Scarlet Letter Study Guide 1/6/12 1. Hester Prynne- Hester Prynne‚ the protagonist of the novel‚ is the mother of Pearl. She must wear the scarlet letter A on her body as punishment for her adulterous affair with Arthur Dimmesdale‚ the town minister. Pearl- Hester’s daughter. Rev. Dimmesdale - Arthur Dimmesdale is a respected minister in Boston and the father of Pearl. While Hester waited for her husband to arrive from Amsterdam‚ she met Dimmesdale and had an adulterous affair with him‚
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We started listing names that would do something like that and we came up with these. Mrs.white‚ Colonel Mustard‚ Professor plum‚ Mrs. Peacock‚ Mr. Green‚ and Miss scarlet. Yeah yeah‚ we know these people are older than us but we couldn’t figure out any high schooler that would do such a crime. So after that we went back to the crime scene were the murder happened. We made it there to find nothing‚ we couldn’t find
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psychologist. The love that Hester expresses toward her daughter Pearl in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ and the lessons that she teaches her are what makes Hester a great mother. In return‚ Pearl improves Hester’s public image with her beauty and keeps Hester’s emotions and actions in check. The way these two characters subconsciously complement each other forms a strong motherchild relationship in the novel. Pearl influences Hester’s life in both positive and negative ways. While Pearl does have
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Daniele Luetke AP English 12/20/12 Nature Essay The Role of Nature In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ there are several chapters devoted to nature and its role in the novel. Every main character has some kind of an interaction with nature. In the beginning of the novel‚ Hawthorne relates a rosebush to the footsteps of Ann Hutchinson who‚ in the eyes of early Puritan society‚ was a criminal. However‚ nature knows she was innocent‚ so it responded to her with a pure rosebush. Whether
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Human Nature in the Scarlet Letter In the Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne shows the flaws of the main characters‚ revealing the negativity in their human nature. Throughout the novel‚ each character is depicted to have his or her own value and ideas. The novel begins with the main character‚ Hester Prynne‚ being led from a prison to a scaffold before the townspeople of early Boston‚ Massachusetts. The Magistrates of the town are punishing her for committing the sin of adultery and having
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In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne a young lady by the name of Hester becomes the focus of the town after committing adultery. Throughout the novel the scaffold scene becomes repeated‚ making it clear to the reader that it is of great importance. Each scaffold scene foreshadows what will happen later in the novel. With the scaffold scenes‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne conveys the theme and helps the reader to have a better understanding of the novel. In chapter five-“The point which
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The Alterations of the Scarlet Letter Society determines what kind of person you are based upon your behavior and actions and they can deem you a sinner or an angel. Within Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ the perceptions of the scarlet “A” are constantly changing within the story. In the novel the “A” is the signifier and the signified is represented by all the different perspectives from the Puritans. It can be argued that the “A” changes because Hester’s actions determine the way that
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Hester’s colors in appearance are seen as sinful‚ dark‚ and Puritan related and in contrast Hawthorne reveals Pearls colors in appearance which unveil innocence and life as well as colors that tie in with the scarlet letter which by the Puritans is viewed as sinful colors. Hawthorne chooses for Pearl to freely express her true self and not wear colors that convey facades put on her by her mother Hester and the rest of society. As for the rest of the community‚ made
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it and incorporate it into their work. Most writers at the time expressed their support for the harmony between humans and nature‚ and admired the American wilderness and praised both humans and nature. One of these writers is the author of The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne. He characterizes American landscape as the embodiment of kindness and forgiveness through examples of nature that symbolize a greater concept. Through these metaphorical examples‚ he hints at social issues involving the universal
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The Scarlet Letter: Prohibit or Protect? In this day and age‚ just about any opinion‚ show‚ book‚ or movie can be seen as offensive and unnecessary by different groups of people. All around the nation‚ classic novels are being banned from public schools and libraries due to their contentious and possibly harmful language and content. Among these is a timeless and beloved book‚ The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Since the publishing of this title in 1850‚ many teachers‚ parents‚ and community
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