The Superiority of Men? The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is commonly known as America’s first great novel and as America’s first feminist novel as well. Hawthorne writes The Scarlet Letter in the middle of the nineteenth century while the novel actually takes place in the mid seventeenth century puritanical Boston. Different people at different times viewed women in very different ways. In this novel alone women are viewed in two different ways. Hawthorne was a transcendentalist from
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Scarlet Letter Paper: Relationships Love – the language of the world. Everyone feels love at least once in their lifetime and yet it is something that can’t be explained rationally; it can only be accepted. Love is like ocean waves; being calm and serene at a moment‚ and without warning becoming violent. Love has no formal meaning because everyone experiences it differently‚ what one person thinks is love‚ another may think is infatuation or vice versa. In the end‚ obtaining love seems to be the
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Hester and Dimmesdale: “…but Hester is not the protagonist‚ the chief actor and the tragedy of The Scarlet Letter is not her tragedy but Arthur’s. He is the persecuted one‚ the tempted one. He was whom the sorrows of death encompassed…his public confession is one of the noblest climaxes of tragic literature.” This quote by Stewart contradicts the ideas that I think were contained in The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ and therefore I do not agree with this quote. In my opinion‚ Dimmesdale
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How would you like to be an outcast for life? The Scarlet Letter is a very old book written during the 1700’s in America and the author‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ is descriptive and uses a lot of symbolism. Throughout the novel‚ Hawthorne uses the symbols of light and dark to depict good and evil among the characters Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth. Hester has to live with the darkness of her sin every day‚ yet she finds ways to help people and it shows that she is often times
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Scarlet Letter Essay After reading the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne I came to believe that Adultery is a terrible thing and can have very bad repercussions‚ especially in the early to mid 1700s. Back then committing adultery was a very serious offense to not the just the community but to your family also. Adultery used to destroy family relationships and to this day it still does. Adultery is also more of a religious problem but also goes into social and legal consequences. When it talks
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In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter‚ there are many themes. One theme that stands out to me is GUILT AND BLAME. In this novel the narrator says‚ “In a moment‚ however‚ wisely judging that one token of her shame would but poorly serve to hide another‚ she took the baby on her arm‚ and‚ with a burning blush‚ and yet a haughty smile and glance that would not be abashed‚ looked around at her townspeople and neighbours. On the breast of her gown‚ in fine red cloth‚ surrounded with an elaborate
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Max M Bellingham Letter Dear Governor Bellingham‚ My name is Maxwell Maude. I am a citizen of Boston and I am writing to you regarding my opinion of Hester Prynne. I am aware of the crime that Hester committed and I do believe that it was immoral. However‚ there are certain nuances of Hester’s case that I would like to review. While I believe that Hester is guilty of adultery under the law‚ I don’t think she should be prosecuted due to these extenuating circumstances. As I said before
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The Scarlet Letter Final Paper The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ is set in a society of Puritan confinement. Not surprisingly‚ it contains minimal displays of affection among its characters‚ with only three crucial kisses depicted. Each kiss is between the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and his love child‚ Pearl‚ and accent the underlying theme of nature vs. societal repression. Each kiss represents a transfer‚ a clash or crossover of natural instinct and social conduct between Dimmesdale
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figure out who it is. He starts to become crazy here of he must know who Hester got pregnant with. "And now‚ Mistress Prynne‚" said old Roger Chillingworth‚ as he was hereafter to be named‚ "I leave thee alone: alone with thy infant and the scarlet letter! How is it‚ Hester? Doth thy sentence bind thee to wear the token in thy sleep? Art thou not afraid of nightmares and hideous dreams?" Since now that the town hates hester for her crime and is being punished very severly‚ Chillingsworth is
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Society judges them without getting to know even though they probably committed small crimes such as possessing drugs. Society often pictures them as the one of the worst people on the earth not even knowing what they were charged for. During the Scarlet Letter the reader become very familiar with the topic of remorse‚ regret‚ and how decisions can change one’s life. The main character of the story is Hester Prynne‚ she committed adultery and as a result became pregnant and was sent to prison. The very
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