Pearl: In the Scarlet Letter‚ Pearl is the illegitimate daughter of Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Her name is Pearl because of her great value to her mother‚ Hester. Pearl is more of a symbol than anything else. She is a symbol because she represents Hester and Dimmesdale’s sin and adultery. She also symbolizes the scarlet letter A. Pearl is a constant reminder of the Scarlet letter of not just Hester‚ but of Dimmesdale‚ as well: “And‚ mother‚ he has his hand over his heart! Is it
Premium The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne
Honors 5 October 2012 The Scarlet Letter In The Scarlet Letter‚ the author Nathaniel Hawthorne utilizes the minor characters Pearl Prynne and Roger Chillingworth to provoke the major characters in the novel‚ as well as to further portray existent themes and ideas developing through other parts of the story. Throughout the course of the novel‚ Pearl’s persistent fixation on the scarlet letter “A” embroidered on Hester’s chest acts as a constant reminder for Hester of her committed sin and reveals
Premium Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter Short story
The main characters from the book‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ and the play‚ The Crucible‚ can be closely related. John Proctor (The Crucible) and Arthur Dimmesdale (The Scarlet Letter) share very similar character traits and the storyline emphasizes these traits. John Proctor was a farmer and highly respected townsman who lived outside of town with his wife‚ Elizabeth. Arthur Dimmesdale was a well respected reverend. Both of these characters shared a hidden sin‚ adultery. Both characters lived in the same
Premium Homosexuality Sexual orientation Salem witch trials
The Scarlet Letter‚ a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ is a novel that takes place in the town of Boston‚ Massachusetts in 1642. Hester Prynne‚ the main character of the story‚ commits the sin of adultery. Because of this sin‚ she is "blessed" with a child named Pearl. Her punishment is to wear a scarlet letter “A" on her chest for the rest of her life‚ which affects the way the townspeople look and act around her. Also‚ she must stand on the scaffold in the town for three hours for the whole
Premium The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne Hester Prynne
Hester Prynne’s Road from Shame to Love and Pride in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850 and is Hawthorne’s most famous novel. The majority of his work has America’s Puritan past as its subject‚ but The Scarlet Letter uses this material to greatest points. Hester Prynne is the writer’s best known and the most talked about protagonist. Hester “was tall‚ with a figure of perfect elegance on a large scale” (Hawthorne‚ 81)‚ she had long‚ abundant and
Premium The Scarlet Letter
action. Both the action and consequences are thought about before the act is done. These three mental states occur in all people‚ but especially within Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter. Throughout the story her mindset changes many times. It starts out in the id phase and works its way to the superego and finally retreats back to the ego. Hester shows that it is possible for all three parts of the brain to work in close proximity to one another. The id phase of Hester’s actions is one of the
Free Mind Psychology Thought
I wonder if Hester loved Mr. Dimmesdale? It’s easy to think she does because she became an adulteress and faced a novel’s worth of guilt and shame for him. She never seems to resent him for making her face ignominy by herself. In fact‚ she is deeply concerned for his health and even offers to run away with him: “Thou shalt not go alone!”(136). Though all these actions seem like proof of love‚ I think Hester does these things for other reasons. The Scarlet Letter is definitely not a romance novel
Premium Love The Scarlet Letter
Alyssa Moreno English 1-Puente Honors 25 October 2012 The Scarlet Ibis By James Hurst Pride Pride‚ one of the seven deadly sins‚ to some it can be a valuable character trait‚ but to others‚ it can destroy you and even the ones you love. In “The Scarlet Ibis”‚ by James Hurst‚ our narrator tells you the story of his fallen scarlet ibis and how pride can destroy the ones you and the ones you love the most. Our narrator‚ the older brother‚ has a younger brother that
Premium Seven deadly sins James Hurst Crying
Ariel C. Lorenzen Mr. Zirretta CP English 11-1 26 October 2011 TITLE “SO ROGER Chillingworth—a deformed old figure‚ with a face that haunted men’s memories longer than they liked—took leave of Hester Prynne‚ and went stooping away along the earth. He gathered here and there an herb‚ or grubbed up a root‚ and put it into the basket on his arm. His gray beard almost touched the ground‚ as he crept onward…Would not the earth‚ quickened to an evil purpose by the sympathy of his eye‚ greet him with
Premium English-language films Debut albums American films
Scarlett Johansson was born in New York City. Her mother‚ Melaine Sloan‚ is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family‚ and her father‚ Karsten Johansson‚ is Danish. She has a sister‚Vanessa Johansson‚ who is also an actress‚ a brother‚ Adrian‚ a twin brother‚ Hunter Johansson‚ born three minutes after her‚ and a paternal half-brother‚ Christian. Her grandfather was writer EjnerJohanson. Johansson began acting during childhood‚ after her mother started taking her to auditions. She made her professional acting
Premium