into the society of seventeenth century Puritans‚ in colonial Boston. Centered on Hester Prynne‚ a young woman sent to the colonies by her husband‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ she is first introduced standing
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named Arthur Dimmesdale‚ aspiring to be him. Little did they know that the entire time that they idolized him‚ he was hiding a sinful secret that would relentlessly haunt his soul for the rest of his mortal life. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ Arthur Dimmesdale’s cowardice‚ misery‚ and faith are what ultimately led to his unfortunate demise. Arthur Dimmesdale was not in any sense brave; in fact‚ he was a major coward. After committing
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QUOTE TEST on THE SCARLET LETTER Directions: Choose 5 of the quotes below and discuss (1) who said it (2) when it was said (what was the situation)‚ and (3) what is the significance meaning importance to the ENTIRE WORK. Here discuss if the quote relates to character‚ theme‚ symbolism‚ irony‚ foreshadowing imagery‚ etc. 1. “Never!. . . And would that I might enfure his agony‚ as well as mine!” 2. “Thou wasn’t not bold!- thou wast not true!. . . Thou wouldst not promise to take my hand
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Sin‚ vengeance‚ evil‚ and redemption are all words one can associate when thinking about The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The character who takes the truest form of these negative words is Roger Chillingworth. Hester Prynne had married Chillingworth in England‚ however left her for many years. During those years‚ Chillingworth spent time with Indians learning their ways while Hester had an ill legitimate child with a beloved priest named Arthur Dimmesdale. When Hester Prynne begins her
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Anaysa Viviana Arce Professor Dr. Don Macon English Literature 1302 21 April 2013 Feminism & Sexism: The Scarlet Letter “In Heaven’s own time‚ a new truth would be revealed‚ in order to establish the whole relation between man and woman on a surer ground of mutual happiness” (ch. 24). The Scarlet Letter; where there is a woman‚ a husband‚ and a lover. A story where women are downgraded‚ humiliated‚ punished‚ and judged for their actions. It is an obvious that eras have changed as
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Honors American Lit. B Kathryn Durga The Scarlet Letter: The Child at Brook-side 3/22/13 In this passage Dimmesdale is speaking about Pearl standing on the other side of the stream refusing to go to him and Hester. The contrast between Pearl standing on the opposite side as them parallels the contrast in their lives. Hester‚ now not wearing the scarlet letter‚ and Dimmesdale are concealing their relationship and their sin in the forest‚ representing a world of secrecy. Pearl‚ however
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Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a prime example of an outside-in view of a society. It contrasts the nature of the puritan town of Boston against the wildness of a girl who grew up outside of the town‚ Pearl. In doing so he reveals a society that values dullness‚ intolerance‚ and suppressiveness. From the very beginning Pearl was different‚ she was a baby born from her parents sin. When her mother stood trial for her sin she was there. Even more then the titicular scarlet letter‚ Pearl
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doesn’t really do much in the way of sin so that’s why the thing that she is has transitioned so. In fact‚ she’s done some work to where her reputation may have reversed in the eyes of god‚ work such as charity. “they had begun to look upon the scarlet letter as the token‚ not of that one sin‚ for which she had borne so long and dreary a penance‚ but of her many good deeds since. “Do you see that woman with the embroidered badge?” they would say to strangers. “It is our Hester‚-the town’s own Hester‚-
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