The weird ethical hazard to Hester in her loneliness was that it gave her moreover small chance for demonstrative interaction with other people. Hawthorne forced the readers to ponder that how a woman committing adultery is a major offence in a hypocritical society. Hawthorne symbolized Hester as an agent and a rebel who violates laws as Tony Tanner offered a likely justification by saying that: “the adulteress represents a violation of social contract and the harmonic interrelation of clearly defined
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“Yet one tombstone served for both.” This line in the novel acts as closure to Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale as well as the readers. Throughout the entirety of the novel Hester and Pearl live together alone‚ away from the rest of the town‚ including Arthur Dimmesdale. They live alone due to actions of Hester that result in the birth of Pearl. An adulterous woman‚ Hester Prynne‚ must now walk around town and face all of the townspeople with a scarlet letter ‘A’ on her bosom. She faces daily
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differently than teens in today’s world. Times have definitely changed‚ from the technology we use to the slang we say. So‚ how different are teenagers today compared to teenagers back then? First and foremost‚ one of the most immense differences from
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In the great book of The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne is found guilty of adultery. As punishment she must wear a scarlet “A”‚ which stands for adultery or affair. She stood on a scaffold holding her infant child in humiliation of her sin. Officials of the town attempted to make Hester give up the name of the father of her child. Hester refused to tell anyone‚ she remained quiet‚ and accepted her crime alone. Hester could have easily escaped the situation she was in. At any time she could have left
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action. Both the action and consequences are thought about before the act is done. These three mental states occur in all people‚ but especially within Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter. Throughout the story her mindset changes many times. It starts out in the id phase and works its way to the superego and finally retreats back to the ego. Hester shows that it is possible for all three parts of the brain to work in close proximity to one another. The id phase of Hester’s actions is one of the
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Hester Swane Hester Swane reveals several traits of her personality‚ or has them revealed for her‚ during interchanges with other characters in Act One. One of these traits is her independence which she shows through a mixture of threats and strong language‚ for example when she tells Carthage that “If you think I’m goin’ to let you walk over me like that‚ ya don’t know me at all”. This portrays her sense of self-worth‚ that she doesn’t want or allow anyone else to control her life‚ again seen
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In the book‚ “The Scarlet Letter”‚Hester is treated so badly but some people are still treated in similar ways today. Throughout the whole novel‚ It is showed how Hester’s past is looked down upon because she had Pearl. Hester was made an outcast‚ she was looked down on but another thing she did is she grew from all of this‚ She let all the hate make her stronger and it made her work harder‚ as Hester said “God gave her into my keeping‚ I will not give her up!”.Women today go through the same things
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conversation between Hester and Chillingworth throughout Chapter 14 allowed Hester to come to the conclusion that while she did commit a sin‚ she has repented for it. Chillingworth‚ however‚ spreads evil around and shows utterly no condolence for his actions. In fact‚ Chillingworth is aware of his own evil and chooses to continue on‚ which leads Hester to despise him more than she already did. She knows that hatred is a sin‚ but she declares that she will hate Chillingworth anyway. Hester feels as if he
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In the Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Hester Prynne’s experiences and ability to persevere as well as the portrayal of the men in the story to convey feminist ideas and the strength of women throughout the book. The definition of feminism being that women and men are equal and therefore should be treated and looked upon with equality. In the scarlet letter Hawthorn shows how women can be strong and independent despite the fixated ideas that society is accustomed to. These ideas being that
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The person of Interest could be referred as the modern day literature which consists of many different universal themes such as journey‚ brotherly love‚ love‚ death and power. The themes that are listed are very much alike in comparison to Monte Cristo. The characters may have been expired or made up from past literature works in reference of them. Speaking of characters you have one who has played in both Person of Interest and Monte Cristo. Jim Caviezel we know him as the character that played
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