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    The Scarlet Letter Final Paper The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ is set in a society of Puritan confinement. Not surprisingly‚ it contains minimal displays of affection among its characters‚ with only three crucial kisses depicted. Each kiss is between the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and his love child‚ Pearl‚ and accent the underlying theme of nature vs. societal repression. Each kiss represents a transfer‚ a clash or crossover of natural instinct and social conduct between Dimmesdale

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    dead fish swim with the stream. -Malcolm Muggeridge. This famous quote justifies that to be an individual‚ one must break from society and think for himself‚ and only when he has done this‚ is he truly alive. Nathaniel Hawthornes novel The Scarlet Letter is about a courageous woman‚ Hester Prynne‚ and her struggle to split from society in order to live the loving life she has always wanted. By the use of symbolism‚ Hawthorne is effectively able to portray the forest‚ which promotes individuality‚

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    The Scarlet Letter Sin Debate In Nathanial Hawthorne’s famous standard of American literature‚ The Scarlett Letter‚ Hawthorne examines individual cases of sin occurring within society known for its intolerance of sin and strict religious principles‚ the Puritans. In The Scarlet Letter ‚ each of the main characters‚ whether protagonist or antagonist‚ are guilty of a sin or form of “evil”. However‚ one character stands out from the rest. This character is guilty of the worst form of malice and evil

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    Conflict The Scarlet Letter is a book that centralizes on the importance of being true to one’s feelings. Because the main characters of the novel were not true to their feelings‚ a long series of conflicts arise from the situation. Internal conflicts of admitting guilt or sin trouble most of the characters‚ as they all have a sin in which they must decide whether or not to profess. External conflicts like fate and pressures of society oppose the will of the characters. The Scarlet Letter contains both

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    C. S. Lewis is a famous Christian author who uses the roles of good and evil to explain Christianity in his novel‚ The Screwtape Letters. Susan Black once said‚ “We’ve all got both light and dark inside of us. What matters is the part we choose to act on – that’s who we really are.” There is both good and evil in the world‚ and it is our personal choice as to which of these we choose. I believe that Lewis recognized this and purposely chose to write from Screwtape’s perspective. This novel is

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    His critical view of the puritan’s treatment of women and his creation of strong female characters revealed that Hawthorne did include feminist values in his writing. The Scarlet Letter acted as a prelude

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    Answer the questions below on The Scarlet Letter and "In Reference to Her Children." Be sure to write your answers in complete sentences. Identify and explain an emotion that Bradstreet expresses in her poem that any mother might have. Fear of how her child is going to turn out after being isolated for childhood. Read Bradstreet’s biography. List two hardships she endured throughout her life. Then‚ in at least two sentences‚ explain how these hardships might have influenced her poem "In Reference

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     Damned if You Do‚ Damned if You Don’t: Contrast in the Scarlet Letter The Puritan society was known for it’s strict morals and religious piety. But despite these supposedly virtuous qualities‚ in the Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ we are shown how twisted this model of society is. The people torment Hester‚ but refuse to see that their beloved minister carries the same sin in his heart; in fact‚ they revere him all the more for it. In his chapters‚ “Hester at Her Needle‚” and “The

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    There are many dichotomies that are found throughout the novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Many of the characters in the story present strong dichotomies like Pearl‚ Roger‚ and Hester who show two totally different perspectives of themselves. A dichotomy is the division of something or someone into two parts; it can be good and be bad at the same time. For example spiders‚ no one likes spiders around their house‚ but they can be a use for trapping and killing unwanted flies around

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    Jordan Steen Mrs. Wunderl English 3 AP 18 November‚ 2013 Timed Writing: Analysis of Dimmesdale’s Rhetorical Effectiveness in The Scarlet Letter The strategies that Dimmesdale uses while juggling two rhetorical situations are his high standings in the community as a source of credibility and authority‚ his purpose as a minister to help convince the sinner to come forward and reveal the truth‚ and his ability to convey underlying messages to the reader. His effectiveness of communication

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