Part 1. 1. The Scarlet Letter 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne 3. Date Published: 1850 4. Fiction Part 2. “The Scarlet Letter” is a story of the public shaming of a woman named Hester Prynne. It takes place in the 17th Century Boston‚ Massachusetts. The story begins with Hester being released from prison and walking down to town scaffold. She is wearing an “A” on her chest‚ which stands for adulterer. She is carrying her baby Daughter‚ Pearl‚ as she stands on the scaffold receiving insults. She
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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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She messed up‚ but everyone makes mistakes. Hester’s sin is equal to the sin of someone that tells a lie. Is the person that told the lie worthy of death? That is the standard that our community is judging her by‚ and I think that the community should not treat her with such disrespect. In the Bible‚ a group of men
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“The motherchild relationship...requires the most intense love on the mother’s side‚” according to Erich Fromm‚ a German psychologist. The love that Hester expresses toward her daughter Pearl in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ and the lessons that she teaches her are what makes Hester a great mother. In return‚ Pearl improves Hester’s public image with her beauty and keeps Hester’s emotions and actions in check. The way these two characters subconsciously complement each other forms a
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Near the beginning of the Scarlet Letter‚ Hester was a passionate and proud woman. Her characteristics reveal themselves throughout her attire‚ attitude‚ and countenance. Hester openly expresses her love for freedom‚ which is encouraged by Romantics. However‚ as she grows older‚ she matures and her rough edges begin to smooth. Since she is permanently distanced from civilization by the Scarlet Letter‚ she becomes independent. Isolated from everyone‚ Hester becomes
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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a prime example of an outside-in view of a society. It contrasts the nature of the puritan town of Boston against the wildness of a girl who grew up outside of the town‚ Pearl. In doing so he reveals a society that values dullness‚ intolerance‚ and suppressiveness. From the very beginning Pearl was different‚ she was a baby born from her parents sin. When her mother stood trial for her sin she was there. Even more then the titicular scarlet letter‚ Pearl
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11 The Scarlett Letter‚ Nathanial Hawthorne Chapters I and II 1. What two necessities‚ according to Hawthorne‚ must the founders of a new colony provide immediately? - Prison and a cemetery 2. Under whose footsteps was the rose-bush outside the prison supposed to have sprung up? Sainted Anne Hutchinson 3. What kind of spectacle have the townspeople of Boston gathered to witness? The public humiliation of Hester Prynne 4. What is the significance of the scarlet letter A which is embroidered
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haunt his soul for the rest of his mortal life. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ Arthur Dimmesdale’s cowardice‚ misery‚ and faith are what ultimately led to his unfortunate demise. Arthur Dimmesdale was not in any sense brave; in fact‚ he was a major coward. After committing
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Throughout the novel‚ Hawthorne uses plant imagery to symbolize both the negative and positive character traits and to set the mood of the novel. The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes place during the age of Puritanism in Boston where a young and attractive Puritan woman commits adultery with the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale. Chillingworth‚ Hesters’ husband‚ whom everyone thought was captured by Indians comes to town‚ but only Hester knows his true identity. Chillingworth vows to figure out
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Nathaniel Hawthorne chose such a controversial topic as adultery for The Scarlet Letter‚ his nineteenth century novel of "seventeenth century sexual repression and hypocrisy"‚ demonstrates a delicate yet changing climate with regard to infidelity. Historically‚ carrying on an adulterous affair back in such an era of Puritanism and traditional values was not taken lightly; in fact‚ by today’s standards‚ such horrific treatment for what is now considered an everyday occurrence was harsher than murders
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