or my analysis I decided to do the character Roger Chillingworth. In The Scarlet Letter Chillingworth is a rather mysterious character that claims to be a physician. He is an older person‚ and is described as having a sharp stare‚ with a scholarly look. Chillingworth is a well educated person; having read upon many subjects‚ and has a strong protective nature. He also has a deep interest in the well being of his family‚ and cares about his adoptive child. Chillingworth is caring and kind; however
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Nathaniel Hawthorne"s‚ The Scarlet Letter is a book about a woman‚ Hester‚ who moves to Boston from England during the Puritan times. She has a husband‚ and tells the colonists of Boston he will be arriving to be with her soon. After years go by and he doesn"t arrive‚ Hester finds another man whom she becomes close to. She becomes pregnant and the town finds out she has committed adultery. She is forced to wear a letter "A‚" meaning "adulteress‚" on her bosom for the rest of her life. The book focuses
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English III H P.3 October 16‚ 2012 Mr. Dicus The Scarlet Letter Regret as a verb is defined as “to feel sorry about something previously done that now appears wrong.” Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses characterizations to illustrate Hester Prynne’s journey of overcoming her regret‚ adultery‚ on which this whole book is written. The puritan people intended to shame Hester when she is branded a sinner with the use of a scarlet colored “A”‚ but Hester learns to embrace the “A”
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How can a sin change a life? In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester’s sin of adultery is well known. Forced to stand in front of the community for one day to be publically shamed‚ Hester held her head high. However‚ her shame does not end there. Although people begin to get used to Hester in their community and even begin to accept her‚ Hester has changed. The constant humiliation has driven her to hide behind her embarrassment‚ and she is therefore distinguished by it. In the passage
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Today’s Scarlet Letter In a world where everyone’s faults are broadcasted‚ would we treat people differently? I personally think that we would definitely act adversely towards most. We would avoid certain people who we find strange. We would treat people differently once we have seen their sins. We would have a very minimized friend group for fear of adding someone who has horribly sinned. We all have certain people we do not particularly like to be around‚ but what if everyone was forced to publically
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Idealism‚ Logic‚ and Puritanism in the Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ is about the struggle three people face while trying to live their lives and find happiness in a Puritan society. In the early 1640s‚ Hester comes to the small town of Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ while her husband‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ settles business in Great Britain. Hester and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale‚ the town ’s priest‚ engage in the act of adultery and produce a baby girl named Pearl; though
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Roger Chillingworth‚ unlike Dimmesdale and Hester‚ is a flat character. While he develops from a kind man into an obsessed fiend‚ he is less of a character and more of a symbol for doing the devil’s bidding. Once he comes to Boston‚ we see him only in situations that involve his obsession with vengeance‚ where we learn a great deal about him. Even when he is better dressed‚ Chillingworth is not attractive. He is small‚ thin‚ and slightly deformed‚ with one shoulder higher than the other. Although
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Behn. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne is forced to wear the letter “A” as punishment because she committed adultery‚ when her husband was away. In the beginning of the story‚ Hester Prynne does not reveal the name of the other sinner‚ but later it is revealed to be the minister‚ Arthur Dimmesdale. A theme Hawthorne uses in the story is public sin versus private sin and is given throughout the Hester and Dimmesdale have to face. Using that theme‚ Dimmesdale’s sin was harder
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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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two main themes in The Scarlet Letter and Young Goodman Brown. One of the main themes is the idea that good and evil are always present and it is a choice to do something good or something evil. This is evident in The Scarlet Letter by the choices that Hester Prynne makes. In Young Goodman Brown‚ Brown had the choice to become good or evil as he walked through the forest. Another theme in both of the stories is how the Puritan community is corrupt. In The Scarlet Letter it is implied that not
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