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    EA300A CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Introduction/P.254 Northern Lights is the first novel of Pullman’s trilogy‚ His Dark Materials. It tells the story of 12-year-old of Lyra Belacqua and her epic journey north to find her missing friend Roger and her imprisoned father‚ Lord Asriel. Enjoyed by adults and children alike‚ it is sometimes classified as a crossover novel‚ although its mixture of fantasy and realism‚ since and theology‚ and its use of intertexts defies easy categorization.

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    The Scarlet Letter Essay – Amy Campbell - November 2011  Topic A: How are Hester‚ Dimmesdale‚ Pearl & Chillingworth redeemed by the end of the novel? (Or‚ how are they not?)   In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel – ‘The Scarlet Letter’‚ the four main characters‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ Hester Prynne and her daughter Pearl‚ are all involved in and affected by each other’s wrongdoings. Sin and redemption are two central themes in Hawthorne’s work. The sin that initiates this conflict

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    February 1‚ 2011 The nature of sin is a questionable aspect to any society. A truly cruel hearted man that never acted on his evil intentions is considered commendable‚ yet when a genuinely acceptable person slips‚ and makes a bad decision they are considered condemned. This is the strange connotation that Nathaniel Hawthorne attempts to dissect before our eyes in the book‚ The Scarlet Letter. “Thus she will be a walking sermon against sin...” (58) Says the greatest sinner of the book

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne"s‚ The Scarlet Letter is a book about a woman‚ Hester‚ who moves to Boston from England during the Puritan times. She has a husband‚ and tells the colonists of Boston he will be arriving to be with her soon. After years go by and he doesn"t arrive‚ Hester finds another man whom she becomes close to. She becomes pregnant and the town finds out she has committed adultery. She is forced to wear a letter "A‚" meaning "adulteress‚" on her bosom for the rest of her life. The book focuses

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    Sin‚ Punishment and Redemption in The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter is a book about sin‚ punishment‚ and the hope of redemption. The book is about the life in colonial Boston of Hester Prynne‚ Her husband Roger Chillingworth‚ and Hester’s lover Arthur Dimmesdale. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a very complex and can be interpreted in many ways. Throughout the novel the Concept of sin‚ punishment‚ and redemption was portrayed through Hester Prynne‚ Aurthur Dimmesdale and Roger

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    the work "The Scarlet Lette" is that of sin and guilt. Nathaniel Hawthorne attempts to show how guilt can be a form of everlasting punishment. The book represents sin and guilt through symbolism and character development. In his novel‚ "The Scarlet Letter"‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne explains how the punishment of guilt causes the most suffering among those affected. As with any piece‚ symbolism plays an important role in representing the main ideas of a novel. The plot in "The Scarlet Letter" revolves around

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    famous for writing the book The Scarlet Letter which is about a woman accused of committing adultery who had to wear a scarlet letter A on her clothes . His stories  allegories of hypocrisy ‚sin and corruption.  Nathaniel  Hawthorne was a 19th century american writer‚  He was was born nathaniel hathorne on july 4th‚1804 in Salem massachusetts. Nathaniel’s father ‚ a sea captain died in 1808‚  leaving his wife and three children dependent on Relatives. The Scarlet Letter was an immediate success that

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    A shocking story about a young women committing adultery in a such strict community. This event occurred in the seventeenth-century Boston.The young women who committed the sin is Hester Prynne. Hester Prynne had committed this sin with a Puritan minister named Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Hester’s real husband in disguise is Roger Chillingworth. Roger Chillingworth had sent Hester to America while he stayed behind in Europe but was supposed to follow Hester. The result of Chillingworth not following

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    Unfortunately sin can often lead to isolation. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne‚ a beautiful young woman who is chastised for adultery‚ and Arthur Dimmesdale‚ Boston’s beloved minister who is the father of Hester’s baby‚ both begin doleful lives of isolation after Hester’s sin is revealed. After Hester is sent to Boston by her husband‚ who says he will shortly join her‚ she has an affair with the town’s preacher‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ which results in a daughter‚ Pearl.

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    Viking‚ 1953. Print. Hawthorne‚ Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. Pleasantville‚ NY: Reader ’s Digest Association‚ 1984. Print. The Scarlet Letter‚ and Abigail Williams‚ from "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller‚ have both committed a crime and they are both hated by their societies.  However‚ there are also differences between the two characters.  Hester Prynne is the more respectable Puritan woman of the two because she did not commit as many sins as Abigail did‚ she was not as secretive about it

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