Confirmation Letter Essay

Princess Ojuolape Miss Zak English III-1st 10 October 2014 The Outcomes of Sin The Scarlet Letter is written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and is a fictional story. In this novel, three people commit sins and pay the cost of it at the end. Hawthorne shows the effects of sin in The Scarlet Letter through the characters of Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. The character, Chillingworth, committed a sin of revenge but he never was able to accomplish his action. Although, “Nothing…

The story 'The Scarlet Letter ' if filled to the brim with symbolism, both in the form of the letter 'A ' itself and the way people see it and the people themselves. The letter, the main form of symbolism has many different meanings varying from the living embodiment found in Hester 's daughter to the version where it was 'burned ' into Arthur 's flesh, to the different ways that it is viewed while Hester wears it over the years. symbol, or symbolism, is generally a concrete (physical) object…

understand these symbols, the ancient Greeks came up with the four terms: Eros, storge, agape, and philia to describe the four types of love. Each of these types of love is demonstrated in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlett Letter” in different ways. Different characters in the Scarlett Letter share Eros, storge, agape, and philia love. Eros is a very affectionate and sensual kind of love. It usually triggers romantic feelings.…

strength, but almost always, their owners tend to grow out of them. Pearl becomes the special something to her parents, Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale, in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Born out of wedlock, Pearl is the reason that her Puritan community marks her mother with the scarlet letter A. However, she also steers others toward the truth throughout the novel, becoming an impetus for Dimmesdale’s regeneration. The three landmark scaffold scenes are what delineate Pearl 's…

The Scarlett Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, gives the reader a limitless number of differences between Roger Chillingworth and Arthur Dimmesdale. However, Hawthorne also shows similarities between the two main men characters. The two characters show us the evil in the novel, the unfolding sin, and add a special romance to the novel. They are extremely important in the story, and to give two examples of evil and love, evil being Chillingworth, and love being Dimmesdale. Reading the…

of sexism towards women. A novel that explores Puritan life has the opposite idea and demonstrates the strength of a woman stuck in a Puritan society.. The Scarlet Letter is a feminist novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hester is a proud woman. As Hester walks out of the prison branded with a scarlet…

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…