readers that one misjudgement on the character’s part can be responsible for severe resentment from the Puritan society. The central character‚ Hester Prynne is an example of this as well.Hester made the decision to have an extramarital affair while away from her husband.Her daughter Pearl is the confirmation of her sin.We soon find out that the man who Hester had an affair with was no ordinary townsmen but instead Dimmesdale‚ the Reverand ‚who was greatly idolized by the other Puritans.Hester accepts
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prejudices. Hester Prynne‚ a young wife whose husband is presumed dead‚ is being publicly humiliated for the sin of adultery. The proof of her sin is her baby girl Pearl. She conceals the identity of Pearl’s father to protect him from the harsh judgment of Puritan law. She however is doomed to spend the rest of her life marked as an adulterer by wearing a scarlet “A” on her chest. Hester’s husband meanwhile has arrived in the colony and taken up practice as a doctor. He makes Hester promise that
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The Scarlet Letter can easily be seen as an early feminist piece of work. Nathaniel Hawthorne created a story that exemplifies Hester as a strong female character living with her choices‚ whether they were good or bad‚ and also as the protagonist. He also presents the daughter of Hester‚ Pearl‚ as an intelligent female‚ especially for her age. He goes on to prove man as imperfect through both the characters of Dimmesdale and of Chillingworth. With the situation that all the characters face‚ Hawthorne
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Scarlet Letter Notes American Lit. ACC Per. 1 9/17/11 Chapters 8-10 Plot- (Chapter 8) Hester and Pearl meet Governor and guests. Governor and Wilson call Pearl a child of Satan or sin? Governor wants to remove Pearl from Hester’s care Hester says she can teach Pearl from her mistakes. Wilson questions Pearl regarding Christian faith. Pearl tries to escape through the window and refuses to answer his questions even though she probably would of gotten them right. Pearl announces she
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The Evolution of Hester’s Scarlet Letter In the novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ the protagonist‚ Hester Prynne‚ is forced to publically wear her sin on her sleeve. She committed adultery‚ which was a sin that was highly chastised by the Puritan society. The Scarlet Letter that Hester wore first symbolized the burden and humiliation that accompanied the sin. Throughout the novel however‚ the meaning of the letter changed to parallel Hester’s own development into a strong‚ independent woman. The
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The Scarlet Letter is a book of much symbolism. One of the most complex and misunderstood symbols in the book is Pearl‚ the daughter of Hester Prynne. Throughout the story Pearl develops into a prominent symbol of the "A". In this essay the example of symbolism Pearl comes to represent will be explained.<br><br>In the Scarlet Letter‚ Hester‚ for her sins‚ received a scarlet letter‚ "A" which she had to wear upon her chest for the rest of her life in Boston. This was the Puritan way of punishing her
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Mikale Jenkins 1. Hester is the main character and the person who wears the scarlet letter that gives the book its name. The letter is a patch of fabric in the shape of an “A‚” that tells that Hester is an “adulterer.” Pearl is Hester’s daughter‚ young girl who is moody and has the ability to take in things that others do not. Rev. Dimmesdale is the man who achieved fame in England as a theologian and then he came to America. Roger Chillingsworth is Hester’s husband in disguise. He is older
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Sin and Punishments In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ there are three main sinners. They are Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth. These three people all commit terrible sins including revenge‚ adultery‚ and murder. Of these sinners‚ Roger Chillingworth is the guiltiest of them all‚ and this is because he never felt remorse for the terrible things he did throughout the novel. Chillingworth sins were aimed to bring pain and suffering to others where as Hester’s
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within the Puritan society. The theme of sin in the story is supported by the scarlet letter‚ the scaffold‚ and the forest. The scarlet letter‚ forced to be worn by Hester Prynne as a punishment for her act of adultery‚ is the physical representation of her sin. The scarlet A is always visible for the Puritans to see on Hester Prynne‚ and she is foremost ashamed of her sin‚ though she turns it into more of an ornament by beautifully embroidering the A in red and gold‚ thereby adorning a piece of
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An arguably atypical and progressive nature of some of the female characters in both texts is evident within‚ particularly in that of A Woman of No Importance’s American puritan Hester Worsely‚ ironically named after adulterous Hester Prynne of the Victorian novel ‘The Scarlet Letter’ (1850‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne). Hester is very much opposed to the aristocratic nature of the rest of the party and refers to English society as “shallow‚ selfish‚ foolish”‚ (act II‚ p33) believing in social and gender
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