In The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses a few symbols to illustrate the main themes. The most obvious symbol is the scarlet letter Hester is made to wear. The forest and the wilderness are also key symbols of the story. Another important symbol is the sun. All of these symbols support the main idea of the novel. To begin with‚ the most influential symbol in the entire book is the infamous scarlet letter. Hester walks out of the prison‚ wearing the scarlet letter ‘A’‚ in the second chapter
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Reasons for Implementing Basel III and Its Costs On Developed and Developing Countries The global financial crisis (GFC) was a painful wound that marked the twentieth century. It was the greatest crisis the humanity has witnessed since 1930 (the great depression). It first started in the United States and spread then to the entire world and caused a considerable slowdown in most developed countries and has affected the financial markets and the growth prospects in developing countries. It is
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The Letter A is a mark of punishment and humiliation. However ‚ Hester Prynne carries the symbol upon her with a very different out look than the puritans intended. Hester and the Puritans both have strong feelings for this Scarlet Letter but both will not come to terms and define a universal meaning for this strong symbol. <br> <br>The Puritans intend this A to be a disgrace to Hester Prynne. To make the public aware that she is nothing but a sinner and an adulteress. The Puritans want nothing more
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Julio Cabral Ms. Griffith 3B 13‚ May 2015 Success and happiness those terms is what makes up the American Dream or some may say just simply living the dream. When people think of the American Dream some may have the stereotypical version of being married having two kids and a white picket fence (“What Is American dream”). Back in the 1920s people held that craving and want for social acceptance and to be just number one. Some have the thought of just being rich and staying healthy other
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these objects to bring creativity to the story. His use of symbolism makes the reader really think about these ordinary objects and what they mean in the novel. He uses a writing technique that takes these objects and totally changes their meaning. Hawthorne takes the reader to a whole other level as they think about these plain‚ boring objects and try to piece together what they mean. Hawthorne constantly brings back and reminds the reader of the symbolic meaning of the rosebush in the novel. We know
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a + 6d} is a group of numbers. Which of the following must be true? A. B. I. The mean of the group of numbers is a + 2d. II. The median of the group of numbers is a + d. III. The mode of the group of numbers is 2. A. B. C. D. C. D. I and II only I and III only II and III only I‚ II and III © Pearson Education Asia Limited NSS MIA 2012 Mock Paper (Compulsory Part) - Paper 2 1 –6– ab b 2 a b ba 2 1 a2 a2 b2 b2 a2 b2 a 2 2ab 2b 2
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What Caused the Mexican American War? The Southern desire to spread slavery caused an outbreak of war between the United States and Mexico in 1846. However‚ other major factors pushed these two countries to war. In the years after the War of 1812‚ the United States went through an industrial and technological revolution. This revolution benefited the north to a large extent and pushed the southern U.S. towards slavery and its expansion. This expansion on slavery could have been the cause of the
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In his masterpiece The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne outlines the narrative of Hester Prynne‚ a young woman who is forced to bear an embroidered scarlet letter “A” on her breast for her sin of adultery. Alone in the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ with her husband in another country‚ Hester has sexual relations with a Puritan minister‚ Reverend Dimmesdale‚ and together they have a child‚ whom Hester names Pearl. After the Puritan community in which she resides discovers Hester’s sin‚ as she is unable
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