In the Puritan society of the 18th century, everything is focused around God and being pure. In The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne, a main character of the novel, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the protagonist illustrates how not to be pure. Henry F. Chorley’s article, Severity, Purity and Sympathy analyzes the transformation of the town and Hester throughout the novel. Hester Prynne, a motherly woman in the Puritan society, is shunned from her community because of her actions. Hester transforms from being shunned in the community, to being a person who everybody feels bad for because of the way she is humiliated. In Chorley’s (adjective) article he makes three claims about the themes of The Scarlet Letter; severity, purity, and sympathy, and
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The community starts to look at her as a person who is very helpful to everybody instead of somebody who commits adultery. In Chorley’s article he states, “-her slow and painful purification through repentance is crowned by no perfect happiness, such as awaits the decline of those who have no dark and bitter past to remember” (Chorley 184). Chorley is claiming that Hester becoming more accepted in the eyes of the community is not going to be easy, and she is going to struggle for a very long time to overcome her shame. It is going to take time for the (adjective)people in the community to not define her by the “A” but by her integrity and true character. In The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne states, “Such helpfulness was found in her, --so much power to do, and power to sympathize, --that many people refused to interpret the Scarlet “A” by its original signification. They said that it meant Able; so strong was Hester Prynne, with a women’s strength” (Hawthorne 111). Here, Hathorne is (adverb) demonstrating In this quote it helps demonstrate how the communities(sp) view of Hester changes throughout her actions during the novel. The town is forgiving Hester for her adulterous ways, and while that is happening, she is starting to become normal again--the same person she was before she commits adultery. I believe this important …show more content…
Chorley’s article demonstrates three key claims in The Scarlet Letter, severity, purity, and sympathy that help realize key points from the novel. Even though Hester is rejected by her friends and the whole community, Hester Prynne is still able to handle and learn from her experiences to eventually become a person who is accepted into the community. The three points that Henry F. Chorley makes about The Scarlet Letter, I still see in everyday society with women. Even at our school I see girls go through these three stages, from being disliked by everybody to eventually the person that everybody feels bad for because of how bad she was treated. Hester Prynne, the main character in The Scarlet Letter, strength’s is not in giving up when the going gets tough, sets a great example in the world, more than Nathaniel Hawthorne could have ever
The community starts to look at her as a person who is very helpful to everybody instead of somebody who commits adultery. In Chorley’s article he states, “-her slow and painful purification through repentance is crowned by no perfect happiness, such as awaits the decline of those who have no dark and bitter past to remember” (Chorley 184). Chorley is claiming that Hester becoming more accepted in the eyes of the community is not going to be easy, and she is going to struggle for a very long time to overcome her shame. It is going to take time for the (adjective)people in the community to not define her by the “A” but by her integrity and true character. In The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne states, “Such helpfulness was found in her, --so much power to do, and power to sympathize, --that many people refused to interpret the Scarlet “A” by its original signification. They said that it meant Able; so strong was Hester Prynne, with a women’s strength” (Hawthorne 111). Here, Hathorne is (adverb) demonstrating In this quote it helps demonstrate how the communities(sp) view of Hester changes throughout her actions during the novel. The town is forgiving Hester for her adulterous ways, and while that is happening, she is starting to become normal again--the same person she was before she commits adultery. I believe this important …show more content…
Chorley’s article demonstrates three key claims in The Scarlet Letter, severity, purity, and sympathy that help realize key points from the novel. Even though Hester is rejected by her friends and the whole community, Hester Prynne is still able to handle and learn from her experiences to eventually become a person who is accepted into the community. The three points that Henry F. Chorley makes about The Scarlet Letter, I still see in everyday society with women. Even at our school I see girls go through these three stages, from being disliked by everybody to eventually the person that everybody feels bad for because of how bad she was treated. Hester Prynne, the main character in The Scarlet Letter, strength’s is not in giving up when the going gets tough, sets a great example in the world, more than Nathaniel Hawthorne could have ever