Application Letter Essay

In the "The Scarlet Letter" and "The Crucible," both authors Nathaniel Hawthorne and Arthur Miller argues that one 's individual conscience should take precedence over the rules of one 's religion. For short, a person should follow their own beliefs and conscience thoughts before following their religious virtues. Both authors show evidence that supports their claim in their novels by using Pathos. By using pathos, both authors ' were even able to convince me into agreeing with their statement.…

In the famous novel The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hawthorne writes a story which focuses on the sinful action of adultery and writes about how this sin affects several characters. One of these characters is known as Arthur Dimmesdale. In the novel, Arthur Dimmesdale is known to be a normal Puritan minister who preaches inspiring sermons to the little town of Boston in the 17th century. All the townspeople look up to Dimmesdale as a role model figure and show a great deal of…

During the sixteen hundreds in a Puritan society, the way you live is judged upon how well you apply the Puritan Gospel in your life. In the books The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Crucible by Arthur Miller we were taken on a journey to see the lifestyle of a Puritan community. In The Scarlet Letter we followed a woman named Hester Prynne who committed adultery and was faced with many trials and tribulations because of her act of sin. In The Crucible we read about a group of…

Biblical Allusions and Symbolisms in the Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter is filled with Biblical allusions and symbolisms that help enhance and deepen the context of the story. Watson found 38 allusions in his A Dictionary of Biblical Allusions in the Scarlet Letter and even “acknowledges the possibility that he may have overlooked some of the novel’s more obscure biblical allusions” (Watson 4). Knowing that the Puritan “interpretation of scriptures was a harsh one” (Puritans) and “emphasized…

their actions. The hypocrisy of the Puritans allows them to be effective characters for displaying sin. Nathaniel Hawthorne employs a strict seventeenth century Puritan society and the consequences of sin to provoke sickening irony in The Scarlet Letter. The Puritan structure supplies Hawthorne with…

Throughout The Scarlet Letter, many themes were presented in many different forms, Motifs, and Symbols. Hawthorne, throughout the story, presented the theme sin, and allowed the reader to perceive it as a gift, or more of a necessary step toward happiness. Many Characters, Symbols, and Plot points tied to the theme of sin, but not all were evil as would be expected with a topic of sin. Through the Scarlet letter, Hawthorne portrays sin as more of a grey area, not putting it out to be dark, but…

People make decisions every day that can affect someone’s life in many different ways depending on the severity of the decision. In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne showcases the decisions in the form of sin in the Puritan lifestyle. The novel goes through the daily lives of New England Puritans as they struggle through the harsh punishment of sin. One of the main characters, Hester Prynne, is the first character shown to receive consequences for the sin she commits. Hester has an…

If a teacher were to ask a student if Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, should stay in the curriculum, the student might answer with a vexed look and a stern ‘no’. Some readers would express frustration with the antique writing style and the overly intricate plot. Even some people from Hawthorne’s time were distracted and unable to recognize Hawthorne’s actual denotation. E.P. Whipple, a nineteenth century essayist and literary critic, wrote “There is a profound philosophy underlying…

In the Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne writes his main character, Hester Prynne, loosely based on the real life Puritan dissenter, Anne Hutchinson. However, although Hutchinson is the main inspiration for Prynne, Hawthorne also wrote his own personality into that of Hester Prynne, making her a sort of cross between the characters of Hawthorne and Hutchinson. When she first appears in the novel, Hester Prynne is being taken from the jailhouse to a raised scaffolding…

other words, a feminist is an advocate or supporter of women’s rights and equality. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, women are generally portrayed as inferior to men. Feminism was not in existence in the setting of Hawthorne 's novel , nor was it supported at its publication. Nevertheless, women 's advancement in society is made apparent in The Scarlet Letter by the novel’s main character, Hester Prynne. Unlike the submissive women of the Puritan community, Hester pursued her…