The Scarlet Letter Katherine Sanford Reaction Essay Honors English 3 The Scarlet Letter is one of the many novels that is loved by some people but hated by others. I’m somewhere in between. It was extremely different from what I was expecting but it made me so confused at some points that I cant completely say that I loved the storyline. I can say though that it was so much better than I thought‚ which evidently made me like it. This novel caught my attention in the beginning and
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The passage selected for me to analyze is from The Scarlet Letter‚ “The Pastor and His Parishioner.” I believe Hawthorne has written this passage to show the instant connection between Hester and Dimmesdale. After reading the brief passage‚ one can make the assumption of how Chillingworth and Hester are secluded from the world‚ but so close to each other. This is shown through many literary devices such as‚ extended metaphors‚ imagery‚ and diction. You may be saying to yourself‚ “What is an extended
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In A Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Pearl just as much a symbol as she is a character. She represents the price of sin and the possibility for redemption. Hester names her daughter Pearl‚ “as being a great price- purchased with all she had- her mother’s only treasure!” (Hawthorne 6). Hester loves pearl unconditionally because pearl had to suffer so much to get her‚ not just in childbirth‚ but also because she is an outcast. Pearl is not like all the other kids and she seems to always get
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Letter Essay My Scarlet letter social experiment was very interesting. Wearing a letter on your shirt turns a lot of people’s heads. They just look at you in ah and wonder why you are wearing it. I wore the letter O on my shirt which made lot of people stare and wondering what it meant. The letter on my shirt made a lot of people sit there and wonder what I was wearing on my shirt. During my first and second hours many people looked at it but at didn’t ask about what it meant. Throughout the rest
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Discussion Questions for Literature Groups In your groups‚ go over your assigned questions and write down your answers in your Notes section of your reading notebook. While you are only required to answer your assigned questions‚ feel free to take notes during our class discussion. Once we open to class discussion‚ you and your group will lead the discussion for your assigned questions. Make sure that everyone in your group speaks during the class discussion. Chapter 3 1. Why is this chapter
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One of the main considerations while reading The Scarlet Letter‚ is who seems to be the guiltiest character. The three prime targets are Hester‚ Dimmesdale‚ and Chillingworth. While all of them have questionable morality and have committed "sin"‚ Dimmesdale‚ the puritan minister‚ is the guiltiest character. He initiates a physical relationship with Hester‚ knowing she is married‚ he fails at the fatherly responsibility of taking care of his daughter‚ Pearl‚ and he selfishly cares more about himself
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feminism because it is so much more than rights for woman. Though one definition that could overall describe feminism is one who believes in equal rights for woman and is able to protect herself and has the courage to do so. Throughout the novel The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the main character Hester has been living with an A on her bosom ever since she had an affair with the town reverend. Feminism in the novel comes through from the characterization and actions of Hester. Hester was a
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The Scarlet Letter: Evil of Isolation In the New Testament it states that "the wages of sin is death." Though the penalty of sin in The Scarlet Letter is not a termination of life‚ the evil of isolation can be a physically‚ morally‚ and socially tortuous event in Puritan society. Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale‚ in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ are both victims of the cruel isolation from Puritan society on the basis of their sins. Hester wears her sin upon her breast where it stands as
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People are not always what they seem to be. Roger Chillingworth in The Scarlet Letter shows that everyone sins but some people’s sins are worse than others.The Scarlet Letter shows Chillingworth’s sins throughout the book. One of Hawthorne’s intentions was having Chillingworth as the worst sinner‚ because he used his herbs to keep Dimmesdale alive-he prolonged Dimmesdale’s torture‚ he used “black medicine”‚ and when Dimmesdale stopped taking the herbs‚ he passed away. Roger Chillingworth came to
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Colleen Callahan 12/2/12 Period 5 A Tale of Three Sinners In the classic novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne utilizes the extraordinary power of description and word choice to illustrate the tragically harsh lives and expectations of 19th century Puritans. The story begins with the ostracization of Ms. Hester Prynne‚ and quickly escalates toward a much deeper and darker focus: sin. Sin can be defined as the deliberate disobedience of Puritan morals and man-made law. To sin will always be
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