Often‚ two people can commit the same sin‚ but deal with it differently. Guilt can be dealt with in two ways: publicly or privately. In The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale both commit adultery‚ and both Hester and Dimmesdale deal with guilt from the sin they committed in completely different ways. Hawthorne writes about dealing with guilt publicly and privately to show the emotional and sometimes physical toll of guilt based on how people choose to deal
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the forbidden acts of drunkenness‚ blasphemy‚ and adultery. In The Scarlet Letter‚ the church enacts harsh sentences of incarceration and public shaming in order to discipline the presumed sinners. Even though these punishments seek to inflict harm and cause suffering to their victims‚ Hawthorne uses their cruelty to elicit the truth. Presenting a major symbol of Puritan punishment‚ Hawthorne employs the harshness of the scarlet letter to allow Hester to discover her own strength and beauty. Under
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~ The Scarlet Letter ~ Psychological Analysis "I experienced a sensation...of burning heat; and as if the letter sere not of red cloth‚ but red-hot iron." These words in the introduction to The Scarlet Letter describe the letter as an object that contains power. The power left in the little red piece of cloth represents all the emotional toil that was associated with it - guilt‚ pain‚ betrayal‚ and vengeance. Throughout the novel the letter will stir all these emotions‚ creating an intense psychological
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On Calvinism in Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter ZHONGHAO Diao Abstract: Hawthorne is a famous American writer. He wrote many excellent novels‚ which are popular among the readers at home and abroad. He lived in 19th century when Puritanism was still prevailing. And his family members were strict followers of Puritanism‚ who did lots of extreme misdeeds. This kind of family background had influenced Hawthorne a lot. These two factors both contributed to Hawthorne’s writing style and themes. He believed
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one thing in their life to still be there when they get out of jail. It also says that the scarlet colored rose is used “to symbolize a sweet moral blossom.” This is a little ironic because of the robe the Hester is forced to wear. Hester‚ an adulteress is considered to have no morals and is shamed into wearing this scarlet letter. The scarlet flower is supposed to be a symbol of morals and scarlet-letter-bearing Hester is thought of as the opposite of morals. Yet another way to look at the flowers
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1. Atomic masses are expressed on a scale based on the mass of what? Carbon-12 2. Name the unit used to express atomic masses of individual atoms. Grams or molar mass‚ gmm 3. Define formula mass. Sum of the atomic masses of all atoms in a compound 4. What do we call the number of atoms of an element equal to the number of atoms in exactly 12.0 grams of carbon-12? Mole or Avogadro’s number 5. How many atoms are in a sample of an element whose mass is numerically equal to the atomic
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1. I believe the documentary was intriguing‚ eye-opening and realistic. The one scene in the documentary that truly stuck out to me was when one of the females felt like she was being picked on by Jane Elliot. She was a white female with short hair‚ the only one to walk out of the room. Jane Elliot states‚ “When your hand is up you are thinking about what you are trying to say rather than listening.” She wasn’t listening to Jane Elliot‚ she felt attacked and talked back and then walked out of the
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is The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthrone. The story takes place during the middle of the seventeenth century in Boston‚ Massachusetts. The story is told through an unnamed customhouse surveyor who writes two hundred years after the events he describes took place. He is both omniscient and subjective because he knows more about the characters than they know about themselves while he also voices his own interpretations and opinions. Body- The title relates to the story because the scarlet letter
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The Power of Romance Versus Society Hester Prynne‚ the main character in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ is very similar to Edna Pontellier of Kate Chopin’s The Awakening‚ in that both women contradicted the societal standard and followed their hearts as opposed to the rigid marital structure of their respective times in history. Edna and Hester chose to be with men whom they really cared for. At times when marriage seemed to be based more on a convenient loyalty rather than a genuine bond‚ these
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it and incorporate it into their work. Most writers at the time expressed their support for the harmony between humans and nature‚ and admired the American wilderness and praised both humans and nature. One of these writers is the author of The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne. He characterizes American landscape as the embodiment of kindness and forgiveness through examples of nature that symbolize a greater concept. Through these metaphorical examples‚ he hints at social issues involving the universal
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