Confirmation Letter Essay

Since the agricultural revolution, women have held subservient positions in society. Even today, inequalities such as gender bias and slut-shaming are constant injustices most women face in their lifetimes. In The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and originally published in 1850, Hawthorne comments openly and often about the infringement of Hester Prynne’s rights as a human and a citizen. He discusses the torment and abuse she endures after being found guilty of adultery, and…

are destined to be, someone will always be there to drag you down, to make you think that you are wrong. This is, in a perspective, what the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is about. Hester’s destiny was always to end up as Pearls mother, to be shamed in front of her town. Her destiny was always to have that agonizingly beautiful scarlet letter pinned to her breast. Her guilt did not come from destiny, no it came from the ridged society she lives in. It came with one night, one mistake,…

John Proctor and Arthur Dimmesdale John Proctor in The Crucible and Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter follow a similar course throughout both of their stories. Both men are of similar age and stature, and hold respected roles within their communities. Be it an act of lust or an act of love, both committed adultery, because of their high social status both try to hide their sin. This then leads to their internal conflict, but it is resolved after they make peace with themselves. Their…

Many of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s works, such as Scarlet Letter and “Minister’s Black Veil”, use the themes of guilt and alienation. He uses guilt as something that can eat away at someone’s soul. While he uses alienation as something that can come from sin and guilt from sin. He uses guilt and alienation to change his characters through his works, like The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne uses the themes of guilt and alienation through his works and the effects of guilt and alienation to show the…

In The Scarlet Letter, a novel compose by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character Hester Prynne accepts the fact that she has greatly sinned and comes to the realization that she has a price to pay for her wrongdoing against God. This novel can be considered a redemptive work because the author takes the readers through Hester 's journey on how she tries to better herself and her society after her transgression. Redemption is defined as the triumph of good over evil, the atonement for one 's…

interest in the Orient prevailed. This interest in the Orient could have been sparked from his father’s curios, souvenirs, and logbooks along with the items exhibited in the East India Marine Society. These interests inspired him to write The Scarlet Letter and illustrate his main character with the prominent characteristics…

In “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the difficult time many people went through is seen. It is mostly seen how women did not have as many choices as men did, it shows how women were judged and watched for every little thing that they did. Their actions spoke louder than their words, because no one was willing to hear what they had to say, they were just willing to see the outcome. The beliefs that society had, compared to the ones that society has today were very different yet in a…

the Atlantic from America to France to seek aid and assistance from France in an effort to break from the British empirical rule over America. Franklin’s original goal of money and aid to America changed during his time in France upon receiving letters from American prisoners of war, ill-treated and dying in British prisons. The American prisoner’s outlook on life become dire after Parliament voted in 1777 to deny them legal rights traditionally granted to prisoners of war. Upon the…

linger and grow. Thus, when left alone too long, that monster can evolve and completely consume the person’s mind, eating them alive. One novel that most notably explains the consequences of a guilty conscience is Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne’s novel describes the tragic tale of the benevolent adulteress Hester Prynne and the pious minister Arthur Dimmesdale. Their stories begin in a strict Puritan community in Boston, Massachusetts, where they both fall into the darkness…

It has been suggested, by critics of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, that despite the fact that Hester Prynne is the most evident major character, perhaps Arthur Dimmesdale, although weak, is the less realized central character of the novel. They propose that the minister is the one who is truly persecuted and tempted. However, while providing a true statement in the fact that Dimmesdale is an incredibly weak character, he does not experience more prejudice or temptation than Hester…