Skyler Vincent English 2333 Amanda Cuellar April 04‚ 2012 In The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter‚ they are both known to be a part of the Puritan religion. The puritans are known to be very strict. Often people are put to cruel punishments for mistakes or sins they had committed. The actions they take to “punish” a person are extreme. The Puritans act and seem so committed to their religion. The people seem “Holy” but you never really know what happens behind closed doors. The Puritan religion
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misinterpretation of who she really is. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Pearl is seen as an unworldly creature‚ incapable of any good. Her personality is unusual and difficult to comprehend‚ which prompts the puritanical society to question her ethical development. Pearl is constantly viewed as a mischievous elf-child by all the Puritans in Boston‚ yet Hawthorne intensely compares her to a glorious work of art. She is the representation of the Scarlet letter in human form. A child who is as significant
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Answer the questions below on The Scarlet Letter and "In Reference to Her Children." Be sure to write your answers in complete sentences. Identify and explain an emotion that Bradstreet expresses in her poem that any mother might have. Fear of how her child is going to turn out after being isolated for childhood. Read Bradstreet’s biography. List two hardships she endured throughout her life. Then‚ in at least two sentences‚ explain how these hardships might have influenced her poem "In Reference
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Lying will leave one with guilt. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter”‚ the truth sets the characters free. Pearl is the living‚ walking‚ talking version of the truth. The scaffold is used to reveal the truth of people’s sins. The scarlet letter reveals the truth of Hester’s sin‚ and the sunlight shines on those who are being truthful. Hawthorne uses symbolism to express the theme of the truth. Hawthorne uses Pearl as a symbol of the truth. Pearl is the living version of the truth. Pearl
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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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The Scarlett Letter In The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthrone‚ symbolism plays an important role. The symbols are apparent throughout the novel and reoccur in different places. The Scarlet Letter contains symbols including: the letter “A”‚ Pearl‚ and the scaffold. Hester Prynne performs an act of adultery and as a punishment; she is giving the scarlet letter. The scarlet letter is most important symbol in the book‚ hence the books title. The scarlet letter‚ at first‚ is meant to represent
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Zakk Hartwig PIB English 10 Period 2G October 20‚ 2010 The Scarlet Letter In the novel The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne uses many different settings to portray important functions and significance. Several of the settings such as the prison and cemetery‚ the town‚ Governor Bellingham’s house‚ the scaffold‚ the forest‚ the lighting‚ and so on have a deeper definition. The settings act as theme enhancers that make the novel more complex and classic. Hawthorne’s use of setting is spectacular in
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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a great work with many excellent things that could be said about it. One thing that makes The Scarlet Letter stand out is the character of Hester Prynn‚ who is one of the strongest female characters in literature. Having a female character with such strength raises the question of whether or not The Scarlet Letter is a feminist novel; by looking at what feminism is and analyzing the book itself‚ one can see that the book is more a commentary on society
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the time of the Puritans in the later 1600s and the 1700s. Theological ethics are derived from a deity’s standpoint of what is good and should be done by humanity. In this case‚ that deity is God. When considering the works Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ and The Crucible‚ a thematic connection is quickly discovered. Although theological ethics and religion were viewed as deeply important in Puritan society‚ they ultimately caused evil and destruction in the world. While these
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long awaited truth (Ch. 23‚ 195). The only time when Hester feels free is when she is in the woods with Pearl and Dimmesdale because she can escape the judgment from the townspeople (Ch. 17‚ 148). When Hester is in the woods she rips off the scarlet letter from her chest and lets her hair down‚ which shows that before that moment she was consumed by her sin and felt she could only be herself when she was in the woods (Ch.
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