Cover Letter Essay

In the book The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is a women named Hester Prynne. She committed the crime of adultery, she kept Chillingworth’s secret from Dimmesdale, and she often referred to Pearl as an evil imp. Although she did all of these actions, she still gave her surplus amounts of money to charity and counseled women so that is why I think she is an example of the best citizen. Hester, even though she doesn’t have a lot to give, gives excess amount of her clothing and…

In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne, a Puritan mother was tried and convicted of adultery and spent the rest of her life raising her child alone. Hester was forced to wear a scarlet letter embroidered on her chest, which served as a constant symbol of public shame and embarrassment. The Puritan people’s cruelty towards Hester carried on to her child, Pearl. Pearl was forced to live the early part of her life as an outcast of society. Although Pearl and Hester were forced…

'Study after Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X 1953' is an art piece created by Irish painter Francis Bacon. The focus of this nightmarish image is the face of the Pope which is set in a ghoulish scream of silent pain as he sits in what seems to be and electric chair. In Bacons adaptation he has painted dark, thin drapes which enclose the pope to silently scream in existential agony. These drapes could symbolise the calignosity that has seeped into the Catholic system casting a shadow over…

between the colonists and the Motherland, which was England. Many issues, such as the Stamp act, were in this time period when Hughes wrote a letter about violence caused by Presbyterians. Presbyterians were people who were devoted to the Christian church but were also upset with the acts England had recently passed upon the colonies in the New World. In a letter to a the Lords, Hughes details the current situation in her province stating “The Presbyterians, who are very Numerous in America, and…

Hanna is selfish and insecure for many of the same reasons, some of these reasons include, why she will not testify, why she does not argue to protect herself, and why she had Michael read to her. In her actions, Hanna can be viewed by the reader as insecure because of her incapabilities to read and write. Hanna seems to take control of Michael when they were together, but in court she seems shy and conceded with her lawyer. Also, when Michael went to see her at work, she was timid and hesitant…

By Regency laws, Mr. William Collins is an heir of the Bennett estate because he is a distant cousin to Mr. Bennett, whom is without a son. In a male dominant society, Mr. Collins has an entitlement to the property, and he may choose to have a responsibility toward the Bennett family. However, Mr. Collins is a pompous, sycophantic clergyman of exaggerated solemnity as his manners are very formal; he is also annoying, talkative, uncoordinated (cannot dance), and physically unattractive. Mr.…

her discharge. The ladies in the group have a poor feeling for Hester, calling her a criminal ( Nathaniel Hawthorne 46-47). Her disobedience of tradition, her genuineness, and her sympathy may have been in her character from the start, yet the red letter conveys them to our consideration. As the book goes on more and eventually all of Hester’s inward qualities are shown, showing the people of the community she is not who they think she is. As she is being discharged from the prison, Hester is…

Symbols are an important way that authors can convey their message to the reader. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hawthorne uses dark and light to highlight important parts of the story. In this novel, dark symbolizes both truth and lies and unhappiness. Light symbolizes both truth and lies and happiness. These to symbols together bring the story to a better fluidity and helps the reader understand Hester’s life. The reader can understand her life by looking at the sun. In this…

Hester Prynne, the talk of the town, along with her young daughter Pearl, have become the subject of ridicule for the town of Boston. Hester has committed an unspeakable sin against the church and her husband. Hester should have her daughter taken away and her sentence should be lengthened as a result of her poor choices. Even so, Hester will not and can not understand the severity of her act if she is to live a blessed life with the only good thing to come from it, her daughter, Pearl.…

Creating a more realistic story with his usage of historical figures as actual characters in the novel The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses these minor characters—Governor Bellingham, Mistress Hibbins, and Reverend Wilson—to not only help develop the main characters’ plotline, but to mainly use them as examples of aspects in Puritan society that he does not support completely. In his writing style, he never directly criticizes the people, but he uses ironical situations with minor…