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    reader to understand characters or context in a different way. In the book “The Scarlet Letter‚” symbolism plays an important role. There are many symbols in the book‚The symbols all have meaning‚ which help the reader to go deeper in the text. Also‚ symbolism in The Scarlet Letter enhance meaning in the text by allowing the reader to understand the characters on a deeper lever. Three significant symbols from The Scarlet Letter include: Pearl‚ Hester‚ and The Forest. Pearl is a symbol of sin and treasure

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    Sin and guilt are one of the main themes that are continuously mentioned in Nathaniel Hawthorn’s book The Scarlet Letter. Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth experience the different forms and effects of sin and guilt. Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale are both mostly convicted for having the sin of adultery while Roger Chillingworth is most guilty of having the sin of revenge. Out of these 3 main characters Hester handles her sin through most effective way and used it to

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    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 for

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    wonder if people look at you as a hypocrite and should also strive to not be one. Of course‚ the most important part is to be true to yourself because only then may you be true to God and to others. Nathaniel Hawthorne also shows this in The Scarlet Letter through the characters he portrays. In chapter 20‚ Hawthorne writes‚ “No man‚ for any considerable period‚ can wear one fact to himself and another to the multitude‚ without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.” Hiding

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    book The Scarlet Letter who is an adulterer‚ who obeys everyone with her punishment. Hester is described to be a slave of her own sin. Puritans laws required Hester to be bound through her identity to her very public sin. As such‚ the puritan system is the basis for which society has discovered its punishment systems. This would include beliefs on God‚ beliefs on marriage‚ how the influence of Puritanism relates to Hawthorne’s life‚ and how Hawthorne tied these into his story The Scarlet Letter. Puritans

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    Scarlet Letter Paper In every society there are flaws‚ and throughout time people have dreamed of creating a perfect society; however‚ when attempt to rid their society of flaw they‚ in turn‚ create other problems that are possibly worse than the flaws they are trying to eliminate. The puritan society did just that. In an attempt to remove all sin and crime from the world‚ the puritans created extremely harsh punishments for any sin or crime committed. The fraudulent society the puritans created

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    Scarlet Letter Short Essay Adrienne Rich‚ a feminist poet and critic‚ wrote the essay “When We Dead Awaken: Writing as Re-Vision‚” to identify and admonish gender norms in her society. Rich considers that “the argument will go on whether an oppressive economic class system is responsible for the oppressive nature of male/female relations‚ or whether‚ in fact‚ patriarchy... is the original model of oppression on which all others are based.” She comments on the origin of gender roles‚ wondering

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    Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne describes the complex relationships between the characters. Of these‚ Hester‚ who commits adultery against her husband with the youthful town minister‚ Reverend Dimmesdale‚ grows and develops throughout this story. Hawthorne puts into words how they develop together‚ which in turn helps the story to progress immensely‚ and is of major importance throughout the novel. The two worry how their sin will affect their appearance toward the townspeople

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    In the passage present above from the book “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hawthorne attitude of Dimmesdale is of passion and nobility. Hawthorne expressed his attitude through a multitude of devices such as diction‚ syntax‚ and imagery. His dictions for Dimmesdale is that of a man who does not care and just wanted to tell the truth. The syntax that Hawthorne applied is meant to undermined Dimmesdale with irony but at the same time‚ make Dimmesdale even nobler. Imageries were used as

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    Discussing The Scarlet Letter with my classmates helped deepen my understanding of the novel because I was able to obtain a new perspective on several issues that the novel addressed. Never would I have questioned the treatment of women in today’s society versus the treatment of women in Puritan society if it weren’t for collaborating with classmates on edmodo and during socratic seminars. Not only did discussing The Scarlet Letter open my eyes to new viewpoints‚ but it also provided me with a greater

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