Letter Symbolism plays an important role in many novels. Held with the distinction of implying important themes‚ symbols add depth to a story. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter takes place in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ in the 1640’s. Embellished with symbols and hidden themes‚ the novel tells “a tale of human frailty and sorrow” (Hawthorne 46). In addition to human flaw and sadness‚ the novel reveals inhumane punishment and torture from the government and citizens of Puritan society
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the book. In this case‚ after reading The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ I took a look back at how this great author created such a great work of literature that we still read some 160 years later. What I found was that this is simply a piece of well-written‚ mind enhancing symbolic fiction. It’s interesting to take a good look at how Hawthorne uses symbols to get his messages across to the reader. In The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne uses symbols to better support his main ideas or other points
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is looking for revenge because of Hester’s betrayal. Hawthorne shows that not everyone is a perfect person when it comes to his or her feelings and emotions. Since Hester Prynne is the heroine of the story and refuses to state who the father of the child is‚ she is forced to wear a scarlet letter A on her chest.
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his wife’s actions. Throughout the book‚ he chooses to remain in the shadows of the pages to torture Dimmesdale‚ his wife’s lover‚ with his guilt. However‚ before the events of the novel‚ Chillingworth is described as a kind‚ intelligent man. Nathaniel Hawthorne characterizes Rodger Chillingworth as a Lucifer type figure‚ using fierce diction and a good and malevolent binary. Rodger Chillingworth is not a weak man‚ in The Scarlet Letter. The reader would assume that he would be embarrassed and humbled
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attitudes towards the Puritan community. However‚ after analyzing a passage from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ I have realized Hawthorne’s attitude towards the Puritans. The author cleverly portrayed his perspective through his syntax‚ diction‚ and imagery. Based on the authors writing style‚ I have concluded that Hawthorne finds the Puritans “severe”‚ “grim”‚ “rigid”‚ “awful”‚ and “cold”. Hawthorne suggests his attitude regarding the Puritans through his use of syntax and parallelism
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by Willa Cather; The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne; The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. In these literary works‚ the main characters are not affected by their bad actions and innocent people suffer these consequences. In many romantic and transcendentalist novels‚ characters are treated unjustly even if they have good causes‚ or act morally good. For example In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne‚ the main character‚ acts
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In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the author uses irony to expose the true character that Arthur Dimmesdale truly is.Dimmesdale is known‚ to the townspeople of the Puritan village in Boston‚ as a well spoken and profound minister who is their vision of God. Although Minister Arthur Dimmesdale has many qualities that make him stand out in the puritan community; his sinful secret that burdens him severely every day is heavily shown through the three main types of irony. The people of this
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Randon Dupont Mr. Allen English Honors Period 5 10/31/12 A Most Disturbing Dream Ever since 1835‚ the publication date of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown‚” scholars have debated a seemingly simple question: “Had Goodman Brown fallen asleep in the forest and only dreamed a wild dream of a witch- meeting?” (Hawthorne 9). However‚ the question is not as simple as it would seem‚ for each answer has many implications. If all the people in the town actually worship the devil‚ then all
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114315 English 11 AP Mrs. Ingersoll February 25‚ 2014 Scarlet’s Change In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the scarlet letter portrays the image and a story of a young woman who has committed adultery and is forced to wear the scarlet letter “A” on the center of her chest. Hawthorne tells about her life and how she goes through life with the excruciating burden like that of sin. When Hester Prynne is first accused of committing adultery‚ the puritan society refuses to acknowledge her
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Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne was written in 1828 during the Romantic period of American Literature. The story focuses on Mr. Goodman Brown‚ the protagonist‚ and a spiritual journey he embarks on. On this journey Mr. Brown finds himself face to face with evil himself and is greatly effected by this experience for the rest of his life. At the end of the story‚ Hawthorne leaves his readers guessing whether Mr. Brown’s encounter was a dream or a very skewed reality. Nathaniel Hawthorne strategically
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