Throughout the novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne emphasizes the intricate themes of isolation and alienation. Using a variety of literary techniques and descriptions of emotions and nature‚ Hawthorne is able to fully depict the inner feelings of hurt suffered by the central characters as a result of severe loneliness and seclusion. This‚ therefore‚ further adds to the overall gloomy and cynical atmosphere of the work. Isolation and alienation‚ two forms of torturous estrangement‚ are
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Dear Diary‚ As I write this‚ I have two things on my mind. One‚ I am a murderer. Two‚ the war changes you‚ and not for the better. As I look back at my journey to go home to my family and a special woman of my life‚ this is one of the moments that stands out the most and I feel the need to share it with you. Earlier‚ I had been hosed down and dressed in black and grey prison clothing‚ before being shackled and thrown into a German staff car. I was starved‚ only being fed some bread an
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General Macarthur’s Diary Day 4992‚ Afternoon Good Afternoon‚ friend‚ Finally on my journey to Soldier Island now. Everything is refreshing and relaxing except for this damn old train I am currently in‚ shaky like a rocking chair and slow as a tortoise . For God sake‚ my destination is really no distance at all as the crow flies‚ I wish I could get off now and start travelling on foot. It had been 30 years since I had a proper chat with them‚ my old crony mates. I wonder who exactly is coming
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April 27‚ 1984 Dear Diary‚ Today I was eagerly waiting for Patrick to return home from work. I counted the minutes as they passed‚ and as always‚ at 5:00‚ I heard the crunching of the gravel outside the slam of the car door and the key unlocking the door. I got up and went to greet him. I placed a kiss on his head and went to make drinks for us‚ a strong one for him and a weak one for me. I continued knitting‚ knowing he doesn’t like to speak until the first drink is over. He finished his drink and
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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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Journal entry May 15‚ 1898 After much debate and many arguments between the family members‚ we had decided to forget the woeful life we lived here in Italy and move to America. Our wages were low here in this country. We are mainly farmers‚ and our grape and other crops had been damaged by disease. Most of us live here in poverty‚ barely making enough money to feed our families and ourselves. When we heard about the opportunity in the Americas‚ I ran home immediately to tell my family
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I selected the letter “I” for my project to symbolize my indecisiveness. While selecting the letter to take the symbol of my biggest character flaw‚ I had several options to select from‚ some being “P” for perfectionist or “A” for anxiety. Taken with the struggle of selecting only one‚ my final choice was the “I” due to my struggle to make a decision for this project. The symbol of my personal flaw was constructed from construction paper‚ printer paper‚ electrical tape‚ and paint. On my first day
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marriage. A reported 95% of Americans today have had premarital sex. In today’s society‚ premarital sex is not considered a sin to most people. In the 1800s‚ it was a different story. In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne was found guilty of adultery‚ branded with a scarlet A‚ and shunned by the town--an extreme punishment by modern standards. This A that Hester was forced to embroider onto all of her clothing symbolized not only her sin‚ but the A also held meaning for
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Hester and Dimmesdale: “…but Hester is not the protagonist‚ the chief actor and the tragedy of The Scarlet Letter is not her tragedy but Arthur’s. He is the persecuted one‚ the tempted one. He was whom the sorrows of death encompassed…his public confession is one of the noblest climaxes of tragic literature.” This quote by Stewart contradicts the ideas that I think were contained in The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ and therefore I do not agree with this quote. In my opinion‚ Dimmesdale
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Scarlet Letter Paper: Relationships Love – the language of the world. Everyone feels love at least once in their lifetime and yet it is something that can’t be explained rationally; it can only be accepted. Love is like ocean waves; being calm and serene at a moment‚ and without warning becoming violent. Love has no formal meaning because everyone experiences it differently‚ what one person thinks is love‚ another may think is infatuation or vice versa. In the end‚ obtaining love seems to be the
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