main ways sin and guilt are dealt with is privately and publicly. Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter exemplifies two peoples dealings with the same sin. Hester Prynne is publicly shamed for adultery‚ while Arthur Dimmesdale privately torments himself. Hester is able to deal with her sin better than Dimmesdale‚ because she had confessed her sin‚ she is honest with herself and others‚ and she has her child‚ Pearl. Hester had confessed her sin for all the people of her town to see. Not only did she serve a
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recognized her from somewhere‚ but I could not recall her name. Then I had a sudden realization this woman was none other than Hester Prynne‚ my wife from Amsterdam. She was in shackles up upon the platform of the pillory. She also had a letter embroidered on her chest‚ it looked as if she had made it herself and it was red. I was unaware of the symbolization behind the letter. I had to inquire for a explanation from a townsman standing in my general vicinity. He told me that this woman had committed
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Individual identity‚ society’s expectations‚ and sin are all central themes in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Gothic Romance‚ The Scarlet Letter. Throughout the novel‚ the reader is introduced to a number of significant characters‚ each motivated by their own ambitions‚ and often driven by the effects of fear and guilt. The majority of the characters in The Scarlet Letter are male‚ but there are a few women who are portrayed‚ and they are generally not respected by society. To fully understand this concept
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Hester is the protagonist in the book The Scarlet Letter. She is described as a beautiful and proud young woman who is married to Roger Chillingworth. When she first enters in the story‚ she is wearing an “A” meaning she has committed a sin of being an adulteress with the reverend. When she walks out into the public showing off her “A” she is leaving her head held high. Hester has such an amazing outlook on things. She has decorated her red “A”‚ this shows she is capable of making ugly things and
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Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ being the incredible writer that he was‚ could have been using symbols rather pretentiously‚ however after reading his novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ the perceptive reader would notice how Hawthorne uses the symbolic meaning of nature‚ time and time again. As known‚ Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale were eventually caved in to their libidinous temptations for one another‚ though they really never had a choice. The lust that these two sinners had felt for each other was not their
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conversation between Hester and Chillingworth throughout Chapter 14 allowed Hester to come to the conclusion that while she did commit a sin‚ she has repented for it. Chillingworth‚ however‚ spreads evil around and shows utterly no condolence for his actions. In fact‚ Chillingworth is aware of his own evil and chooses to continue on‚ which leads Hester to despise him more than she already did. She knows that hatred is a sin‚ but she declares that she will hate Chillingworth anyway. Hester feels as if he
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provoke the adult characters in the book. She asks them pointed questions and draws their attention‚ and the reader’s‚ to the denied or overlooked truths of the adult world. In general‚ children in The Scarlet Letter are portrayed as more perceptive and more honest than adults‚ and Pearl is the most perceptive of them all. At the first of Pearl’s role in the story‚ it appears as though someone so grounded in her beliefs‚ spiritual and mental‚ would never be dynamic in character. However‚ that is
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Analysis of Chapter 13: Another View of Hester The title of Chapter 13 is "Another view of Hester". This chapter is a discussion of Hester’s personality‚ intellect and character as well as an update of several years she had been passing through. “Another view” in the title refers to both the changing perception of the Puritan society toward Hester and also the description of her which narrator told. Hester’s position in the eyes of the Puritan community has considerably changed due to her kindness
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film Simon Birch and the short story The Scarlett ibis‚ two boys push there mind and body to the limits‚ not letting there disabilities stop them and proving to everybody that just because you are different doesn’t mean you cant make a difference in this world and achieve the things you want to achieve. All you have to do is set your and to it and you can achieve your goals no matter what your circumstances in this life are. In the short story The Scarlett Ibis‚
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02 The Scarlet Letter Chapters 1-8 Questions Chapters 1-2 (6 points) 1. From chapter 1‚ describe the prison door. Crime and punishment 2. Besides a prison door‚ what else did the new colony founders use the soil to create? Cemetery 3. In Chapter 2‚ what do the Puritan women say about Hester before she comes out of the prison? What does this show us about the Puritan society? 4. In Chapter 2‚ what two things serve as symbols of Hester’s adultery? The letter A on her chest
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