violate a divine law by transgression or neglect. Atone: to make up for deficiencies. Hawthorne uses these two themes to compare and contrast two different characters‚ Hester Prynne and Mr. Dimmesdale. Although both Hester and Mr. Dimmesdale drank from the same cup of sin‚ only one sinner has properly atoned for themselves. Hesters atonement is carried out daily in public‚ before God and the people‚ while Dimmesdales “ Atonement” is carried out occasionally in the privacy of his own
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Pure as a Pearl Pearl Prynne is a care-free child with a bold and curious spirit. She acts with naïve confidence and speaks without thinking twice about what she will say next. These characteristics are seen in the way she interacts with nature and how her sharp intuition shines in her personality. In chapter 15‚ the beginning phases of Pearl’s relationship with nature start to unfold. Ignorant to the fragility of nature‚ she “seized a live horseshoe by the tail‚ and made prize of several five-fingers
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Walls of White The color “walls of white” describe Pearl’s name and what she has to live up to. Hester names her child Pearl. “But she named the infant ‘Pearl‚’ as being of great price‚ - purchased with all she had‚ - her mother’s only treasure!” (138). Hester wants to name her baby this because Pearl came at a large price for Hester to pay. Since Hester’s sin had produced a child‚ Hester will forever be paying for her consequences. A pearl is a very rare‚ pure item. It is white and beautiful
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Richmond May 9‚ 2013 Outline for The Scarlet Letter Thesis Statement: In the extraordinary book of Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ diction and symbolism are used to convey Hester Prynne’s conflicts with herself and the townspeople‚ people on this book‚ including Hester‚ go through diverse emotions beacuase of the experince they are going through‚ the essential lesson is that people change emotionally depending on the circumstances they are in. Body Paragrapgh 1: Hester finds herself in a personal conflict‚ going
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The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts the hardships of a young girl named Hester forced to live with the letter A pinned to her chest in penitence for her sins in a strict Puritan town in the 1800s. The illegitimate daughter of Hester carries the same traits and qualities as Hester‚ making Pearl a double of Hester. Hawthorne defines Pearl with his use of abstract diction‚ whimsical tone‚ and his selection of detail. Pearl’s character functions primarily as a symbolic character that stands
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life got flip turned upside down ‚ and I’d like to take a minute just to sit right here‚ I’ll tell you how Hester became infamous in a town called Boston. So all and all through this story we were supposed to get out a few things‚ how Hester was an object‚ sinner‚ or something else‚ which I’ve forgotten because I didn’t think it was true‚ and how in the end she became a winner. For me‚ Hester started as a sinner‚ became an object used by the town‚ and in the end never became a winner‚ which I know
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Hester Prynne and Henry David Thoreau: Rebels in Society Hester Prynne is an anarchic force that destabilizes the status quo‚ allowing change to occur. She is a strong character‚ a rebel ostracized from society. The isolation she lives in brings her sorrow‚ yet grants her freedom of thought. Hester rejects the imprisoning commands of an accusatory society and has the will to fight against their influence over her nature. Henry David Thoreau also rebelled against the established orders of
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Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne demonstrates individualism that pertains in the puritan society in which people are criticized and punished on behalf of their individual flaws. In this case‚ Hester is punished and embarrassed because of her sin of adultery to another man. As Hawthorne mentions the rosebush outside the prison doors‚ many people see it as an aspiration‚ however it portrays Hester as persistent and strong while her sin haunts her. This is seen within her daughter
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intense love on the mother’s side‚” according to Erich Fromm‚ a German psychologist. The love that Hester expresses toward her daughter Pearl in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ and the lessons that she teaches her are what makes Hester a great mother. In return‚ Pearl improves Hester’s public image with her beauty and keeps Hester’s emotions and actions in check. The way these two characters subconsciously complement each other forms a strong motherchild relationship in the novel. Pearl
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Transcript of A compare and contrast between The Crucible‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ and how society influenced the stories by: Lacey Henke‚ Andre johnson‚ Matthew Bellafaire‚ and Dominica Hintz A compare and contrast between the characters of The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter: based on the political views from the fifties and McCarthyism‚ The Scarlet Letter tells of a young Hester Prynne. Her much older husband sent her ahead to America while he remained in England. There‚ she encountered (and fell
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