book written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in 1850. The Scarlet Letter which was his greatest work ever is an 1850 romantic work of fiction in a historical setting. Hester Prynne Although The Scarlet Letter is about Hester Prynne. We know very little about Hester prior to her affair with Dimmesdale and her public shaming. We read that she married Chillingworth although she did not love him‚ but we never fully understand why. The early chapters of the book suggest
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The narrator decides to write about Hester Prynnes experiences but with uninspiring men he is not able to. When a new president is elected‚ the narrator starts to write a story called The Scarlet Letter. Next‚ we learn about Hester Prynne. She is tall with dark hair. The first thing she does is that she comes out of a prison holding an infant with the letter “A” on her chest. There are many criticisms as Hester walks through the crowd about her adultery. Hester spots her husband in the crowd but
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well-known novel‚ between the scandals and lies. It starts off with a woman named Hester Prynne. Hester decides to leave her husband behind to migrate to Boston. A couple years later‚ Hester gives birth to a baby girl named Pearl in prison. Hester refused to reveal the father of Pearl. The town then forces Hester to wear a scarlet letter "A" upon her dress. This stands for adultery. When the town briefly allows Hester out of prison‚ they force her to stand on a scaffold to show her sin. While this
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metaphors and diction in The Scarlet Letter in order to convey the effects of the scarlet letter on both the sinner‚ Hester Prynne‚ and the town in which she lives. Through the use of these rhetorical devices‚ Hawthorne reveals to the reader how this “red-hot brand”(line 47) impacts everyday puritan life. Hawthorne uses imagery to present a picture of the Puritan town in which Hester Prynne resides. These Puritans are described as strict and unforgiving‚ a society based on the “iron frame-work of reasoning”(line
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model of good vs. evil. Arthur Dimmesdale has committed a sin that is heavily frowned upon throughout his community‚ though; nobody in the community knows what that sin is besides Hester Prynne. Dimmesdale is the minister of the community and he has committed the sin of adultery‚ partaking in an affair with Hester Prynne while she long waited for her Husband to arrive at Boston. Dimmesdale‚ being a religious leader‚ goes through the struggle for salvation throughout the novel because the action of
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Hester Prynne Quote: "On the breast of her gown‚ in fine red cloth‚ surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold-thread‚ appeared the letter A. It was so artistically done‚ and with so much fertility and gorgeous luxuriance of fancy‚ that it had all the effect of a last and fitting decoration to the apparel which she wore; and which was of a splendor in accordance with the taste of the age‚ but greatly beyond what was allowed by the sumptuary regulations of the colony
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beautiful day; if it is hidden‚ then it is a gloomy day. In Nathaniel Hawthorn’s book‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ the author uses the presence and absence of sunlight to represent the exposure and concealment of sin respectively. "it seemed to be her [Hester Prynne’s] first impulse to clasp the infant closely to her bosom; not so much by an impulse of motherly affection‚ as that she might thereby conceal a certain token [The Scarlet letter] wisely judging that one token of her shame would but poorly
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Even though adultery is a pretty heavy sin‚ Hester Prynne really turns it around and makes herself the best citizen of Boston in the 1600s. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is about a girl‚ Hester Prynne‚ who commits adultery but doesn’t let that define who she is. In my opinion she ends up becoming the best citizen in the city of Boston in the 1600s. Even though she committed adultery with a minister and threatened to throw her daughter in a dark closest if she wouldn’t stop asking her
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chapters of The Scarlet Letter‚ but one stands out among the rest. The paramount triad in The Scarlet Letter is undoubtedly the relationship between Hester Prynne‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. The first four chapters of The Scarlet Letter introduce this paramount triad. Chapter
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A on his flesh. The scarlet letter has had the same toll on Hester Prynne‚ the original wearer of the scarlet letter on her clothes. A young wife said‚ “Ah‚ but let her cover the mark as she will‚ the pang of it will always be in her heart” (Hawthorne 49). This remark made by the townswoman shows that no matter how much you try to hide something‚ the sin will always be there for you to deal with mentally. As the story continues‚ Hester is sent to stand in the middle of the market for her punishment
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