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    Scarlet Letter What comes to mind when people think about the solitude‚ darkness‚ and recovery of sin? In the novel this question is very relevant‚ characters in the book face the solitude and darkness of sin itself. Along the way some of these characters recover their former selves‚ for example Hester Prynne finds her way back in society. “The letter was a symbol of her calling. Such helpfulness was found in her‚--so much power to do‚ and power to sympathize‚--that many people refused to interpret

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    writer and used his novel The Scarlet Letter to criticize the Puritan religion. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a major American work filled with detailed characters and rich symbolism. From the beginning of The Scarlet Letter‚ the Puritans were terrified of the forest; Although the narrator always associated the forest and nature in general with kindness and love Throughout the novel‚ the theme of the forest continues to crop up. In the beginning of The Scarlet Letter‚ the forest was know

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    How far would you take love for the one’s you cherish? The inquiry lies in the core of The Scarlet Letter‚ and they are the reason Hester can be seen as a woman activist. After committing adultery‚ Hester was made to wear an “A” for her punishment instead of getting put to death‚ as it was usual for form of sin in the Puritan views . She wore the custom embroidery with pride‚ as if the “A” stood for able‚ instead of adultery like everyone else put it out to be. Hester also defended herself and Pearl

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    preordained; God chose who would be saved and welcomed into heaven. However‚ if an individual does not follow Puritan rules‚ he or she will most certainly be damned. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ set in a Puritan town in the seventeenth century‚ Hester Prynne is forced to wear a letter A on her chest‚ also known as the scarlet letter‚ for the adultery she committed that ended her up with a child. When asked who the father of her child is‚ she refuses to answer and is forced to stand at the

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    “The Scarlet Letter” is important and proves that the scaffold in the center of their community is a place for criminals and sinners to be recognized as such. As we know‚ Hester Prynne was committed for adultery which is why she was led to the scaffold. In their community the scaffold is the symbolism of clarity of whoever stands atop it. In this case‚ Hester is considered to be transparent‚ so that everyone in the town can see that she has sinned. Her punishment not alone to wear the scarlet letter

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    Adultery: Scarlet Letter

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    In Nanthaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester‚ the main character‚ is forced to wear the letter ‘A’ on her chest symbolizing her act of adultery with an unknown person. Through his novel Hawthorne sought to demonstrate how‚ under certain circumstances‚ the personal consequences of a crime may serve as sufficient punishment. In early Puritan America‚ adulterer’s generally suffered execution. Yet‚ in Hester’s case‚ she was only required to wear the scarlet letter as her husband and her lover

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    The Scarlet Letter Human Nature falls into two categories: logic and feelings. Humans can split half and half or fall on the extreme end of the spectrum as Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays. The Romantics value impulse and natural intuition. They do not hold any value to reasoning through thinking or through study of literature. The Scarlet Letter‚ shows that Roger Chillingworth‚ Pearl and Hester Prynne characterize the perfect personalities to show a Romantic and Realist point of view. Presented as

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    The Superiority of Men? The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is commonly known as America’s first great novel and as America’s first feminist novel as well. Hawthorne writes The Scarlet Letter in the middle of the nineteenth century while the novel actually takes place in the mid seventeenth century puritanical Boston. Different people at different times viewed women in very different ways. In this novel alone women are viewed in two different ways. Hawthorne was a transcendentalist from

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    The Rosebush The rose bush is a discreet yet important symbol in the novel The Scarlet Letter. The rosebush is first mentioned in the chapter‚ “The Prison Door.” The narrator is setting the first major scene by describing the scenery. He is comparing the Puritan society to and “ugly edifice” and contrasting the rose bush to “the deep heart of Nature.” Later‚ in “The Governor’s Hall‚” Hester and Governor Bellingham are talking about taking Pearl away from her. Pearl starts throwing a tantrum until

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    Chillingworth visits Hester during her brief incarceration‚ where he berates her for having crushed his dreams of finding acceptance and love ("My heart was a great mansion with room for many souls‚ but cold and empty and without a parlor fire; I longed to light one!"). While he makes it obvious he will not take revenge upon her or the baby‚ he demands to know the name of Hester’s lover. She refuses to tell him‚ but Chillingworth promises that he will find the man and destroy his soul. Chillingworth

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