human standards‚ set by this time period‚ religion‚ people‚ and the hypocrisy of how some lived their lives’. Hester Prynne‚ who is the main character in the book The Scarlet letter‚ is a perfect and great example‚ on how someone should have acted in this puritan community to be considered a good person‚ or better known as‚ a natural man. In the book‚ Hester gives birth to a child named Pearl‚ who is fathered by another man‚ not her husband. In the Puritan community this is a sin and
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be punishable by death. Hester is spared by the Puritans because they believe that she will serve as a living sermon of sin. Hester must wear a scarlet letter on her chest for the entirety of her life to make up for her punishment. These events convey how the overall theme of the book stands as the punishment of sin and overcoming the pressure brought about by the Puritanical community. Hawthorne uses both actions taken by the people of Boston which include shunning Hester‚ and using her taking her
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Professor Gao English 430 Spring 2012 “Scarlet Letter” Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter is a story full of themes of guilt‚ pride‚ hypocrisy‚ retribution‚ and isolation. Taking place during the seventeenth century‚ the story of Hester Prynne and her famed scarlet letter depicts a story of unconceivable proportions. Guilt‚ Sin and Judgment Perhaps the foremost purpose of The Scarlet Letter is to illustrate the difference between shaming someone in public and allowing him or her to
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In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne commit an act of adultery that is marked by the birth of their daughter Pearl. As a result‚ the two are forced to face the consequences of their sin by means of the cruelty they receive from their peers. While the Puritans ostracize Hester by forcing her to wear a scarlet A‚ Dimmesdale is secretly tormented by Hester’s husband Roger Chillingworth. This animosity results in both characters gaining greater insight
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the inner truth. In the beginning‚ Hester seems to be a passionate woman‚ and then turns into this sinful reflection of Puritan belief. Ironically‚ the man she commits adultery with is Reverend Dimmesdale‚ who is a reflection of the evil that has taken over Chillingworth. Lastly‚ the embodiment of the sin‚ Pearl‚ is a mirror image of Hester’s punishment. Mirror imagery helps characters recognize the real complexion that lie within. The main character‚ Hester Prynne becomes a reflection of the ideas
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The Scarlet Letter & A Model of Christian Charity Beneath the Surface Nathaniel Hawthorne lived during an extraordinarily turbulent time in American history. Our young nation was barely into its second generation of independence from England. Emotionally volatile issues revolving around religion‚ slavery‚ and liberty abounded. During American ’s antebellum period‚ citizens struggled to define themselves in a rapidly changing world. Questions concerning religious doctrines‚ the morality of slavery
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Passion would ever dream of clasping in its embrace; nothing in Hester’s bosom to make it ever again the pillow of Affection.”(158)‚ and the quote “Thus‚ Hester Prynne‚ whose heart had lost its regular and healthy throb… now turned aside by an insurmountable precipice; now starting back from deep chasm.”(160). The first quote gives the feeling that Hester has grown so much because of the scarlet letter and is a better and more caring person then she was before. It says that she is a loving person and
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Dimmesdale is still attempting to grapple with the fact that he is Pearl’s father- but‚ is not married to his daughter’s mother‚ Heaster. For the past nine months Hester has been locked up in jail‚ so although the adultery issue existed it wasn’t front and center everyday for all the other Puritans to witness and gossip about. Now that Hester must deal with her sentencing of being forced to wear a scarlet letter on her breast‚ as well as‚ public ridicule up on the town scaffold. This Dimmsdale to begin
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Argumentative Essay: The Scarlet Letter In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ Mr. Dimmesdale’s greatest secret is his sin of adultery with Hester Prynne. Mr. Dimmesdale feared that his soul could not bear the shame of such a disclosure because of his status as an important moral figure in society. As a result‚ he keeps his identity a secret as Hester is publicly ridiculed for their act of adultery. Despite his choice of guilt over shame‚ Mr. Dimmesdale’s private self-inflicted inner turmoil
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<b>Aug. 25 2001 Chapter 1 Pages 49-50</b> <br>1. Chapter one thoroughly describes the Jailhouse and the surrounding landscape. Tells of the huge wooden edifices whose threshold is timbered and iron barred. Gives the description of the peoples clothing who were congregating outside of the prison. It also describes the necessity of a new colony first building a prison and graveyard. In the last paragraph it tells of a rose bush outside of the oaken doors. The author describes the awkwardness of having
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