The Scarlet Letter The scarlet letter is a tragedy. The puritan society is responsible for Dimmesdale ’s downfall because its members expect him to be perfect‚ and he is not. His inability to give the people what they require from him ultimately leads to his downfall. Dimmesdale has an affair with Hester Prynne‚ a married Puritan woman. Hester gives birth to their daughter‚ Pearl. "Children have always a sympathy in the agitations of those connected with them; always‚ especially‚ a sense of any
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The “A” serves as a daily reminder of wrong doings for Dimmesdale constantly weighing on his soul. Hester having a mark for her sin and himself having none causes Dimmesdale great guilt‚ so he wears his own mark “a scarlet letter- the very semblance of that worn by Hester Prynne- imprinted in the flesh.” Roger Chillingworth‚ or whatever his name is‚ isHester Prynne’s
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civilized‚ as they have a system of rules and punishments. However‚ through Hawthorne’s exploration of the role of shame in society‚ the reader can conclude that Hawthorne does not believe Puritans are necessarily civilized. Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale scrutinize their own shame on a daily basis. In contrast‚ the Puritan counsel views this sin as a threat to the community‚ as it show-cases the role of shame in society and should be punished. In the Puritan elders’ eyes‚ shaming such behavior
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Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne exemplifies the ethics‚ independence‚ and beauty that defy typical feminine standards in the 17th century. Thus‚ Hester becomes a feminist champion in the novel through her exceptional characteristics and her support for Arthur Dimmesdale. To begin‚ Hester Prynne’s good looks‚ talent‚ and untainted principles separate her from ordinary Puritans and elevates her status in the narrative. First and foremost‚ her beauty separates her from the classic Puritan woman. She has “dark and
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Adultery has been around for many centuries. It has maintained its consequences such as banishment to death sentence. “The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ adulteress Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A to mark her shame. Her lover‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ remains unidentified and is wracked with guilt‚ while her husband‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ seeks revenge.” (The Scarlet Letter) Hawthorne describes injustice‚ fate predetermination and conscience. Symbolism is one of the main critical part of the
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The scaffold is used three times in “The Scarlet Letter” to reveal the truth of sins. The first time the scaffold reveal the truth of Hester’s sin of adultery to the whole village. The second time Dimmesdale gets on the scaffold in the middle of the night to reveal his hidden sin. The third time Dimmesdale climbs on top of the scaffold with Hester and Pearl to reveal that he is Hester’s lover and Pearl’s father to the
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Hawthorne manages to create many metaphors within his novel The Scarlet Letter. The rose bush outside the prison door‚ the black man‚ and the scaffold are three metaphors. Perhaps the most important metaphor would be the scaffold‚ which plays a great role throughout the entire story. The three scaffold scenes which Hawthorne incorporated into The Scarlet Letter contain a great deal of significance and importance the plot. Each scene brings a different aspect of the main characters‚ the crowd or
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EXAMINE THE SCARLET LETTER AS AN OPEN-ENDED NOVEL Hawthorne wrote during the Romantic Period in American literature which lasted from 1830 to 1865. Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Henry David Thoreau‚ Herman Melville‚ Harriet Beecher Stowe‚ Edgar Allen Poe‚ and Walt Whitman were his literary contemporaries. The Scarlet Letter is considered a piece of American Romantic literature because it is set in a remote past‚ the Puritan era 200 years prior to Hawthorne’s time‚ and because it deals with the interior
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the protagonist within a 17th century Puritan community in Boston. Hester Prynne is introduced before she is to stand trial for her crime of adultery‚ in which she is required to be publicly condemned in the centre of town. The reverend‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ a member of the group of ministers sitting in judgement of Hester‚ encourages her to reveal the man who she was associated with. Hawtorhone´s story follows the pursuit of adoration and stable intimacy‚ enduring an abundance of barriers of accomplishing
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Dimmesdale was the ‘mistress’ in this story and Roger Chillingworth was the victim. Chillingworth was in a constant state of pain throughout the novel‚ desperately trying to find out who took his wife and made her an adulterer. Nevertheless‚ Dimmesdale never gave his identity away as the man that made Chillingsworth into a beast. In a frustrated rage Chillingsworth cries
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