Hester Prynne and Abigail Williams have both committed a crime and they are both hated by their societies. However‚ there are also differences between the two characters. Hester Prynne is the better Puritan woman of the two because she did not commit as many sins as Abigail did‚ she was not as secretive about it‚ and her actions only directly affected herself and her child‚ unlike Abigail who caused the deaths of so many people. Hester did sinned but the single sin of adultery is not comparable
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keep Hester Prynne’s adulteress lover Arthur Dimmesdale a secret because of their young daughter Pearl. Hester Prynne was married at the time Pearl was conceived‚ making the townspeople furious with her adultery. As her husband comes to town under an alias named physician Roger Chillingworth‚ he examines the Panic-stricken baby and bashes Hester for being deceitful. Moving to the outskirts of town and raising what many called a “devil baby” Pearl who brings both joy and reprimand to Hester. Soon
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are also differences between the two characters. Hester Prynne is the more respectable Puritan woman of the two because she did not commit as many sins as Abigail did‚ she was not as secretive about it‚ and her actions only affected herself and her child. Hester did sin horribly but it was not comparable to Abigail ’s many sins. The sins that Abigail were guilty of were wrath‚ avarice‚ lust‚ and envy‚ while Hester only committed lust. Hester ’s adulterous behavior was considered one of the
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shunned every once in a while. Lance Armstrong is a perfect example of this. Even though he had done much good in his life‚ and he had been though a lot‚ people still shunned him. Lance Armstrong would scarlet letter tear a D for drugs‚ just like Hester Prynne had to wear the scarlet letter A for her adultery. From the years 1999 to 2005‚ Lance Armstrong used Performance- Enhancing drugs. During this time period he had won the Tour de France 7 times‚ which cause controversy in the biking world. Because
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emotional effects on mankind. One of Hawthorne’s most famous works The Scarlet Letter‚ takes place in Boston during the Puritan era. This novel tells the tale of Hester Prynne‚ the bearer of the scarlet letter “A”‚ and the Reverend Dimmesdale‚ the man who commits adultery with her‚ and their struggles with guilt‚ sin‚ and atonement. Hester and the minister Dimmesdale must remain secretive in order to protect one another‚ while her vengeful husband Chillingworth remains secretive in order to torture
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Letter there are three main sinners presented to the reader. Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth are all written with their own forms of sin‚ and each has a unique coping mechanism for their sins and guilt. Sin‚ at this time‚ was a hugely important part of daily life‚ and punishment for one’s sins was universally seen as not only a positive thing‚ but a necessary action to keep the people of the colony pure. Both Hester and Dimmesdale receive great punishments for their sin of adultry
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consequences that last a lifetime. Is it a sin to give in to the desires and feelings we have as humans? In the scarlet letter‚ Hawthorne uses Pearl to symbolize the sin and passion that Hester Prynne and Dimmesdale gave in to when they committed adultery. Through an impulsive act of love and passion‚ Hester Prynne and Dimmesdale create a beautiful‚ intelligent‚ and fierce daughter named Pearl. She is the human form of the scarlet
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forest surrounding the town is the only place in which Puritanical laws are not abided‚ and the fact that the wild rose bush and the forest are connected gives the audience the idea that the two were somehow combined. The rosebush symbolizes Hester Prynne and the
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the use of Hester Prynne and her daughter Pearl Hawthorn successfully proves that a relationship with nature‚ which embodies purity and freedom‚ can draw one’s mind away from the corruption and enslavement of a cruel society. Hester Prynne the main character of The Scarlet Letter is plagued with the adulteress "A" throughout the novel. Her Puritan society shuns‚ scorns‚ and talks negatively about her behind her back and to her face. Aware of society’s lack of acceptance of her sin Hester looks to
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Chillingworth‚ and Hester Prynne. These three main character’s sin are no worse than each other’s. Whose sin was greater? Hawthorne believes chillingworth was not driven by anger at his own sin‚ but by the sin of Hester and Mr. Dimmisdale. An example “as he spoke‚ he laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter‚ which forwith seemed to scortch into Hester’s breast‚ as if it had been red-hot. He noticed her involuntary gesture‚ and smiled” (4.13). chillingworth wanted Hester and Dimmisdale to
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