The Mysterious Forest In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ life is centered around a rigid Puritan society. In this society‚ people are not allowed to express their true thoughts and feelings. Every human being needs the opportunity to express how they truly feel; otherwise the emotions become bottled up until they begin to hurt the person. Unfortunately‚ the puritans were not allowed this type of expression. Luckily‚ at least for the four main characters‚ Hawthorne has created
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The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind. ~G.K. Chesterton There’s lots of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven’t the time to enjoy it. ~Josh Billings The greatest wealth is health. ~Virgil I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life‚ provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better. ~Samuel Butler‚ The
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Hamlet quotes “Frailty‚ thy name is woman!” Hamlet; Hamlet is angry with his his mother for re marrying as quickly as a he did. He is saying that a woman changes her mind quickly . “Thrift‚ thrift‚ Horatio! The funeral bak’d meats / Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.” Hamlet; it was right after they buried his father that his mother married his uncle. It happened in such a short time that Hamlet feels like the food from the funeral could have been used for the wedding tables
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The Symbolization of A Ever read a book with motifs or symbols that mean more than the author leads on to? Symbolization is used throughout literature to foreshadow and define certain situation or characters. In “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne the main character‚ Hester Prynne is guilty of committing adultery. Hester is punished to stand on the scaffold for three hours to be shamed by the townspeople and to wear a crimson letter A. Hester’s tombstone will have the letter A
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In The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne shows her brave and daring side‚ as she stands up for herself. She is very bold to do some of the things she did and still not let the town see how she was really feeling on the inside. Hester proves that she is a strong woman in the Puritan society when she is compared to the other women that are repressed in the society‚ her interactions with others‚ and how she responds to the punishments she is given. Hester reacted to her punishments in a very mature manner
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The Scaffold: Revision In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne uses the recurring motif of the scaffolding in order to symbolize shame and public confession. Through various chapters Hawthorne uses the scaffolding to depict Hester’s shame‚ Dimmesdale’s struggle‚ and later his confession. In the beginning of the novel the scaffold served to symbolize Hester’s public humiliation. As her punishment Hester had to stand on the scaffold as her form of public humiliation. The symbolism
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Guilt in The Scarlet Letter Undoubtedly‚ Hester‚ Dimmesdale‚ and Chillingworth had all committed sin in one form or another‚ but Chillingworth’s sin lies on a much larger scale because while Hester and Dimmesdale repent for their sin Chillingworth fails to even recognize his own. Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ the author illustrates Chillingworth’s transformation towards a devilish personality. This transformation is fueled by what becomes Chillingworth’s obsession for revenge through the psychological
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When they join them‚ or the scarlet guard‚ they plot to attack the palace‚ but quickly after the attack the queen becomes suspicious. The queen starts to talk about the scarlet guard and claims‚ “‘They are a disease‚ one you allowed to take hold. And it’s time to kill this disease where it grows….They are Red devils‚ and they must have allies inside our walls’”(247). This truly shows the queen’s hatred towards the reds‚ especially the scarlet guard since they are battling for equal rights
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A CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER READING GUIDE FOR THE SCARLET LETTER A 1636 Plymouth Colony law required anyone convicted of adultery to "wear two Capital letters viz AD cut out in cloth and sowed on theire uppermost Garments on their arme or backe; and if att any time they shallbee taken without the said letters whiles they are in the Govrment soewarn to bee forthwith taken and publickly whipt."[1] Other Massachusetts colonies had their own versions of this law. In fact‚ "The Capitall Lawes of
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