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    There are many types of "scarlet letter’s" in modern day life that apply to all in any given society. A type of "scarlet letter" in today’s society is none other than appearance and self-presentation. Another "scarlet letter" that all people are subjected to‚ especially earlier in life‚ is popularity and recognition. One more "scarlet letter" example in modern day society is money. Appearance and presentation has involved itself in society too much. If certain people in society don’t like an appearance

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    will affect the rest of her life. Its life everyone makes mistakes we’re all human.But what shes does is something she will have to live with for the rest of her life and never be able to take it back.In this book The Scarlet letter by Nathaniel Hawthrone.Hester is the main character‚and let’s get to the point;adulteress. In the beginning of the book‚Hester is forced to marry Roger Chillingworth.Although when they got married‚Hester felt no love in the relationship.Arthur Dimmesdale‚ the priest in

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    In the novel‚ “The Scarlet Letter‚” Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts the scene of 17th century Puritan Boston. The novel was written in Salem and Concord Massachusetts during the late 1840s‚ but was not published until 1850. The narrator of the novel is an unknown Custom House surveyor that discovers the records and a manuscript written by a previous surveyor‚ detailing the events while working in and tidying up the attic one day. The fictional story depicts the life and struggles of Hester Prynne as

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    In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the author uses irony to expose the true character that Arthur Dimmesdale truly is.Dimmesdale is known‚ to the townspeople of the Puritan village in Boston‚ as a well spoken and profound minister who is their vision of God. Although Minister Arthur Dimmesdale has many qualities that make him stand out in the puritan community; his sinful secret that burdens him severely every day is heavily shown through the three main types of irony. The people of this

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    Scarlet Letter relates to the theme of individual versus society in various ways throughout the novel because of the main character’s (Hester) hardship with her secrets that were kept. Not only Hester but Dimmesdale and Chillingworth were keeping secrets from each other and the whole town. Hester has to control her desire  to tell the truth and practices the art of deception  to hide these secrets from others. Throughout the history of mankind‚ the use of deception to promote oneself to a higher

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    stand for Able Its about a woman named Hester Prynne who has a baby out of wedlock. She commited adultery by doing that because her husband wasn’t dead like she originally thought. So as punishment for her sin‚ she is forced to wear a scarlet A on her chest. The A stands for adultery. All the people shunned her and were not allowed to forgive and forget. She ever had to live outside the city limits. It is totally true what she did was wrong. But how long can people punish her? More

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    The Community’s view on Hester People criticize and critique others‚ yet change their mind frequently when the situation is no longer what they believe. For instance‚ in the novel The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne committed a sin of adultery‚ causing the public to be outraged. At first glance‚ the people of the community believed Hester deserved the cruelest punishment‚ even saying‚ “At the very least‚ they should have put the brand of a hot iron on Hester Prynne’s

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    has the potential to represent something that is not manifested in the reading. Readers may comprehend something differently about what they are reading than what the symbols are actually revealing in the book. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ is significantly symbolic. In this book‚ the forest is a substantial symbol due to the fact that there are many different viewpoints of what the wilderness represents throughout the story. The forest portrays a place of sin and darkness‚ a safe

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    The Scarlet Letter Analytical Essay By: Lydia Burkhart By reading and analyzing the Scarlet Letter and “Young Goodman Brown”‚ it can be inferred that the general influence of both stories is constant monitoring and harsh scrutiny from the community and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s experiences of the loss of innocence‚ the acts of sin and the punishment from the community that comes not long after. There is also the belief that everything outside of their town is deep and dark; very few

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    Selena Martinez Mrs. King AP English III-3 September 16‚ 2013 Rhetorical Analysis on the Scarlet Letter Hawthorne successfully portrays the use of extended metaphors‚ foreshadowing and language throughout the Scarlet Letter to easily grab hold or grasp the reader’s attentive minds. First of all the utilization of the extended metaphors-the lengthening of the average metaphor was developed in this passage to thoroughly describe Pearls reaction to Reverend Dimmesdale’s approach. “The child

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