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    which is guilt. In the second chapter of The Scarlet Letter‚ The Market-Place‚ this quote is said by a young wife while Hester Prynne is on the scaffold for the first time. While a group of people discuss how they feel about Hester’s punishment and whether or not it is fair‚ this sentence is softly spoken. This is the most important quote in The Scarlet Letter‚ because it describes how the literal “A” embroidered in Hester Prynne’s clothing is a meaningless punishment‚ while the true punishment is the

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    effort and struggle.” -Napoleon Hill. Hester Prynne showed strength and growth during her time of struggle. Though she had committed a crime that was disdain in her town’s eyes and wore a letter that exposed her shame‚ she portrayed a soft‚ gentle attitude . Hester’s loving‚ yet serious attitude towards Pearl demonstrated her caring trait‚ and her forgiving nature was admirable. For these reasons‚ Hester is my favorite character. Throughout the book‚ Hester Prynne had a gentle attitude. When she

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    Hester Prynne defies the ideological image of a Puritan women. Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays her as strong self reliant and outgoing women in The Scarlet Letter who castes away the stereotypical ideology of a Puritan women and establishes the concept of feminism. She defies all the necessary component of becoming a mother. She hand raised her daughter‚ Pearl‚ with no man for assistant and with a stable occupation. Although she is looked down upon by society as a sinner or someone who is impure‚ she

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    Hester Prynne signifies a women of grace and wild spirit. Strong-willed and beautiful‚ Hester Prynne has also defied the Puritans ways. Though she is ladylike and prideful‚ she is faced with the trouble of being a sinner. The innocence of any human can be taken away in a flash‚ and in the case of Hester Prynne‚ her innocence escapes her after she commits a horrific sin. Hester is immediately isolated in her town because she commits an act of adultery‚ resulting in a Scarlet Letter forever engraved

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    time. Hester Prynne‚ an outcast in of the 17th century Boston Puritan’s society‚ is the protagonist in Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. She is not much different when compared to the 2012 orchid steel of Burma‚ Aung San Suu Kyi‚ the pro-democracy movement leader who is still fighting for her country to this very day. This essay will enlighten the readers on the backgrounds of the heroines‚ as well as their similarities which can be compared from their various attributes. Hester Prynne

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    breaking your promise with your husband‚ being shunned by society‚ and disobeying a commandment given by God possibly be good? In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne the book’s main character‚ was forced to wear a scarlet stitched letter “A” on her chest after she had committed adultery. Although Hester was shamed and shunned by society she was lucky by Puritan standards to not be physically punished or even killed (“Puritan” US). Many adulterers in the Massachusetts Bay Company

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    who ask for it and don’t demand it. I think that in the book Hester Prynne is forgiven and Chillingworth and Dimmesdale are not forgiven. I think that because Hester was married to Chillingsworth but while he was gone for a couple of years Hester got with Dimmesdale. Hester got pregnant with her little baby Pearl. Chillingworth found out and want revenge right away. He told Hester not to tell anyone about his real identity. Hester is forgiven because now she has to wear a letter A on her chest

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    Hester Prynne Sanction The persistent issue of corporate punishment has been the proverbial thorn in the side of many people throughout history. Corporations have caused many people huge amounts of both physical and emotional pain due to instances of improper mechanical maintenance‚ ignorance towards the environment‚ and the manufacture of life threatening products. The main problem that lies as an obstacle in front of prosecutors of these corporations is‚ who do they punish? The Lord Chancellor

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    Hester Prynne’s Heroism Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter focuses on seven years in the lives of four people living in a puritan community in seventeenth century Boston. Hester Prynne‚ the wife of Roger Chillingworth‚ falls in love with the Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale and the two have a child‚ Pearl. The novel explores the effects of adultery on these four characters. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said‚ "It is the surmounting of difficulties that makes heroes." A hero has the qualities of loyalty and

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter he follows Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale through their journey of discovering the truth and realizing what perfection truly is. Hester and Dimmesdale are sworn to secrecy by one another when we are first introduced to them in The Scarlet Letter. Each of these characters are ashamed of their sin‚ adultery‚ and are trying their best to protect themselves and their reputation by keeping it a secret. Hester Prynne is seen to be evil in her town‚ and she must

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