In The Scarlet Letter‚ the many townsfolk make assumptions about Hester Prynne. They assume that Hester Prynne is not fit to raise her daughter‚ Pearl‚ the right way. They make these assumptions against Hester because she wears a scarlet letter upon her bosom‚ which stands for adulterer. For example‚ in chapter eight Governor Bellingham brings up the people’s concerns about Hester raising a child. He says‚ “The point hath been much question concerning thee‚ of late. The point hath been weightily
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The Scarlet Letter talks about Hester’s adultery‚ which occurred in a time frame when people judged severely. In those days they publicly humiliated people to make them think twice before committing a sin. For example‚ they made her wear a letter A on her chest for seven years. Hester didn’t hide from her shame or run from her problems. I felt that she dealt with it in a helpful servant type way. Hawthorne stated “So strong was Hester Prynne‚ with a woman’s strength.” Hester dealt
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novel “The Scarlet Letter”‚by Nathaniel Hawthorne is about a Woman named Hester Prynne who was in jail for adultery and as punishment she must wear a scarlet letter (A) on her breast wherever she goes to signify that she has committed adultery and that it is her punishment by the court‚she also deal with public shaming as a result of what she has done. But before all of these shame and having to wear the letter She Was given a choice‚ life or death she chose life because her acts had brought into
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The protagonist of The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne‚ struggles with the perceptions placed upon her by the society of Boston. Although Hester initially rebels openly‚ she is not egotistical like Abigail and she eventually abandons overt rebellion for peace of mind and understanding of the self. While it is true that her affair with another man constitutes a sin‚ she remains a woman of virtue. In the puritan society‚ relationships are not supposed to be broken unless by divorce‚ even if the husband
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The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is a book of love‚ lust‚ passion‚ and punishment. The main character Hester Prynne is right in the middle of all of these things‚ along with being in the middle of a rocky relationship with her husband. In The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne shows the reader the consequences of being part of an unfair relationship. It is the society’s comfort zone‚ having males dominate. Males have always been thought to be stronger‚ braver‚ and
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In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s the ‘Scarlet Letter’‚ Hester Prynne‚ a puritan woman; in the town of Boston‚ Massachusetts. Was found guilty of Adultery. Her punishment was being sentenced to prison‚ and being forced to wear the letter ‘A’ for adultery. When Hester Prynne got pregnant with her daughter‚ Pearl. The townspeople began to talk and eventually figured out she committed adultery. Although‚ some people‚ such as the townspeople and the governor‚ believe Pearl is some sort of devil child. (Hawthorne
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the Puritans’ View on Hester Prynne In Hamlet by William Shakespeare‚ Hamlet tells his friend‚“there is nothing either good or bad‚ but thinking makes it so” meaning that a person’s attitude toward an issue can shape whether that issue is positive or negative. This is shown in the novel The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The protagonist‚ Hester Prynne‚ is sent to Boston a few years before her husband to settle down and create a life there. While she is there‚ she commits adultery with
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relates to the Scarlet Letter. In the Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne is a prime example of a character in the story who is more sinned against than sinning. Although Hester has committed a very weighted sin‚ adultery‚ the sins committed against her severely overshadow her own follies. Hester Prynne has committed adultery. In Puritan society‚ this is a great sin and wrong doing. Transgressors such as Hester are usually punished heavily. But in Hester’s case‚ this punishment seems to have gone much too
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Hester Prynne: Among the Labeled The Puritan Era was the most religious time in American history; committing any sin was seen as an act of rebellion. In that time the sin of adultery was taken very literally to an extent where the women were forced to wear the letter “A” across their bosom to show the people of the town what they had committed. In The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne’s sin results in such a punishment‚ but as the reader gets deeper into the book‚ a prominent and more profound understanding
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Everyone sins. How people react to the consequences of those sins differs. Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale have to deal with the scrutiny and criticism from the community and themselves after committing the sin of adultery. Nathaniel Hawthorne shows how differently they are shunned. In The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the contrasting characters Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale to develop both sides of public vs private sin to show how different people deal with guilt
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