The Scaffold: Revision In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne uses the recurring motif of the scaffolding in order to symbolize shame and public confession. Through various chapters Hawthorne uses the scaffolding to depict Hester’s shame‚ Dimmesdale’s struggle‚ and later his confession. In the beginning of the novel the scaffold served to symbolize Hester’s public humiliation. As her punishment Hester had to stand on the scaffold as her form of public humiliation. The symbolism
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Question 1: A Prison and a cemetery are the first things needed. It shows how strict the laws there were. Additional was the fact that for a punishment‚ for whatever sin‚ you either went to prison or were killed some way and buried in the cemetery. It sets the precedent of strict rules through the church. The Puritans ruled everything in their entirety through the church. They constantly went through the bible picking out different verses “deciphering” their meaning and utilizing these as evidence
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Chapter 1 and 2: symbolism Intro: Symbolism is a major technique within Hawthorne’s novel. The symbols portrays sufficient information about the themes of society‚ sin and the individual which informs us about the effects of Puritan law. Society: In chapter 1 Puritan society is immediately depicted as harsh through the subtle symbolism of the prison door which was ’studded with iron spikes’. Also the ’bearded men’ in ’sad coloured garments’ illustrates a morbid aura. The mention of ’cemetery’
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In his book‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne tells of a story where a young woman has had an adulterous relationship with a respected priest in a Puritan community. Typical of Hawthorne’s writings is the use of imagery and symbolism. In Chapter 12‚ The Minister’s Vigil‚ there are several uses of imagery when Dimmesdale‚ the priest‚ is battling with confessing his sin‚ which has plagued him for seven years. Three evident techniques used to personify symbolism in this chapter are the use
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The most unexpected individual to be shunned by society is a smiling‚ recognizable face of American television. Shunning has been an integral part of human society from its inception‚ when man first left behind individual lifestyles and banded together to create the precursors to modern civilization. All cultures‚ societies‚ and civilizations contain those that would seem unwanted‚ which ultimately results in the shunning of individuals. When a community shuns a citizen within it‚ it is because the
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CH1&2?’S 1. Why are the people gathered outside the jailhouse? 2. What does the rose represent? 3. Why is Hester on trial? 4. What is Hester’s punishment? 5. What does the scarlet letter represent? CH3&4?’S 1. What does Hester see at the edge of the crowd? 2. How does the stranger describe himself? 3. What does the stranger look like? 4. Who is asked to speak with Hester? 5. Who is left in the room with Hester and the baby? CH5&6?’S 1. Is Hester being forced to stay in the society?
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Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne establishes the character Pearl as having tenacity and peculiarity in her personality and traits. First‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne exaggerates Pearl’s qualities to establish her as an odd child and a separate person from the Puritan town she lives in. In chapter 7‚ after the governor asks Pearl who created her‚ she answers by saying ‘no one created her rather her mother plucked her from a wild rose bush near the prison.’ Hawthorne follows Pearl’s remark
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The Scarlet Letter: Chillingworth’s Significance Nathaniel Hawthorne’s morally diverse novel The Scarlet Letter provides a darkening perspective on the effects of sin‚ hypocrisy‚ and anguish portrayed in the human behavior of the villain. Fundamentally‚ “there are no secrets that time does not reveal”; therefore‚ Hawthorne enhances his purpose with the utilization of many antagonists whom portray this‚ but neither associating more importantly than Roger Chillingworth’s character. (Steen) For instance
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