Vocabulary List The Scarlet Letter 1. Gesticulate - show‚ express or direct through movement 2. Pillory - a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn; punish by putting in a pillory 3. Scintillate - physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; give off 4. Transmute - alter the nature of; change in outward structure or looks 5. Reverberate - treat‚ process‚
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Tamara Haddad Wilhite P.5 Scarlet Letter Dialectical Journal “Like anything that pertains to crime‚ it seemed never to have a youthful era… a wild rose-bush‚ in this month of June‚ with delicate gems‚ which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in” (Hawthorne 45). Hawthorne describes the door of the jail‚ as well as the rose bush to the side of it. I feel as if this is supposed to represent what Hester is about the experience: the harsh
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Unfortunately for Dimmesdale‚ he is unable to escape the unbearable suffering of his shame and does not find it as enlightening as Hester does. Dimmesdale cannot express the truth regarding his actions with Hester and that silence is more shameful than any punishment she receives (Kilborne 473). Hawthorne describes Dimmesdale’s life as: Unspeakable misery of a life so false as his‚ that it steals the pith and substance out of whatever realities there are around us‚ and which were meant by Heaven to be the spirit’s
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Diamond Campbell Mrs. Macpherson Period 7 2/22/14 Feminism in the scarlet letter Feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of political‚ social‚ and economic equality to men. In Nathaniel hawthorns The Scarlet letter Hester Prynne is the main example of feminism. Hester Prynne is a good example of feminism because she did not go for the usual role of women during her time. She became a independent and strong women by following her own rules‚ living by her own choices and being
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even if it came at the expense of her own happiness. The saying “it takes a village to raise a child” did not apply to Hester’s child Pearl. When Hester through her scarlet letter into the forest and Pearl did not appear to be happy with this decision‚ Hester did not hesitate to put the scarlet letter back on‚ even when the scarlet letter was the embodiment of her sin. Hester’s act of civil disobedience was an act to protect her child from the harmful ideas of those living in the same community as Hester
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Character List Hester Prynne - Hester is the book’s protagonist and the wearer of the scarlet letter that gives the book its title. The letter‚ a patch of fabric in the shape of an “A‚” signifies that Hester is an “adulterer.” As a young woman‚ Hester married an elderly scholar‚ Chillingworth‚ who sent her ahead to America to live but never followed her. While waiting for him‚ she had an affair with a Puritan minister named Dimmesdale‚ after which she gave birth to Pearl. Hester is passionate but
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Johnny Nguyen Period 5 5/5/11 The Scarlet Letter Irony Essay What if irony didn’t exist? If it didn’t‚ even at a minimal level‚ The Scarlet Letter wouldn’t be able to function in its complete and published form. Its frame and substructure of distinctly morose themes scrutinizing sin‚ knowledge‚ and the human condition would not exist without irony blistering beneath the surface. The symbolism and evocativeness of character names‚ for instance‚ the words “chill” and “worthless” can be derived
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Anaysa Viviana Arce Professor Dr. Don Macon English Literature 1302 21 April 2013 Feminism & Sexism: The Scarlet Letter “In Heaven’s own time‚ a new truth would be revealed‚ in order to establish the whole relation between man and woman on a surer ground of mutual happiness” (ch. 24). The Scarlet Letter; where there is a woman‚ a husband‚ and a lover. A story where women are downgraded‚ humiliated‚ punished‚ and judged for their actions. It is an obvious that eras have changed as
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Upon reading The Scarlet Letter‚ there were distinct changes in the way Hester was perceived and how she perceived herself. The complexity of what Hester’s life has become derives from the letter which represents guilt‚ pain‚ and betrayal; the most prominent of the three being the guilt she had to undergo. This constant reminder of failure is enough to destroy a human along with the isolation and separation she lived with. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester has had to survive with
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Near the beginning of the Scarlet Letter‚ Hester was a passionate and proud woman. Her characteristics reveal themselves throughout her attire‚ attitude‚ and countenance. Hester openly expresses her love for freedom‚ which is encouraged by Romantics. However‚ as she grows older‚ she matures and her rough edges begin to smooth. Since she is permanently distanced from civilization by the Scarlet Letter‚ she becomes independent. Isolated from everyone‚ Hester becomes
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