Lynda Pichardo 4th Period October 17‚ 2011 The Scarlet Letter - Essay Take Home Test In The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne presents to us the story of Hester Prynne; one full of sin‚ of guilt‚ of fear‚ of crime. After she commits adultery with Reverend Dimmesdale‚ while being married to Chillingworth‚ she is forced through much punishment. Too many introduced‚ yet only one would mark her forever; the scarlet
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around a mother and her daughter. The name of the woman is Hester Prynne and her daughter’s name is Pearl. The story takes place during the 17th century in a puritan colony. Hester was married woman‚ that cheated on her husband. Afterwards‚ the people in this community discover Hester’s act of infidelity. The people in this community punish her for committing a crime against god‚ and her husband. the people in this community even make Hester wear the letter “A” on her clothing. This “A” is the symbol
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said little Pearl‚ the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself‚ because it is afraid of something on your bosom. In Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne has committed the sin of adultery and wears a scarlet A on her chest to condemn her. Hawthorne develops the personalities of Hester Prynne‚ Pearl‚ and Arthur Dimmesdale by using the function of light and dark images in his writing. In Edgar Allan Poes The Fall of The House of Usher‚ the House of Usher is presented
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providing explicit examples of the Id‚ Ego‚ and Superego at work within Hester Prynne‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ Arthur Dimmesdale and Puritan society itself; these aspects often interfere with one another causing conflicting emotions and repression. Puritan
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Hester gets pregnant and the townspeople begin to figure out what happened. Even though Hester admitted to her sins‚ she will not give any information about the father of her baby. “A sickness‚ a sore place‚ if we may so call it‚ in your spirit. Would you‚ therefore‚ that your physician heal the bodily
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affected the characters and the whole story throughout the book‚ by showing how the characters handled themselves when dealing with the situation. He exemplified this through the three major characters: Arthur Dimmesdale‚ Roger Chillingworth and Hester Prynne. All three characters are involved in the sinful
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forgiveness‚ and other emotions. In the novel‚ the disparity of wild-flowers and similarities between a rose and Hester show the threat of sin to Puritan ideology. To begin‚ wild-flowers are thrown at the scarlet letter to reflect the Puritan principles that Hester Prynne neglects to follow. While in the forest‚ Pearl gathers handfuls of wild-flowers and flings them at her mother’s scarlet letter. Hester instinctively moves to “cover her bosom with her clasped hands”‚ but “from resignation” and a “feeling
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The Scarlet Letter is about a woman‚ Hester Prynne‚ who commits adultery. She is forced to wear a scarlet letter A on her chest while the identity of her partner is kept a secret. Her husband‚ who has been gone‚ arrives and asks that his identity be kept a secret so he doesn’t have to deal with the consequences of Hester’s sin. He swears that he will find out who her partner is. Meanwhile her partner‚ Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale‚ is feeling the consequences of his actions. His guilt is eating
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previous surveyor‚ detailing the events while working in and tidying up the attic one day. The fictional story depicts the life and struggles of Hester Prynne as she conceives a fierce and whimsical child‚ known as Pearl‚ after she has an affair with an unknown member of the community. At a glance‚ “The Scarlet Letter‚” is the story of a young woman‚ Hester Prynne‚ which is sent ahead of her husband to America‚
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In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the author uses irony to expose the true character that Arthur Dimmesdale truly is.Dimmesdale is known‚ to the townspeople of the Puritan village in Boston‚ as a well spoken and profound minister who is their vision of God. Although Minister Arthur Dimmesdale has many qualities that make him stand out in the puritan community; his sinful secret that burdens him severely every day is heavily shown through the three main types of irony. The people of this
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