The setting of the prison gives readers the idea that prison is very sad and depressing and that the people in the prison are not glad to be there. The people in the prison are miserable and the prison itself is harsh.
The rose bush growing in front of the prison is kind of ironic because a rose bush is something that is beautiful. It is an amazing that something so beautiful is found next to a prison, which kind of suggests that nature does not judge humans as humans do.
The author emphasizes the rose-bush because it represents forgiveness, which is very different from all the sin of the prison. The bush served as God’s forgiveness message to Hester.
This is ironic because the Puritans are supposed to be pure and clean, but they arrested …show more content…
The character Mr.Chillingworth feels bad for Hester. Mr. Chillingworth admits to being wrong, yet at the same time feels that Hester’s lover has wronged them both.
The author rhymes Thou with thine and thine with Prynne.The author seems to feel that Hester is an interpretation of Cain and Abel which also alludes to the Bible.The Mark of Cain was given as a curse by God to Cain, who had murdered his brother making him the first murderer. And in the Scarlet Letter, Hester has committed the adultery and has to wear a scarlet A on her clothing as if it was the mark of a curse.
The character Hester feels that everyone is talking about her and that she now has become the subject of any conversation.
The detail of the human eye seems important because the author is referring to Hester’s secret lover who doesn’t taunt her for her sin.
This phrase from the story shows readers the subtle emotions Pearl brings out in her mother …show more content…
She also wants to know why her mother wearing the letter pains Reverend Dimmesdale.
The character Hester now feels a strong hatred against Chillingworth. Hester also believes that Chillingworth has betrayed her and that everything he is doing to her doesn 't even compare to what she did to him.
Hester wants to meet up with Reverend Dimmesdale underneath the open sky but in her mind it is a way of telling him everything she has on her mind. She believes it will relieve her from being limited in speech.
Something I noticed was how Hawthorne related this to light versus dark. Pearl can play with the light because she is pure even though she is the daughter of sinners, but she has not herself. Hester can not touch the light because she has sinned.Pearl believes that Hester 's letter is quite normal only because she has grown up with it. And having grown up with the letter makes Pearl believe that it is something you get when you become a woman.This scene is similar to the one in The Minister’s Vigil where they were on the scaffold. In this scene Dimmesdale hears the voice of his love in the dark. His guilt is so heavy he starts to question his own
The rose bush growing in front of the prison is kind of ironic because a rose bush is something that is beautiful. It is an amazing that something so beautiful is found next to a prison, which kind of suggests that nature does not judge humans as humans do.
The author emphasizes the rose-bush because it represents forgiveness, which is very different from all the sin of the prison. The bush served as God’s forgiveness message to Hester.
This is ironic because the Puritans are supposed to be pure and clean, but they arrested …show more content…
The character Mr.Chillingworth feels bad for Hester. Mr. Chillingworth admits to being wrong, yet at the same time feels that Hester’s lover has wronged them both.
The author rhymes Thou with thine and thine with Prynne.The author seems to feel that Hester is an interpretation of Cain and Abel which also alludes to the Bible.The Mark of Cain was given as a curse by God to Cain, who had murdered his brother making him the first murderer. And in the Scarlet Letter, Hester has committed the adultery and has to wear a scarlet A on her clothing as if it was the mark of a curse.
The character Hester feels that everyone is talking about her and that she now has become the subject of any conversation.
The detail of the human eye seems important because the author is referring to Hester’s secret lover who doesn’t taunt her for her sin.
This phrase from the story shows readers the subtle emotions Pearl brings out in her mother …show more content…
She also wants to know why her mother wearing the letter pains Reverend Dimmesdale.
The character Hester now feels a strong hatred against Chillingworth. Hester also believes that Chillingworth has betrayed her and that everything he is doing to her doesn 't even compare to what she did to him.
Hester wants to meet up with Reverend Dimmesdale underneath the open sky but in her mind it is a way of telling him everything she has on her mind. She believes it will relieve her from being limited in speech.
Something I noticed was how Hawthorne related this to light versus dark. Pearl can play with the light because she is pure even though she is the daughter of sinners, but she has not herself. Hester can not touch the light because she has sinned.Pearl believes that Hester 's letter is quite normal only because she has grown up with it. And having grown up with the letter makes Pearl believe that it is something you get when you become a woman.This scene is similar to the one in The Minister’s Vigil where they were on the scaffold. In this scene Dimmesdale hears the voice of his love in the dark. His guilt is so heavy he starts to question his own