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    “The Trio of Sin” Hester‚ Dimmesdale and Chillingworth – the three who contributed the most dramatic beginnings for the community as they determine how they handle their sinful ways. The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ is a well written novel to reveal the different ways a person may handle their sin. Although‚ the title of the book is rather deceiving‚ it was soon discovered how there is more than what meets the eye in this story. Shockingly‚ Hester is the more positive example for

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    While reading The Scarlet Letter book I had a little trouble with understanding the words and how it was used back in the days because they have different meanings to it now. The Scarlet letter brought out many morals to me along with the themes that I was given to explain. If I would have to make up a theme or moral of the story‚ is not to lie because the more you hold in the lie the deeper the guilt grows you it will make you into a different person‚ it will make you become something you don’t

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    The Scarlet Letter assignment #1 – Chapter 2‚ pages 6-7: I used the Visualize the Scene category. I can see Hester Prynne emerging from the prison. I can see that she is ladylike‚ tall‚ and beautiful. I can see her in a beautiful dress with the A embroidered on it walking through the crowd with her head held high and a baby in her arms. #2 – Chapter 3‚ pages 13-16: I used the Ask a Question category. Who is this man who has come into the town with the Indian? Why does he question a townsman

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    Scarlet Letter Essay How Is Sin Shown Throughout the Book? Sin; a transgression of a religious or moral law‚ a serious offence or fault‚ to commit a sin. These definitions explain the world "Sin" as something offence towards someone. The Scarlet Letter is centered around sin‚ involving three characters Hester‚ Arthur Dimessdale‚ and Pearl. Hester Prynne is a young woman who commits the act of adultery. She is left out of her community because of this crime‚ and looked down on. Arthur Dimmesdale

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    The Scarlet Letter – Guilt We would love to live in a world where all of us are perfect but the reality is that we are not perfect. All of us make mistakes or do something wrong but some of us are never caught‚ then that few have a choice to make; either to turn themselves in or live their life as if it never happened. The emotion one has when one either commits an act not accepted by the society or when he fails to do something required or expected is called Guilt. This emotion can be seen quite

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    Part 1. 1. The Scarlet Letter 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne 3. Date Published: 1850 4. Fiction Part 2. “The Scarlet Letter” is a story of the public shaming of a woman named Hester Prynne. It takes place in the 17th Century Boston‚ Massachusetts. The story begins with Hester being released from prison and walking down to town scaffold. She is wearing an “A” on her chest‚ which stands for adulterer. She is carrying her baby Daughter‚ Pearl‚ as she stands on the scaffold receiving insults. She

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    What two necessities‚ according to Hawthorne. must the founders of a new colony provide immediately? 2. Under whose footsteps was the rose-bush outside the prison supposed to have sprung up? 3. What is the significance of the scarlet letter A which is embroidered on Hester’s gown? Interpreting Meanings 5. What conclusion can you draw from the fact that every new colony must provide a prison and a cemetery at once? 6. How do most of the townspeople regard Hester’s punishment—as

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    Tamara Haddad Wilhite P.5 Scarlet Letter Dialectical Journal “Like anything that pertains to crime‚ it seemed never to have a youthful era… a wild rose-bush‚ in this month of June‚ with delicate gems‚ which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in” (Hawthorne 45). Hawthorne describes the door of the jail‚ as well as the rose bush to the side of it. I feel as if this is supposed to represent what Hester is about the experience: the harsh

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    what she hadn’t finished. Hester couldn’t escape her town‚ because of all that she left behind in it. After leaving New England‚ Hester suddenly returned. Hester came back to the place where her sin all started. She continued to wear the scarlet letter‚ even though no one would’ve required it to be worn. Hester felt that she had a connection to her town in New England. This was the place where her whole journey began. Hester faced many difficult obstacles in the course she was forced to take. This

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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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