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    Kristin Moseley Professor Hooks English 101 20 July 2009 The Scarlet Letter: Literary Criticism Published in 1850‚ The Scarlet Letter is considered Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s most famous work‚ and the first quintessentially American novel in style‚ theme‚ and language. Set in seventeenth-century Puritan Massachusetts‚ the novel centers around the travails of Hester Prynne‚ who gives birth to daughter Pearl after an adulterous affair. Hawthorne ’s novel concerns the consequences of the affair

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    The Scarlet Letter The Puritan Society is an important part of American history‚ it outlines America’s brief moment of theocracy and extreme social order. The Scarlet Letter‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ depicts Boston‚ Massachusetts during the time of puritanism and follows a young woman‚ Hester Prynne‚ through her trials and tribulations under her sin. The Scarlet Letter is repetitive of its time period through Dimmesdale’s state of religious anxiety and self-punishment‚ the glorification

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    Marta Azarpour August‚ 30th 2011 English Hester’s Public Suffering vs. Dimmesdale’s Lie The Scarlet Letter‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ is a novel set in the mid-seventeenth century‚ which tells the story of Hester Prynne‚ a woman who commits a sin in her home in Boston. With a child in her arms from another man who is not her husband‚ Hester is obligated to wear a scarlet ‘A’ (which stands for adultery) on her chest. As part of her sentence‚ she is locked up in prison with her daughter

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    Who’s In Charge Here? In The Scarlet Letter‚ the majority of the action happens not between characters‚ but within them. Guilt‚ passion‚ love‚ and hate all play key roles in the development of the novel. “The Sins of the Fathers: Hawthorne’s Psychological Themes‚” a critique penned by Frederick C. Crews‚ explores the inner workings of Hawthorne’s characters. He argues that characters in The Scarlet Letter act not of their own accord‚ but instead are ruled absolutely by “feelings that [they] neither

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    guilt. Whether it be from cheating on a test‚ lying to your parents‚ or forgetting your best friend’s birthday‚ guilt can be very powerful‚ it gives us a contrite awareness that we have acted in a way that some would considered to be wrong. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale have committed a great sin‚ and because of this sin‚ it causes these characters to have an extensive amount of guilt. Hawthorne transmits the idea of guilt and sin by using different

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    Moral of the guilt that transform people’s hearts Guilt empowers us to take action but can also enslave us.  In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ sin makes a permanent `mark on a Puritan Salem Massachusetts in Boston.  Through the actions and reactions of both the community and characters‚ we learn that guilt not only influences behavior but it also transforms us. Guilt is a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense‚ crime and wrong‚ which can overwhelms the people

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    Sin in The Scarlet Letter Since the dawn of time people have read‚ studied and enjoyed books in which the hero or heroes fall from grace. No matter who those heroes are- the human race in The Bible‚the demon prince Lestat in Anne Rice’s "Vampire Chronicles"or a certain Thane of Cawdor in "Macbeth"- sin plays a greatpart in all of their downfalls and subsequent ressurections.And the three main characters in Hawthorne’s "The Scarlet Letter"-Dimmesdale‚ Chillingsworth

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    Andrew Martinez AP English III Mrs.Jones October 8‚ 2014 The scarlet letter the story of a young woman which committed what was considered to be one of the most vile sins of her time. That sin was adultery and for committing such a sin her punishment was public humiliation in the form of a scarlet letter a worn upon her bosom. Hester Pryne the wife of Roger Pryne (aka Chillingworth) was left waiting alone for two years for the arrival of her husband in the new world for two long lonesome years

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    How Hester Changes Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter is a story of love‚ sin‚ and self-realization. Hester Prynne is a beautiful young woman who commits adultery‚ and as punishment she has to wear a scarlet “A” on her shirt everywhere she goes. Her society shuns her and she can no longer have normal relations. Hester Prynne is defined by the scarlet letter and goes through many changes throughout the novel. The letter isolates her and she can longer have normal relations with society

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    love to dwell upon…”. Throughout the rest of The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne uses several devices to describe Hester and women in general. The first device that seems to be the most prominent throughout the book is symbolism. One of the symbols was the scarlet letter itself. Due to Hesters sin of adultery‚ the letter “A” is given to her to wear. She is publically ridiculed because of her human nature “...was the SCARLET LETTER‚ so fantastically embroidered and illuminated

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