Hester and pearl are very alike but at the same time are very different and diverse to each other. Even though Hester has done a lot for the community and for her family she is not a perfect angel. She has been fooling around with the devil and mistress hibbins‚ otherwise known as the devils worker. She said that if Hester would have been taken from her should would have done witchcraft. Even though Hester was tempted to attempt witchcraft she did not. This was for the reason that she had pearl and
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with a people whose customs and life were alien from the law had that condemned her.” (Hawthorne 73) This quote indicates how the forest is separated from society so it is a place of no law‚ which can steer a person into the temptation of sin. Mistress Hibbins is a witch that conducts her sinister acts in the woods. What
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Symbolism in the Scarlet Letter :- Pranshu Nagpure ; Y9425 The Scarlet Letter abounds with symbolism‚ which Hawthorne uses to unify the novel and add a deeper level of meaning to the story. Rose bush blooming next to the prison door symbolises moral blossom and shows how beauty can arise from anything. Scaffold and the pillory symbolises the rigid puritan rules‚ public humiliation and also a means of redemption. The forest surrounding the village is associated with evil activities. Also the forest
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CH1&2?’S 1. Why are the people gathered outside the jailhouse? 2. What does the rose represent? 3. Why is Hester on trial? 4. What is Hester’s punishment? 5. What does the scarlet letter represent? CH3&4?’S 1. What does Hester see at the edge of the crowd? 2. How does the stranger describe himself? 3. What does the stranger look like? 4. Who is asked to speak with Hester? 5. Who is left in the room with Hester and the baby? CH5&6?’S 1. Is Hester being forced to stay in the society?
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In chapter 8‚ Hester Prynne is facing whether or not Pearl will be separated from her. Though she is an ill-fit parent and she will be raising Pearl alone in seclusion and sin‚ she has every right to keep her child. Pearl will be a living reminder of her mother’s sin‚ and it will give Hester the opportunity to use her sin as a lesson to her daughter. Moreover‚ it is known that a child’s relationship with their biological mother benefits both the child and the mother. In multiple cases throughout
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There are two main themes in The Scarlet Letter and Young Goodman Brown. One of the main themes is the idea that good and evil are always present and it is a choice to do something good or something evil. This is evident in The Scarlet Letter by the choices that Hester Prynne makes. In Young Goodman Brown‚ Brown had the choice to become good or evil as he walked through the forest. Another theme in both of the stories is how the Puritan community is corrupt. In The Scarlet Letter it is implied
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Zakk Hartwig PIB English 10 Period 2G October 20‚ 2010 The Scarlet Letter In the novel The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne uses many different settings to portray important functions and significance. Several of the settings such as the prison and cemetery‚ the town‚ Governor Bellingham’s house‚ the scaffold‚ the forest‚ the lighting‚ and so on have a deeper definition. The settings act as theme enhancers that make the novel more complex and classic. Hawthorne’s use of setting is spectacular in
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The Scarlet letter is a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The plot focuses on sin in the Puritan society. Hester Prynne‚ the protagonist‚ has an affair with Reverend Dimmesdale‚ which means they are adulterers and sinners. As a result‚ Pearl is born and Hester is forced to where the scarlet letter. Pearl is a unique character. She is Hester’s human form of her scarlet letter‚ which constantly reminds her of her sin‚ yet at the same time‚ Pearl is a blessing to have since she represents the passion
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obscured‚ before I met the General” (Hawthorne 18). In this example‚ the narrator breaks the flow to address some small characteristics about the General. Another example of apostrophe on page 100: But here—if we supposed this interview betwixt Mistress Hibbins and Hester Prynne to be authentic‚ and not a parable—was already an illustration of the young minister’s argument against sundering the relation of a fallen mother to the offspring of her frailty. Even thus early had the child saved her from
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Relationships can have two different sides to them. Sometimes the people who you love the most can also hurt you the most‚ in ways you might never expect. In some cases‚ a person might not do something to directly hurt you‚ but they remind you of something unpleasant‚ such as a sin you may have committed. When something such as this haunts you every day‚ it may be hard to care for‚ and love that person unconditionally. The same thing applies to Pearl and Hester Prynne in the book The Scarlet Letter
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