The outcome of the punishment and how well it worked or didn’t work depends on the person dealing with the consequences. Towards the beginning of the book‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ I think Nathaniel Hawthorne is making the scarlet letter seem so terrible and cruel for Hester. But as the book comes to a close‚ you realize that it has done some good things for Hester. Though this punishment of wearing a red “A” on your chest to show adultery seems cold‚ there were some positive outcomes and it was effective
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3 October 16‚ 2012 Mr. Dicus The Scarlet Letter Regret as a verb is defined as “to feel sorry about something previously done that now appears wrong.” Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses characterizations to illustrate Hester Prynne’s journey of overcoming her regret‚ adultery‚ on which this whole book is written. The puritan people intended to shame Hester when she is branded a sinner with the use of a scarlet colored “A”‚ but Hester learns to embrace the “A” and transforms
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The Scarlet Letter The scarlet letter is a tragedy. The puritan society is responsible for Dimmesdale ’s downfall because its members expect him to be perfect‚ and he is not. His inability to give the people what they require from him ultimately leads to his downfall. Dimmesdale has an affair with Hester Prynne‚ a married Puritan woman. Hester gives birth to their daughter‚ Pearl. "Children have always a sympathy in the agitations of those connected with them; always‚ especially‚ a sense of any
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usually results in a punishment‚ which can consist of anything from being grounded by your parents‚ to a prison sentence. Even if the person gets away with doing something wrong‚ and doesn’t get in trouble‚ the worst punishment is inevitable‚ which is guilt. In the second chapter of The Scarlet Letter‚ The Market-Place‚ this quote is said by a young wife while Hester Prynne is on the scaffold for the first time. While a group of people discuss how they feel about Hester’s punishment and whether or not
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wrote his great‚ philosophical novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ not only in the literal sense‚ but also symbolically to instill his strong ideas into the minds of his readers. Hawthorne uses artifacts like the rose bush‚ prison door‚ Pearl‚ and the scarlet letter to invoke and awaken the reader towards his meaning through symbolism. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the main character‚ Hester Prynne‚ develops before us as a strong willed woman who learns to adapt to her surroundings
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Amelia B. 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
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great book of The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne is found guilty of adultery. As punishment she must wear a scarlet “A”‚ which stands for adultery or affair. She stood on a scaffold holding her infant child in humiliation of her sin. Officials of the town attempted to make Hester give up the name of the father of her child. Hester refused to tell anyone‚ she remained quiet‚ and accepted her crime alone. Hester could have easily escaped the situation she was in. At any time she could have left Boston‚ and
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Power of Guilt Almost all people have felt some type of guilt. Whether it be from cheating on a test‚ lying to your parents‚ or forgetting your best friend’s birthday‚ guilt can be very powerful‚ it gives us a contrite awareness that we have acted in a way that some would considered to be wrong. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale have committed a great sin‚ and because of this sin‚ it causes these characters to have an extensive amount of guilt. Hawthorne
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so that he can have his revenge. He urges me to reveal the identity of my lover telling me that he will most definitely detct signs of sympathy that will lead him to the guilty party. But when I refuse tell him my secret‚ he makes me promise not to reveal to anyone his own identity either. Boy‚ he sure did have a demoniacal grin that lead me to burst out the speculation that he may be the "Black Man". Well its been a few months‚ and I am finally released from prison and I have the choice to leave
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2009 The Scarlet Letter: Literary Criticism Published in 1850‚ The Scarlet Letter is considered Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s most famous work‚ and the first quintessentially American novel in style‚ theme‚ and language. Set in seventeenth-century Puritan Massachusetts‚ the novel centers around the travails of Hester Prynne‚ who gives birth to daughter Pearl after an adulterous affair. Hawthorne ’s novel concerns the consequences of the affair‚ rather than the affair itself. Hawthorn uses Hester ’s public
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