He passes by the prison door that is marked by rusted iron‚ and by the scaffold that has witnessed the ignominy of many‚ yearning for freedom from the unyielding grasp of his weighty secret. As he continues walking‚ he attempts to prevent the burden of his heavy heart from weighing him down‚ placing his hand over his heart to shield the invisible wound from the eyes of passersby. His agony is one that is beyond description‚ a deleterious pain experienced by the soul rather than the physical body
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to be very religious; however elements of hypocrisy in the puritan way of life are exemplified. There is a strict hierarchy in a society that advocates equality‚ at the top are men like Governor Bellingham‚ who himself is very materialistic. “Hester Prynne went‚ one day‚ to the mansion of Governor Bellingham‚ with a pair of gloves‚ which she had fringed and embroidered to his order.” Because “she hath good skill at her needle” he orders her to make them for him‚ to show “he still held an honourable
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and intent scrutiny‚ he felt her pulse‚ looked into her eyes--a gaze that made her heart shrink and shudder‚ because so familiar‚ and yet so strange and cold--and‚ finally‚ satisfied with his investigation‚ proceeded to mingle another draught. Hester is being punished harshly for her sin‚ no one understands her and the whole town seems to hate her. When chillingsworth comes she knows its her husband. Yet fear not for him! Think not that I shall interfere with Heaven’s own method of retribution
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someone. The Scarlet Letter is centered around sin‚ involving three characters Hester‚ Arthur Dimessdale‚ and Pearl. Hester Prynne is a young woman who commits the act of adultery. She is left out of her community because of this crime‚ and looked down on. Arthur Dimmesdale is the priest who helped Hester commit adultery. Dimmesdale keeps his sin hidden‚ and eventually becomes ill and weak from it. Pearl is the daughter of Hester‚ and the result of Dimmesdale’s and Hester’s love. These three characters
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Cause and Effect: The Scarlet Letter Set in Boston‚ in the Puritan times of the 1940’s‚ the book‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ is about a young girl named Hester Prynne who commits adultery with the town’s minister‚ Arthur Dimmensdale. Hester is married to a man named Roger Chillingworth‚ a scholarly man‚ who sent her to Boston years earlier while he settled his affairs in Europe. Years passed and Chillingworth arrives in Boston to find his wife on a Scaffold being accused of adultery
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years from when Hester Prynne stood in shame‚ wearing her scarlet A‚ holding her demonic child Pearl‚ during the day. Dimmesdale now stands alone in the middle of the night. In the first scaffold scene with Hester everyone in town saw the high reverend Dimmesdale question her as her thought to be dead husband stood there as a witness of her punishment. In the second scaffold scene Dimmesdale has no light‚ no questions and at first no witnesses. After Dimmesdale stands for a while Hester and Pearl join
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is a symbol of something else. In the novel‚ there are four different versions of the letter "A". The first is presented at the beginning of the book‚ where Hester is forced to wear a scarlet letter "A" upon her breast. The second occurrence is during the second scaffold scene‚ when the pastor Arthur Dimmesdale is on the scaffold with Hester and Pearl‚ and a meteor causes a letter "A" to appear in the sky. The third version of the letter "A" appears when Pearl makes the letter "A" out of seaweed
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The Bible in The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne‚ from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ was alienated from her society for committing adultery with Reverend Dimmesdale. The bible says the man who commits adultery will suffer‚ and he will be in despair. Job 15:20‚ 21‚ 22‚ 23‚ 24 and 25 says “All his days the wicked man suffers torment‚ ... Terrifying sounds fill his ear; ...He despairs of escaping the darkness;...Distress and anguish fill him with terror; they overwhelm him‚ ...because he
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back then. People who committed Adultery were publicly shamed‚ and worse. Now in present times‚ Adultery is not seen as horrible‚ for some reason. For this reason‚ I believe the Social Milieu of this novel is very important. * Protagonist: Hester Prynne * Antagonist: Roger Chillingworth * Point of View: The narrator is an unnamed person (customhouse surveyor). He is obviously omniscient‚ in that he seems to know everything about the characters. Yet‚ I believe that he is also a subjective
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the forest‚ society’s rules do not apply‚ and alternate identities can be assumed. While this allows for misbehavior— Mistress Hibbins’s midnight rides‚ for example—it also permits greater honesty and an escape from the repression of Boston. When Hester and Dimmesdale meet in the woods‚ for a few moments‚ they become happy young lovers once again. Hester’s cottage‚ which‚ significantly‚ is located on the outskirts of town and at the edge of the forest‚ embodies both orders. It is her place of exile
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