to his passionate feelings toward the Puritan faith. Everyone gazed upon this greatly respected reverend named Arthur Dimmesdale‚ aspiring to be him. Little did they know that the entire time that they idolized him‚ he was hiding a sinful secret that would relentlessly haunt his soul for the rest of his mortal life. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ Arthur Dimmesdale’s cowardice‚ misery‚ and faith are what ultimately led to his unfortunate demise. Arthur Dimmesdale was not in any sense
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Human Nature in the Scarlet Letter In the Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne shows the flaws of the main characters‚ revealing the negativity in their human nature. Throughout the novel‚ each character is depicted to have his or her own value and ideas. The novel begins with the main character‚ Hester Prynne‚ being led from a prison to a scaffold before the townspeople of early Boston‚ Massachusetts. The Magistrates of the town are punishing her for committing the sin of adultery and having
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judged or shooed away. Therefore in order to protect their own pride people often shield themselves from or try to change those who are different‚ instead of appreciating and accepting them. This was shown in “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst‚ the narrator always dreamed of having a little brother. Finally‚ his dream came true and his mother had a second child. However‚ this child‚ nicknamed Doodle‚ was born deformed and with a serious heart condition. The entire family accepted Doodle‚ his disabilities
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Character Development Scarlet Letter In the book the “Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne the character Chillingworth changes multiple times in the story‚ unfortunately he keeps getting worse and worse. Chillingworth turns from the knowable scholar‚ to a symbol of evil‚ to the point where he is even portrayed as the devil. In chapter 3 on page 53 it describes Chillingworth‚ it says “There was a remarkable intelligence in his features…one of the mans shoulders rose higher than the other”
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The Community’s view on Hester People criticize and critique others‚ yet change their mind frequently when the situation is no longer what they believe. For instance‚ in the novel The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne committed a sin of adultery‚ causing the public to be outraged. At first glance‚ the people of the community believed Hester deserved the cruelest punishment‚ even saying‚ “At the very least‚ they should have put the brand of a hot iron on Hester Prynne’s
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downfalls .The three main characters in Hawthorne’s story "The Scarlet Letter". The three main characters are: Dimmisdale‚ Chillingworth‚ and Hester Prynne. These three main character’s sin are no worse than each other’s. Whose sin was greater? Hawthorne believes chillingworth was not driven by anger at his own sin‚ but by the sin of Hester and Mr. Dimmisdale. An example “as he spoke‚ he laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter‚ which forwith seemed to scortch into Hester’s breast‚ as
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be used as a symbol. If the author takes the time to write about it then it’s important. If the object doesn’t seem relevant than it is probably being used as a symbol and probably has a deeper meaning. Anything can be used as a symbol‚ and in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne there are many different symbols. A certain import symbol to me in the book is Pearl‚ Hester’s daughter. Pearl was born out of Wedlock and Hester chose to name her Pearl because “as being of great price‚ purchased with
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The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorn The setting of The Scarlet Letter was Boston‚ Massachusetts. Most of the action happened to also take place in Boston. The Scarlet Letter took place in the 1630’s‚ but wasn’t written until 1804. Boston at the time was very harsh and judgmental. I think the author chose this setting because it fit the story about what Hester had to go through. The main character of this book was Hester Prynn‚ a very beautiful young lady. She was very reckless‚ wise
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"I did not know then that pride is a wonderful‚ terrible thing‚ a seed that bears two vines‚ life and death‚" the author implies. In the short story‚ "The Scarlet Ibis" the author‚ James Hurst demonstrates‚ through life several mistakes and decision‚ create a thankful or regretful feeling. The author uses symbolism‚ characterization and flashback to develop the theme. Symbolism is used by the narrator to develop the theme. The mahogany coffin contains a symbol used to represent the theme of life
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Theme of Bias in “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst Acceptance of an individual is important regardless of disabilities and other disadvantages. This idea is perfectly presented in James Hurst’s short story‚ “The Scarlet Ibis.” In the story‚ it is introduced that the narrator’s brother‚ Doodle‚ is born with an ailing condition‚ but unexpectedly survives. However‚ his luck goes just as far when misfortune intervenes as he is diagnosed with serious health problems and is disabled. In Doodle’s childhood
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