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were noticeably harsher. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is heavily centered on how the Puritan people face guilt and sin in ways their religion and culture allowed. As the plot develops, the four main characters-Hester Prynne, Pearl Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingsworth- reach individual development by dealing with the effects of guilt and sin individually. Hester opposes it by flagrantly wearing a scarlet letter on her chest, Pearl manages by being a living symbol of…

The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, takes place in Boston, Massachusetts in the 1640s. One of the main characters in this work is Hester Prynne, a young woman of the colony who is discovered to be an adulteress and condemned to wear a scarlet letter for the remainder of her life. Her partner in sin is a young Puritan minister of high repute, Arthur Dimmesdale. In the act of adultery, Hester conceives a child, whom she names Pearl. Another main character is Hester Prynne’s former husband,…

I can’t really feel as if good Mr. Hooper’s face was behind that piece of crape,” said the sexton. I feel as if Mr. Hooper was battling with his own sin. He thought his face was going to reveal all of his transgressions which is why he kept his face concealed from the congregation and his fiancée. From my point of view, it sounds like our main character Mr. Hooper is suffering from his very own wrong doing. In article 1 lines 4 and 5 it states that Individuals could no longer see his kindness or…

exception the characters in the book portray to be someone who they are not. Because even though someone can hide the fact that they have committed sin it will still come back around somehow and they will have to face reality. In Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet letter is written about Hester’s love life, the sin she committed, and morality. In the book, he creates the different points of views on the characters. Hawthorne writes each character to make their own decisions on to choose a path that is…

In the book Sophia’s War by Avi the main character Sophia witnesses things that change her life completely. At the beginning of the book, Sophia is only 12 years old, a young and innocent child. Her family if fleeing from the war which has moved into her city, New York. When her father finally decides that it is safe enough Sophia and her mother to go back they start out to their old home. On the way they see many rebel and loyalist soldiers they try to stay away, but they end up being in the…

In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne is very obvious about the true nature of the characters, especially Hester, whose strength is no secret. Our very first depiction of Hester Prynne is one of a tenacious young woman, “she repelled [the town-beadle], by an action marked with natural dignity and force of character, and stepped into the open air, as if by her own free will”(36). In this instance, Hester is not backing down from her crime, and she is saying that this is her sin, not anybody else’s.…

The Scarlet Letter was written By Nathaniel Hawthorne and was published in 1850. The introductory chapter of the Scarlet Letter is called “The Custom House” which tells of hawthorns time working in the Salem, Mass. Government Custom House. He finds a Scarlet Letter in the Custom House. This a Scarlet Letter tells the story Hester of Prynne. In this novel, it becomes evident that Hawthorne is not just telling a story about a woman’s life and her sins, but an critique about the hypocrisy of the…

In the short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, there is an issue of mental that is openly ignored due to the view the town has of Emily. The people in the town never seem to confront the apparent mental issues that are going on. They seem to pity her, but go the extra mile to not actually confront the issues. While they are curious about her life and what goes on in the house, they do nothing to help her even to the detriment of other people. The house has not had visitors in years…

opportunities come and go throughout one's life, but one thing stays forever, sin. Hester Prynee is a woman living in a Puritan town in present day Boston, whose sin of adultery sentences her to a life time of wearing a scarlet "A". In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne uses Hester to prove that sin is eternal. This is shown through how her daughter sees her, Hester's personal view of the "A", and the inscription on her tombstone. When one sins, it becomes apart of them. Pearl sees the…

Throughout the novel The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hawthorne’s objective is to convey a message that individuals must be true to themselves and to others. Hawthorne allows readers to see what prompts characters to act the way they do such as Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth and Pearl Prynne. Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth do no stay true to themselves or others around them, hence their life’s negative outcome. Pearl remains true to herself and those around…