was strictly obeyed by the Puritans. Those found guilty of breaking this law‚ and any other of the Ten‚ were severely punished to a degree determined by the leader of the church. Hester Prynne‚ the protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ is exposed as an adulteress-which creates the main conflict in the novel. Hester willingly sins against the laws of the church‚ thus causing the tragedy. Puritanism started in the sixteenth century as a movement to reform the Church of England
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Dear Sally‚ Thanks for writing such a long and funny letter. I always enjoy reading what you’ve been doing. I’ve recently been on holidays with my sister Anna. We were saving as much money as we could only for one reason: LONDON‚ the city of our dreams. We are absolutely fascinated by the city‚ it’s really awesome! As you know‚ London is the capital city of England and it’s on the River Thames. Anna and I stayed at a luxurious hotel called “London Marriot Hotel” very
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The Scarlet Letter is about a woman‚ Hester Prynne‚ who commits adultery. She is forced to wear a scarlet letter A on her chest while the identity of her partner is kept a secret. Her husband‚ who has been gone‚ arrives and asks that his identity be kept a secret so he doesn’t have to deal with the consequences of Hester’s sin. He swears that he will find out who her partner is. Meanwhile her partner‚ Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale‚ is feeling the consequences of his actions. His guilt is eating
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interested in reading The Scarlet Letter for years to come. In writing this book he used themes evident throughout the entirety of the novel. These themes are illustrated in what happens to the characters and how they react. By examining how these themes affect the main characters‚ Hester‚ Dimmesdale‚ and Chillingworth‚ one can obtain a better understanding of what Hawthorne was trying to impress upon his readers. The first theme expressed in The Scarlet Letter is that even well meaning deceptions
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Scarlet Letter: Guilt Will Destroy “Be true to yourself‚ and everyone else” This is the main point that the author of the “Scarlet Letter‚” Nathaniel Hawthorne is trying to convey when he says “Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world‚ if not your worst‚ yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred! (200).” One can come back and learn from their mistakes‚ and their sin. In the novel‚ Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale both commit the same crime. The difference is that‚ everyday
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In this book all the good stuff goes down in the woods. Nature is almost like a character in the world of The Scarlet Letter. It is often personified as listening‚ commenting on‚ and interacting with other characters. The society itself (Puritan Boston society) is like an island surrounded by nature. The town is bordered on one side by a huge expanse of woods‚ home to Native Americans (the Wampanoag tribes). On the other side lies the big blue Atlantic Ocean. From the beginning of this story‚ our
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I believe that G. Briggs has a reasonable point in his letter regarding teenagers spending most of their time with technology rather than breathing in fresh air and living their lives to the fullest by stepping outside the house. Nobody wants to take out a pen and paper every time they miss their friend and want to write to them. It’s so much easier to email them. Now‚ computers are so advanced that you can know what is going on half way around the world or the house next door in a matter of seconds
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do seem enjoying your time visiting Paris‚ I can see it in your big smile of excitement taking picture infront of the famous Eifell tower. Thanks a bunch! for the pictures you send me in your last letter‚ even I get excited just looking through it. I’am very sorry that I was too busy to reply your letter. It just that I’ve been very occupied for the last few weeks. It is because I have been busy getting myself ready going into college‚ buying things and settling all the form. It has been a week now
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SAMPLE COVER LETTER SAMANTHA PIERCE 14 Brattle Street Cambridge‚ MA 02138 (617) 495-3108 spierce@jd13.law.harvard.edu December 1‚ 2010 Miriam A. Nunberg Staff Attorney U.S. Department of Education‚ Office for Civil Rights 32 Old Slip‚ 26th Fl. New York‚ NY 10005-2500 Dear Ms. Nunberg: I am a first-year student at Harvard Law School and am writing to apply for a volunteer summer internship with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights in New York City. I learned about your organization
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