Word Count: 2080 Hosseini ’s use of recurrent symbols and motifs to represent not just the personal relationships in the story‚ but to portray the larger scale problems in Afghanistan‚ has received both applaud and criticism. Through the use of these literary techniques‚ Hosseini illustrates the progression of characters and relationships whilst engaging our emotions with the quest for redemption and portraying the changing backdrop of Afghanistan. Hosseini ’s use of symbols and motifs in The
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people interested in reading The Scarlet Letter for years to come. In writing this book he used themes evident throughout the entirety of the novel. These themes are illustrated in what happens to the characters and how they react. By examining how these themes affect the main characters‚ Hester‚ Dimmesdale‚ and Chillingworth‚ one can obtain a better understanding of what Hawthorne was trying to impress upon his readers. The first theme expressed in The Scarlet Letter is that even well meaning
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Scarlet Letter: Guilt Will Destroy “Be true to yourself‚ and everyone else” This is the main point that the author of the “Scarlet Letter‚” Nathaniel Hawthorne is trying to convey when he says “Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world‚ if not your worst‚ yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred! (200).” One can come back and learn from their mistakes‚ and their sin. In the novel‚ Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale both commit the same crime. The difference is that‚ everyday
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Thesis: Throughout the story‚ Pearl is first seen as an image of purity‚ innocence‚ and beauty‚ but as the story progresses‚ she is described more as elfish‚ mysterious‚ and demonic. As a result‚ it is clear Pearl is a very strange and progressively changes throughout the book. When Pearl is first born‚ she is constantly explained as innocent‚ beautiful‚ lovely‚ blessing‚ and also a treasure to Hester. “...and the beauty that became every day more brilliant‚ and the intelligence that threw its
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The plot in this passage has a large amount of to-dos with flashbacks. In the story the couple‚ Hester and William‚ had disagreed on whether or not the boys should go to the circus or not. The story starts off with Hester agreeing for them to go by telling William her story of when she went to the circus as a child. It carrys on with William thinking about the time he had gone too. Later on after realizing how much fun he had‚ “I reckon I could tell all that fools jokes now… I mind I had on a pair
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8-18-13 AP English The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter is a story that characters have to live and deal with the effects of sin in different ways. Of all the characters in the book‚ the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is the character represented as the most weak. He is a much stronger guy than he is given credit for. The amount of control he has over handling and dealing with burdens is out of this world. The first time we see Dimmesdale‚ he is represented as a very nervous and sensitive
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In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter the story takes place in Puritanical America where the young Hester Prynne‚ after committing adultery is punished on the basis of what the town thinks is right. She is simultaneously a part of the town and is also pushed away from it. Hawthorne explores the theme of liminality between society and nature through the motif of setting to convey the isolation that comes with sin. The scaffold (where Hester stands to face her consequences)‚ Hester and Pearl’s
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In this book all the good stuff goes down in the woods. Nature is almost like a character in the world of The Scarlet Letter. It is often personified as listening‚ commenting on‚ and interacting with other characters. The society itself (Puritan Boston society) is like an island surrounded by nature. The town is bordered on one side by a huge expanse of woods‚ home to Native Americans (the Wampanoag tribes). On the other side lies the big blue Atlantic Ocean. From the beginning of this story‚ our
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“’Dear little Pearl‚ wilt thou kiss me now? Thou wouldst not‚ yonder‚ in the forest! But now thou wilt?’ Pearl kissed his lips. A spell was broken.” This quote‚ coming from chapter 23 in The Scarlet Letter‚ shows another example of how Dimmesdale attempts to free his soul before he dies. Throughout this entire chapter‚ Dimmesdale tries to cleanse his heart by telling the townspeople that he is not the man that they know and love. Instead‚ he is a sinner who has committed adultery with Hester
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The Scarlett Letter Criticism Nathanial Hawthorne envisioned The Scarlet Letter as a short story published in a collection‚ but it outgrew that purpose. Most critics accept Hawthorne’s definition of it as a “romance” rather than a novel. The novel begins with an introductory autobiographical essay‚ “The Custom House” where Hawthorne describes working as a custom officer in Salem‚ Massachusetts. He describes coming across documents that provide him with the basis for The Scarlett Letter.
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