The Scale Hangs Fairly Balanced An affair can change a person’s life. That is exactly what happens to Hester Prynne in the novel‚ The Scarlet Letter. The novel was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem‚ Massachusetts. He was a dark romantic writer who wrote about 17-century Puritan life. Puritans came from England to America in search of religious freedom. The life of a Puritan revolved around their religion. They spend their entire life avoiding sin and living simply
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Sight Passage on Chapter Thirteen of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter Within the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the narrator addresses the audience and develops the dynamics of Hester Prynne’s character by illustrating her as a stereotypical maternal figure towards the people of Boston. Seven years after the protagonist’s initial ignominy at the scaffold‚ the society’s perspective of Hester transforms as her relationship with her community becomes repaired over time. During
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true of author Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ there are different elements that influence his writings. His life included many times of trials‚ many joys‚ and many ancestors that caused some turmoil within his mind. Two of his major works are influenced almost directly by his background (Werlock). Nathaniel Hawthorne threw his life into every single piece of his writing. His experiences‚ background‚ and the setting in which his life took place are prominent in everything he wrote. Nathaniel Hawthorne was
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Nathaniel Hawthorne has always been known for using a great amount of symbolism in his writings. This is due to the fact that he is very vague when it comes to his works and demands for the reader to draw their own conclusions. This is the case in “The Minister’s Black Veil”‚ Hawthorne first introduces symbolism when he introduces Minister Hooper‚ the religious Minister that begins wearing a black veil one day and continues to wear it until he dies. The use of symbolism the way Hawthorne portrays
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Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne are two great writers/poets with similar writing styles. The stories to compare to get a more dilated opinion are “Rappaccini’s Daughter” and “The Fall of the House of Usher”. In these short stories Hawthorne and Poe use the theme‚ moral ambiguity. When the reader is reading these short stories‚ the reader or audience are often left confused and not understanding. An example‚ in “The Fall of the House of Usher” Poe claims “’ I dare not speak! We have
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The Scarlet Letter is a classic piece of American literature. The story was written by the author Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story focuses around a mother and her daughter. The name of the woman is Hester Prynne and her daughter’s name is Pearl. The story takes place during the 17th century in a puritan colony. Hester was married woman‚ that cheated on her husband. Afterwards‚ the people in this community discover Hester’s act of infidelity. The people in this community punish her for committing a
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villagers. Not only Hester‚ but also the supposedly shameful scarlet letter- from “Adultery” to “Able”- is described as a majestic symbol when Hester wears it. A sinner is usually being viewed as a loathsome and ill-favored figure in society; however‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne contrasted the belief of Puritanism by showing how a sinner can earn back a place in society. Pearl‚ the child of sin is supposed to be ugly‚ evil‚ and shameful‚ but Hawthorne depicts her as a young‚ free-spirited child. Pearl’s gentler
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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is set in a gloomy‚ distressed‚ religious atmosphere in Boston‚ Massachusetts with multiple main characters known for the sins they have done. One of those being a man named Arthur Dimmesdale‚ who is known for being a sinful and hypocritical individual. He is part of the Puritan community who are very judgmental people‚ which sets up the perfect situation for confrontations. Nathaniel Hawthorne illustrates his theme that secrets that are hidden will have its
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The style of The Scarlet Letter is clean‚ precise‚ and effective. In the novel Hawthorne utilizes all his writing skills. In doing this he includes a heroine. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne is a victim and a heroine that is admired because of her strong will‚ and disregard for other’s views of her. She comes from an impoverished but genteel English family‚ having lived in a "decayed house of gray stone‚ with a poverty-stricken aspect‚ but retaining a half-obliterated
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The classic American novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne deals with many themes that were relevant in Hester Prynne’s puritanical society and remain expressed in modern day America. The promising outcomes of our negative actions are shown through many symbols in the text‚ prominently through Pearl and the mysterious forest. The story teaches us many lessons‚ but Hester teaches that although bad things can happen to people‚ you can turn the situation around for the better. In The Scarlet
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