are prevalent‚ but a lot of people still detest “leeches” and in The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne used both characteristics of a leech to epitomize Roger Chillingworth‚ the husband of Hester‚ the protagonist. In the story‚ to find the man who gave birth to Hester’s child‚ Chillingworth entered the Puritan town‚ where Hester and Dimmesdale lived in. In the town‚ people considered doctors as “leeches” and Chillingworth lived with Reverend Dimmesdale at another house to cure Dimmesdale’s deteriorating health
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2: Complete a character analysis of the three main characters: Hester‚ Arthur‚ and Roger. Hester: In this novel‚ Hester is the protagonist. She is also the mother of Pearl. Due to her adulterous affair with Arthur Dimmesdale‚ she is forced to wear the Scarlet A on her chest as a punishment. Roger Chillingworth is Hester’s husband‚ but when he is away in Amsterdam is when Hester has her affair with Arthur‚ and Pearl is conceived. Hester never fully comes to terms with her punishment because she doesn’t
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fate of Hester Prynne‚ or if Wilson himself was going to have to determine Hester Prynne’s fate‚ Dimmesdale hesitated. He didn’t want to be the one to determine Hester’s fate because he feared what Hester’s response would be and feared that she would give him up as her lover. The second clue or detail that reveals Mr. X’s identity is when Dimmesdale is asking Hester to reveal who her fellow sinner is‚ he does it in a soft‚ kind tone. “The young pastor’s voice
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they start forgiving for a sin? Throughout The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne learns answers to such questions after it is learned she in an adulteress. Hester’s scarlet letter serves as a reminder to herself and her peers of the sins she has committed‚ and there is a true evolution from the beginning to the end of the story of the views of not only the letter but the person wearing it from Hester herself‚ the villagers‚ Pearl‚ and the author. Throughout the story‚ the reader
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Character List Hester Prynne - Hester is the book’s protagonist and the wearer of the scarlet letter that gives the book its title. The letter‚ a patch of fabric in the shape of an “A‚” signifies that Hester is an “adulterer.” As a young woman‚ Hester married an elderly scholar‚ Chillingworth‚ who sent her ahead to America to live but never followed her. While waiting for him‚ she had an affair with a Puritan minister named Dimmesdale‚ after which she gave birth to Pearl. Hester is passionate but
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Hawthorne tries to convey are still relevant today. Think about it. With all of the experiences of Hester Prynne and other characters in the novel‚ we interpret concepts that are still correlated with those of today. In Hawthorne’s the Scarlet Letter‚ two crucial themes of sin and what it can do to people and the different degrees of evil directly relate to today’s society and modern ideas. As it is known‚ Hester committed a sin in the novel with Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale that the Puritans in her society
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The Scarlet Letter tackles topics rarely discussed in that time period. The book relates the harshness of an over-religious community. As well as the strength of a single woman and her trials with an unforgiving religion. The way Hawthorne depicts Hester shows the readers that‚ despite her circumstances‚ she can remain strong and accept the consequences of her sin. She never denies her sin and accepts the punishment that was given to her by her Puritan community. This woman‚ who bore her punishment
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for your choice. Chillingworth could most likely be described as evil. In the beginning of The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne is described as the evil character who committed adultery on her husband‚ but in reality‚ Chillingworth created the situation by leaving his wife alone with nowhere to turn. Even though Chillingworth seems innocent and is supposedly a victim‚ he never cared for Hester and ignored her‚ yet he still expected her to love him. Instead of accepting the situation‚ he seeks revenge
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malice affects his external appearance and makes him torture Reverend Dimmesdale. Roger Chillingworth is a villain because he wants to exact revenge against Dimmesdale.When Chillingworth talk to Hester in her prison cell‚ he talks to her Dimmesdale‚and how he has "wronged" both Hester and himself.He then vows that he "...shall seek this man..." and "...shall see him tremble".Chillingworth must feel that Dimmesdale is the only person here who has wronged him.He feels hurt
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penalty of sin in The Scarlet Letter is not a termination of life‚ the evil of isolation can be a physically‚ morally‚ and socially tortuous event in Puritan society. Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale‚ in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ are both victims of the cruel isolation from Puritan society on the basis of their sins. Hester wears her sin upon her breast where it stands as a constant reminder of her malfeasance. Shame and isolation strip her of all passion and femininity‚ leaving her a shell
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