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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a work of fiction which was set in seventeenth century in Boston. The story shows complex topics of the Puritan system in the colonial era and the idea of sin and justice. It is more than just the tale of sins, it is an intense love story between Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. The main character of the story, Hester Prynne is punished for her sin of adultery. Throughout the story, the author, Mr. Hawthorne seems to sympathize with…

Devices of The Scarlet Letter Guilt is a feeling with which many people are familiar. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, a woman named Hester Prynne is condemned by her entire village after committing adultery and having a child. Her punishment is that for the rest of her life, she has no choice but to wear a red letter “A” embroidered into her shirt to ensure that she feels the shame of her infraction every day. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the symbolism of the scarlet letter, internal…

In the Scarlet Letter, on pages 92 and 93, Hawthorne uses a mix of captivating imagery, mischievous diction, and devilish details to alert the reader to impish tone, endearing attitude, the perfect analogy between Pearl and her mother’s scarlet letter. Throughout the passage, Pearl is constantly described with mischievous diction. For instance, she enjoys annoying her mother by constantly asking to be picked up and put down, “more from caprice than necessity.” The use of caprice here indicates…

In Michael Pringle’s essay, “The Scarlet Lever: Hester’s Civil Disobedience”, Pringle argues that in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Hester uses the scarlet “A” to empower her individual self against the Puritan magistrates. Using Henry David Thoreau’s “Resistance to Civil Government”, Pringle elaborates on the significance of the scarlet letter, and prove it to be a symbol of Hester’s defiance within her community. After reading the article, it is confirmed that Hester’s embroidered “A” allows…

In the book The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses symbolism to get across the main idea of the book. The main symbol Hawthorne uses is the rose bush, to show that throughout all the pain and judgement Hester Prynne had to go through, this rose bush showed her there is still hope. The rose bush shows her strength, beauty, hope and freedom. A newly mother, Hester, gets publicly humiliated for her sin of adultery, but this one rose bush tells her not to give up on herself and Pearl. The…

In The Scarlet Letter, Nathanial Hawthorne made it quite evident that Pearl was a very symbolic character. As we know, following Hester's act of adultery, she became pregnant with Pearl and we get the sense that there is something strange and unnatural about her when first introduced. This is relevant to her symbolism and the many attributes that she represents. Throughout the novel, her symbolism ranges from being equated to evil, sin, and innocence. Furthermore, it is also possible that her…

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis portrayed evil in a way that I found extremely interesting. A demon named Screwtape writes letters to his nephew, Wormwood, to guide him on trying to keep a human away from God. He tells Wormwood that he should keep his “Patient” busy and never allow him time to get close with God. The way that evil is portrayed is interesting because it is never manifested to the human. It is just a force prompting them to do certain things that will eventually lead them to…

The Prison Door- The prison door emblazons how strict the Puritans were about their religion. The Scarlet Letter- The scarlet letter promotes the impure act of adultery. The red stands as a symbol of sin and evil. It could also mean that Hester can burn in hell for her impurity. The Scarlet Letter- In chapter 13, the scarlet letter is not really mentioned so much as a symbol of impurity, but as a symbol of her calling. With all of her charity work, people began to ignore the origin of the…

The Scarlet letter Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, the Scarlet Letter, conveys the theme that as people actions change so does others perspective of them, the character Hester’s scarlet letter “A” doesn’t just stand as a symbol by itself but as a symbol of Hester’s identity; as her actions change so does the towns thought on the scarlet letter as they do not recognize her scarlet letter as a sign of sin and adultery, but as a symbol of being able. What was meant to shame and disown Hester in…

The three works by Nathaniel Hawthorne all have overlapping themes, characters, settings, symbols, and plots. To begin, the major theme behind the stories is sin. This is evident in The Scarlet Letter through Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne's adultery. In "The Minister's Black Veil" by the minister hiding his face to represent that the entire world in hiding behind their own black veils, or sins. In "Young Goodman Brown", does not trust anyone because of their hiding sins. Sin overwhelms…