Introduction Throughout the story‚ Pearl is depicted as pure‚ evil‚ one with nature‚ non-relaxing and peaceful. The colors “walls of white‚” “relaxing evening rain‚” “earthen shaded granite‚” and “India black tea” help relate the characteristics of Pearl and her changes throughout the story. 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
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Hector Guevara First Block English II Mr. 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
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In The Scarlett Letter‚ Hester Prynne has an attitude that embraces the fact that she is an outsider in the Puritan community. By the end of the story‚ Hester does not care anymore what any of the townspeople think of her‚ and she has become a stronger woman (Hawthorne
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At the start of the book‚ Hester is a young woman with a newborn baby. She has been alone in New England for the past two years because her husband‚ a wealthy scholar from England‚ sent her ahead to the Massachusetts Bay Colony while he took care of business at home. The arrival of a baby was sufficient evidence to convict her of adultery. It is difficult to know what kind of person Hester was before the book begins. However‚ the book opens with her sudden acknowledgment of shame as she stands before
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The final scaffold scene in The Scarlet Letter serves as an illuminating incident where various themes and there meanings are explained. The kiss Arthur and his daughter share and how it transforms Pearl into a compassionate human shows the reader why Nathaniel Hawthorne emphasized the importance of their kiss in previous scenes. Pearl is explained throughout the books as an “elf-child” but her interaction with the reverend finally enlightens her and tell the reader her relationship with her father
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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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Hidden Elements: Romanticism and Puritanism Dark. Light . Bland. Spontaneous. Restricted. Free. Puritanism. Romanticism. Those characteristics are comparing two major beliefs in the nineteenth century: Puritanism and Romanticism. Characteristics such as "dark‚ bland‚ restricted" describe the authoritarian principles of Puritanism. In contrast‚ "light‚ spontaneous‚ free" depict the more liberal beliefs of Romanticism. As witnessed in his novel‚ Hawthorne’s root as a Puritan
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The Scarlet Letter is an intriguing book about the consequences of sin. The three main characters of this book are Hester Prynne‚ Pearl‚ and Arthur Dimmesdale. At the beginning of the book‚ the reader sees that Hester has committed a sin‚ as she is displayed in public with two marks of shame‚ a baby‚ and on her chest‚ the letter A in scarlet and gold embroidery. This is because Hester had committed adultery. In the beginning of the book the man who had also taken part in the sin is unknown to
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As members of today’s society everyone likes to romanticize about a hero going against the odds and triumphing at the end against a well defined antagonist. However‚ what if the line between antagonist and protagonist is blurred where the hero is made up to be the menace of society while society itself is blind to their own fanaticism of indictment to believe they are above those who they punish. Although the beginning events of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter appear to be bleak and morbid
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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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