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    he had ancestors of Puritan belief‚ Hawthorne wrote many stories about Puritan New England. His most famous story is the Scarlet Letter. This novel tells of the punishment of a woman‚ Hester Prynne‚ who committed adultery and gave birth to Pearl. A minister of Boston‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ had an affair with Hester while believing that her husband‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ had died. However‚ Chillingworth did not die and appears during the early stages of Hester’s punishment. The purpose of this

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    Arthur Dimmesdale‚Pearl‚Hester and Richard Bellingham. This book revolves on how Hester had committed adultery and has to pay her sins. Hester wasn’t speaking of who the father of Pearl(the child) was at any point. Over the books time and through the chapters Hester had eventually been found out. Pearl was isolated and alienated in “The Scarlet Letter”. Pearl had been alienated by society because pearl was the sin of Hester and was shown as the demon child. This is said by Hester as pearl is a “Great

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    respectively‚ both use punishment for deception as a recurring theme. Although they do so to different degrees and in dissimilar manners‚ both authors agree that deception is a sin that requires punishment. In The Scarlet Letter‚ the heroine‚ Hester Prynne conceived a child out of wedlock. Despite the pleas and demands of the clerical community‚ she did not reveal the identity of the father. The Puritanical community in which she lived in demanded her to give up her conspirator or bear the consequences

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    Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald with The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Both novels‚ for example‚ examine the dichotomy between reality and appearance as well as the conflict between individual and social values.   In The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale love each other. This love holds great personal value for them. However‚ because their relationship is adulterous‚ it cannot be tolerated by the Puritan society within which they live. Individual values and desires are submerged

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    blood‚ the sanctity of a human heart. Thou and I‚ Hester‚ never did so!” (Hawthorne 215) Now Chillingworth was not always this fiendish character and in fact his name was not even Roger Chillingworth. “Chillingworth appears to have genuinely loved Hester.” (Matus Character Analysis of Roger Chillingworth)

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    September 21‚2012 HN English 3 Colville Sympathy Essay Between the four main characters in “The Scarlet Letter”‚ Chillingworth deserves the most sympathy. Due to Hester and Dimmesdale’s tryst‚ Chillingworth began to grow bitter and spiteful. Although Chillingworth had taken a two-year hiatus‚ he still managed to provide for Hester until his return. Like any human‚ Chillingworth had feelings‚ which he showed through out the duration of the story. “Misshapen from my birth-hour‚ how could I delude

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    exposes the rigidity and cruelty of the Puritan society through the characters and plot. Set in the early colonization of New England‚ Hawthorne demonstrates society’s oppression on several characters through one woman’s mistake. The heroine‚ Hester Prynne‚ is cast away from society because of her sin against the church. Due to her birth‚ Pearl is also ostracized within the community. Finally‚ Arthur Dimmesdale’s demise is caused from the guilt and pain he feels of not fulfilling society’s expectation

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    meets Hester Prynn and soon discovers the means of her sin. Hester’s thoughts as she stands before the public are described at the end of the second chapter. "Could it be true? She clutched the child so fiercely to her breast‚ that it sent forth a cry; she turned her eyes downward at the scarlet letter‚ and even touched it with her finger‚ to assure herself that the infant and the shame were real. Yes! -these were her realities‚ -all else had vanished!" (Hawthorne‚ 55). At this point‚ Hester is still

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    Anyway‚ I wrote a paper titled The Sins of Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth‚ which is exactly what it sounds like it would be about. This paper feels simpler than most‚ but I think it is because my thesis is the title. At the start of every paragraph‚ there is a transition‚ and

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    you would be surprise to find out. In this story the main character is Hester Prynne; Hester is a sinner because she committed adultery. And from that event that happen pearl is born. Hester decided to stay in the town because she wanted to repent for her sins‚ her love for her daughter pearl‚ and her love for Reverend Dimondale (The priest and Pearl father). Hester use her needle skill and thread to earn her living. Hester decided to stay in the town because she wanted to repent for her sins

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