what many puritan societies that were established in the new world looked like. Personal struggles were seen as weakness‚ and were to be kept to oneself. In his novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the alienation of his character‚ Hester Prynne‚ to reveal that the strict moral values of her Puritan community are not followed for God’s glory but for personal gain‚ and how they hypocritically judge others while hiding and ignoring their own sin. The most important thing to the Puritans
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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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enhance the reader’s experience. Without these components‚ the story may be dull and uninteresting. Imagine a novel so straightforward that nothing is left to the imagination. Obviously no one would like to read a copy. Symbolism in The Red Badge of Courage is a feature present throughout the entire book affecting the view of war; examples include the tattered man symbolizing the amount of carelessness and lack of pity toward men‚ scars and wounds from battle showing the harsh reality and absence of
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differences between Hester Prynne and Edna Pontellier. Although The Scarlet Letter and The Awakening were written in different times and tell the story of dissimilar communities in which both main protagonists need to break the rules governing the society in order to explore their inner selves and fulfill individual desires. What both women share is the fact that they had troubles to find themselves among the people they lived with and accept the rules of the community. What is more Hester‚ as well as
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Hester Prynne committed a serious sin‚ adultery‚ which resulted in many different consequences. It not only had public consequences‚ but personal ones too. Many people would mock her or make fun of her‚ assuming she was a bad person. Also‚ she had the scarlet “A” on her chest that made it clear to everyone the sin she had committed. One woman even said‚ “‘This women has brought shame upon us all‚ and ought to die. Is there not law for it? Truly there is‚ both in the Scripture and the statute-book…’”
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The letter starts out with Hester Prynne trying to fit in society‚ which in this case was not working out at all for Hester. The book has many different themes too it throughout the story line like being an adulterer‚ sinning‚ and feeling guilty. Hester was being punished by everyone in society because of the child she has. The town people in the book just did not understand why this happened and they did not approve of it or no how to handle it‚ this is why Hester was treated so poorly. When
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Grade Teacher). In the Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne jeers at the absurd Puritan era and crime and punishment. But the renowned author touches on a more personal theme‚ an issue that everyone has come across: self evaluation. Even though Hester Prynne‚ a honest adulterer‚ and Arthur Dimmesdale‚ a untruthful priest‚ are first to sin it is still viewed that Robert Chillingworth‚ an abandoned husband seeking revenge‚ has “violated the sanctity of human heart” (Hawthorne 234). To compare the sin
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• Hester Prynne is the novel’s individual who is the wearer of the scarlet letter. While in her youth‚ she resided in Amsterdam with her older husband Roger Chillingworth. Chillingworth sent the young and beautiful Hester to America before him‚ so he could finish his business. While Hester waited for her husband‚ she had a love affair with the Reverend Dimmesdale and conceived a child. Later‚ she gives birth to a girl‚ Pearl‚ and must endure the shame and scorn of the town. Punishment for her crime
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The Scarlet Letter Alienation can be linked to self-discovery. The alienated can make a choice: to endure or to protest. Explain the choices made by Hester Prynne and how they are typical or atypical based on the societal values during this time period (1640s). Hester Prynne has made many tough decisions throughout the novel. Most‚ if not all‚ of her choices were atypical for women during this time period. One of Hester’s most prominent decisions was to stay in town when she knows that her
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In On the Scarlet Letter‚ D.H. Lawrence comments on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s controversial character‚ Hester Prynne. What makes Lawrence unique from other critics is that he criticizes Hester and Dimmesdale’s’ sinful act‚ and he asserts negative opinions about the way Hester Prynne is conventionally perceived because of it. D.H. Lawrence presents a well written analysis that effectively castigates Hester Prynne’s characterization in the novel through biblical and literary allusions‚ harsh syntax‚ and
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