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    Letter Essay My Scarlet letter social experiment was very interesting. Wearing a letter on your shirt turns a lot of people’s heads. They just look at you in ah and wonder why you are wearing it. I wore the letter O on my shirt which made lot of people stare and wondering what it meant. The letter on my shirt made a lot of people sit there and wonder what I was wearing on my shirt. During my first and second hours many people looked at it but at didn’t ask about what it meant. Throughout the rest

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    In the story‚ The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ sacrifice runs through almost every character. One specific person who portrays this kind of trait towards the end of the book is DImmesdale. He sacrifices the sin he created with Hester and his placement with everyone else when he finally exposes the “A” for all to see. Dimmesdale is fond of Hester‚ but he could never share the sin he committed. No one can find out. People who are selfish never realize the impact they make on other’s lives

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    People are not always what they seem to be. Roger Chillingworth in The Scarlet Letter shows that everyone sins but some people’s sins are worse than others.The Scarlet Letter shows Chillingworth’s sins throughout the book. One of Hawthorne’s intentions was having Chillingworth as the worst sinner‚ because he used his herbs to keep Dimmesdale alive-he prolonged Dimmesdale’s torture‚ he used “black medicine”‚ and when Dimmesdale stopped taking the herbs‚ he passed away. Roger Chillingworth came to

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    1.07 The Scarlet Letter and Anne Bradstreet Part I: Short Answer 1. Anne Bradstreet uses birds as a metaphor for her children. She goes on to say‚ “Four Cocks were there‚ and Hens the rest.” This means that four were boys and the others were girls. She also says‚ “Till at the last they felt their wing‚ Mounted the Trees and learned to sing.” This meant that the children eventually grew up and went on to conquer the challenge of adult hood. 2. The destinies of the eight children were:

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    The work you do in the sun will pay off under the lights The audience won’t remember numbers‚ they remember moments. Make those moments happen. The only way your ever going to get the audience to feel the emotions you want them to feel‚ is if you feel them first I am a part of something much greater than me and my understanding You feel your strength in the presence of pain. The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. Take you place in history. Inspire‚ soar‚ excel.

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    Have you ever thought how blaming someone could cause problems for you and others? In The Scarlet letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne was blamed for being an adultness and ever took the blame for Dimmesdale‚ who didn’t say anything till seven years‚ which made him feel guilty not revealing to truth. Many readers think blame doesn’t affect anyone. However blaming can cause many problems for people who take the blame‚ just get blamed because of pure hatred‚ or a person regretting themselves

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    The Scarlet Letter – Guilt We would love to live in a world where all of us are perfect but the reality is that we are not perfect. All of us make mistakes or do something wrong but some of us are never caught‚ then that few have a choice to make; either to turn themselves in or live their life as if it never happened. The emotion one has when one either commits an act not accepted by the society or when he fails to do something required or expected is called Guilt. This emotion can be seen quite

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    Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is an important symbol. As the minister watches the night sky‚ together with Hester and Pearl‚ a meteor appears that traces out an „A“. While most of the people think that the „A“ stands for „Angel“ and is showing that Governor Winthrop is gone and it marks his the entry to heaven‚ which will be proofed later on‚ but Dimmesdale‚ on the other hand‚ interprets it differently. Him hiding his sins and „cover his heart with his hand“‚ the „A“ reminds him of Hester‘s Scarlet Letter

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    complete what she hadn’t finished. Hester couldn’t escape her town‚ because of all that she left behind in it. After leaving New England‚ Hester suddenly returned. Hester came back to the place where her sin all started. She continued to wear the scarlet letter‚ even though no one would’ve required it to be worn. Hester felt that she had a connection to her town in New England. This was the place where her whole journey began. Hester faced many difficult obstacles in the course she was forced to take

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    His marvelously crafted stories take us deeply into the American soul‚ with its dark motives‚ conflicting aspirations‚ and moral struggles. The Scarlet Letter tells the story of two lovers kept apart by the ironies of fate‚ their own mingled strengths and weaknesses‚ and the Puritan community’s interpretation of moral law‚ until at last death unites them under a single headstone. The book made Hawthorne

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