Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ two individuals are caught after having an affair through the resulting pregnancy of Hester Prynne. Throughout her punishment‚ Hester refuses to reveal the identity of the child’s father. Hester Prynne‚ after her husband disappeared many years ago‚ has been charged with adultery. Fact is proven by her otherwise unexplainable pregnancy. The mother and child were put in the public eye on the scaffold merely yesterday where Mrs. Prynne refused to disclose her guilty
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Name: Date: School: Facilitator: 5.01 The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary Directions: Write the definitions for the following words found in the first eight chapters of The Scarlet Letter. (24 points) Vocabulary Word Chapter Section Definition 1. leech 1-8 Person who exports profit or sponges on others 2. sable 1-8 a marten with a short tail and dark brown fur‚ native to Japan and Siberia and valued
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Edmer Nieto November 18‚ 2012 Period 4 Ms. Treffner The Scarlett Letter Character Analysis Rewrite Throughout the novel‚ The Scarlett Letter‚ Revered Dimmesdale’s personality‚ attitude‚ and values change. Chillingworth‚ Pearl‚ and Hester are the cause to the change Dimmesdale goes through. Their actions each have an effect towards each other‚ especially to Dimmesdale. The author of the novel‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ describes Dimmesdale as a young minister full of religious fervor‚ and theological
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The Scarlet Letter is set in 17th century Massachusetts. It follows Hester Prynne and the consequences her “sin” has on her‚ her child‚ and the community as a whole. Most believe Hester is going to hell and that she gave birth to the devil because of having sex out of marriage. Her husband‚ Roger Chillingworth wants revenge on her and her unannounced partner in crime. Pearls involvement in Hawthorne’s novel in crucial by bringing Hester’s sin to life; therefore‚ creating challenges for her within
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11 24 October 2014 Hester’s Other Scarlett Letter (Pearl) The Scarlet Letter‚ written by Nathanial Hawthorn‚ takes place in Boston in a strictly Puritan society where Puritanism is rigorously enforced. The novel begins in seventeenth century with Hester Prynne‚ a local woman‚ who has committed adultery in a small town with a local minister. This consequently leads to the confinement of Pearl‚ a baby born out of wedlock. Throughout all of the characters within the novel Pearl is the most complex
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Scarlet Letter talks about Hester’s adultery‚ which occurred in a time frame when people judged severely. In those days they publicly humiliated people to make them think twice before committing a sin. For example‚ they made her wear a letter A on her chest for seven years. Hester didn’t hide from her shame or run from her problems. I felt that she dealt with it in a helpful servant type way. Hawthorne stated “So strong was Hester Prynne‚ with a woman’s strength.” Hester dealt with
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The comparison of character between Scarlett and Tess ----character determines destiny By Katy Tam Abstract Tess of D’Ubervilles isThomas Hardy’s famous work‚ Gone with the Wind also is Margaret Mitchell successful novel‚ both two novels have an impact on literature study.Tess and Scarlett are the heroines of Tess of D’Urbervilles and Gone with the Wind. From the angle of character‚ many scholars have their own views on them. This paper
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for her sin?” (Cruz 296). In the 1600’s‚ when a woman commits adultery and brings shame upon her husband she is often put to death as punishment. However‚ in Hester Prynne’s case she is shamed with a scarlet letter and excluded from society. In the novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester is forced to wear a Scarlet Letter “A” upon be bosom for the rest of her life. Yet‚ why is one person punished when the act of adultery must be committed by two? Hester’s partner in the sin
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“And in Its Depths it Has its Pearls Too” In the Scarlett Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne’s style could accurately be likened to that of an artist; he commands color‚ contrast‚ and shading to enhance his work. On page 54‚ Hawthorne paints a rare portrait of Pearl‚ at once with the precision of a cartographer‚ mapping out her inner complexities‚ and with the wonder of Van Gogh‚ capturing her particular beauty in vivid color. Adorning his work with euphonious‚ connotative diction‚ and mounting syntax
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The protagonist of The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne‚ struggles with the perceptions placed upon her by the society of Boston. Although Hester initially rebels openly‚ she is not egotistical like Abigail and she eventually abandons overt rebellion for peace of mind and understanding of the self. While it is true that her affair with another man constitutes a sin‚ she remains a woman of virtue. In the puritan society‚ relationships are not supposed to be broken unless by divorce‚ even if the husband
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