Part I: Short Answer Answer the questions below on The Scarlet Letter and "In Reference to Her Children." Be sure to write your answers in complete sentences. 1. Explain the metaphor Bradstreet uses in the poem for her children. Give at least two specific examples from the poem. An example of a metaphor in Bradstreet’s poem would be that she compares her children as to baby birds that live in a nest. Another example is that she compares them growing up to a bird leaving the nest to take flight
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(156) Chillingworth lets Hester know that a certain magistrate has been wondering whether or not they should remove the scarlet letter from Hester’s dress. He claims that he has made an earnest request to the magistrate to do so quickly. Hester responds by saying that it is not the magistrate’s right to order it removed. Chillingworth says that she should then just wear the letter‚ for it suits her well. Why is Chillingworth reluctant to forgive Dimmesdale? (157) Chillingworth believes that
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In "The Scarlet Letter"‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays the hypocrisy of the Puritan society of the seventeenth century with the story of the downfall and redemption of Hester Prynne. The hypocritical Puritan society punishes Hester for committing adultery. However‚ in her own mind‚ she does not see her actions as a sin because she acts out of love. Furthermore‚ she redeems herself by turning her offense into a virtue. Through the tale of Hester Prynne‚ Hawthorne’s moral is that the sin is not in adultery
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put before them? Through The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne is giving different tests and trials in parts of her life. These tests come in forms of characters and objects. Hester shows that she has the knowledge and ability to pull though anything put before her. This is shown from the theme‚ symbols and characters of the book. Hester proves she can go through trials and survive any trial that is given to her. This is shown in the theme of the book The Scarlet Letter. The theme identity and society
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Relationships through the Scarlet Letter show in many forms. In this book ‚ the most prominent secret to the reader is the one most guarded. Hester and Dimmesdale’s relationship is shown at first when they meet in the woods. Through the beginning of the book‚ Hester refuses to reveal her fellow sinner though to the reader It is obvious that they both have feelings for each other. Both torn by the separation they must endure‚ and bound by the fear of society finding out their secret‚ they hide. Hester
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A Scarlet RomanceIt is the year 1644‚ Boston Massachusetts‚ and the stage is set for one of the most famous romance novels of our time. The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne set a genre standard for American Romanticism‚ with an intrinsic love of nature‚ sense of freedom of imagination and emotion‚ and the low regard Hawthorne holds for organized religion and all that it entails. In his novel‚ Hawthorne builds on the standards of romanticism‚ as the trend away from Puritanism and religious Oligarchy
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Between 1825 and 1850‚ he developed his talent by writing short fiction‚ and he gained international fame for his fictional novel The Scarlet Letter in 1850 (Clendenning 118). Rufus Wilmot Griswold stated‚<br><br>The frivolous costume and brisk action of the story of fashionable life are easily depicted by the practised sketcher‚ but a work like "The Scarlet Letter" comes slowly upon the canvas‚ where passions are commingled and overlaid with the masterly elaboration with which the grandest effects
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novels and writings‚ with one of them being The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter depicts a woman who is shamed of adultery and has to wear a scarlet “A” on her bosom‚ and the “A” seems to have supernatural powers that effect Hester Prynne and people around her in many different ways. The scarlet “A” attached to Hester Prynne’s bosom was a sign of her committing adultery and was permanently attached for her public shame. But the letter had other negatives to it‚ as “It had the
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from the century‚ including Hawthorne‚ Thoreau and Emerson were influenced especially in their writings. The basic transcendentalist beliefs are‚ the dislike of materialism‚ connection for nature‚ individualism and the quest for truth. In the Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne uses transcendentalist beliefs to influence Hester’s character. The influence of transcendentalism
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The Scarlet Letter In the “Scarlet Letter” Nathaniel Hawthorne describes the consequences for sinning. The story takes place in a puritan community in Boston‚ Massachusetts in the 17th century. In the story the main character‚ Hester Prynne‚ commits adultery with the Reverend mr.Dimmsdale. As a result of their actions‚ Pearl is born. Hester is punished to wear the scarlet letter A‚ which stands for Adultery‚ on her breast. Hester’s husband‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ made her keep their marriage a
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