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    test‚ lying to your parents‚ or forgetting your best friend’s birthday‚ guilt can be very powerful‚ it gives us a contrite awareness that we have acted in a way that some would considered to be wrong. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale have committed a great sin‚ and because of this sin‚ it causes these characters to have an extensive amount of guilt. Hawthorne transmits the idea of guilt and sin by using different symbols‚ like the scaffold. Throughout

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    crimes and faults of Hester Prynne‚ the infamous adulteress of the novel‚ who has been accused of bearing child with an unknown instigator. Throughout the novel we see the symbolic nature of this scarlet letter take many forms‚ as it plays a key role in the story development. More importantly‚ this illustrates the hidden sin within us all‚ and how we as humans choose to show our own ‘scarlet letter’. However‚ Hester did not commit her

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    The novel titled The Scarlet Letter‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ was a story full of tragic irony. Hester Prynne‚ throughout the story‚ makes a great effort to conceal secrets among others such as Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth. This effort is filled with hypocrisy because of the way they live their lives day by day. Some being idled for great doing‚ others shunning people of sin‚ when yet each of them have all committed sin of their own. Therefore‚ irony amongst this novel‚ is great

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    it meant Able‚ so strong was Hester Prynne‚ with a woman’s strength.” (Hawthorne 146).This is showing that the townspeople now see her as someone who cares for the community and is wised. They no longer see it as a sin‚ but almost a sign of capability. They saw Hester and thought “wow‚ it is Hester‚ a woman who is able to still make a living and support for her child‚ even after being almost shunned by the community for committing a sin‚ under the Puritan law .” Hester is doing the best she could

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    In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne was found guilty of adultery‚ branded with a scarlet A‚ and shunned by the town--an extreme punishment by modern standards. This A that Hester was forced to embroider onto all of her clothing symbolized not only her sin‚ but the A also held meaning for other characters. It represented the guilt of the man with whom Hester committed adultery: Reverend Dimmesdale. Hester never revealed his identity to the town‚ and Dimmesdale felt

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    Letter‚ Hester Prynne is convicted of adultery and condemned to wear a scarlet “A” and suffer essential excommunication from society. Hester and her young daughter‚ Pearl‚ find themselves outcasts in the Puritan society of seventeenth-century Boston. On the surface‚ this novel’s tale is the opposite of proto-feminist‚ a term applied to works that show the emergence of modern feminist concepts. Via the actions and characteristics main characters‚ or perhaps heroines of the novel‚ Hester Prynne and her

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    to be the most important symbol in the novel. The “A” represents adultery‚ which is a violation of the ten commandments in the Puritan society. The “A” becomes the basis for the novel. Hester Prynne‚ the main character‚ committed adultery and had a child with a man that was not her husband. Because of this Hester was assigned to wear the scarlet “A” until the day she dies. Hawthorne wrote‚ “…fine red cloth‚ surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold-thread‚ appeared

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    Sarah Jamie Audate Mr.Orenzo November 15‚ 2012 Research paper Hester Prynne stood out as a Protagonist in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet letter. The story of the scandalous women‚ the women with long luscious brown hair‚ the women who is drop dead gorgeous ‚ the women who gave birth to Arthur Dimmesdales child ‚she is Hester Prynne. Throughout them all‚ giving up her individuality‚ she would become the general symbol at which the preacher and moralist might point‚ and in which

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    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 about Hester Prynne? Why is one shoulder higher than the other

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    evil among the characters Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth. The protagonist of the Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne‚ is a beautiful young woman who has experienced both good and bad since she arrived in Boston. Nathaniel Hawthorne stated “Such helpfulness was found in her‚ – so much power to do‚ and power to sympathize‚ – that many people refused to interpret the scarlet A by its original signification. They said it meant Able; so strong was Hester Prynne‚ with a women’s strength”

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