The Scarlet Letter Essay

H In Puritan times, Hester Prynne, the protagonist of The Scarlet Letter, is marked with a distinctive letter A for the rest of her life. This is due to her decision to commit adultery. In the 21st century, the human race is naturally critical of others. However, regardless of their mistakes, no one is permanently marked with a letter to remember their mishaps. Through examining my personal attributes, it is evident that a letter that would most rightfully suit me is H. As a student, I am…

people, and 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.…

Hester are talking, he says to her, “Happy are you, Hester that wear the scarlet letter openly upon…

The Scarlet Letter Analysis Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter has many themes that resonate throughout the book, but the theme that resonates the most is sin. Analyzing sin as a major theme, you can see who sin has affected in The Scarlet Letter and see how each character has developed through sin. Sin consumes everyone, but only the people who do something bad are the ones that get shamed. Which is what happened to Hester. Yes we all know that Hester did a bad thing, but…

The justification behind the concept of punishment takes many different forms. In Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the primary rationale behind the Puritans’ punishment of Hester Prynne, the accused adulteress, is retributive, in proportional to the nature of the transgression. The Puritans intend their punishment of ostracism and forced visibility of the letter “A” to match Hester’s crime of adultery by shaming her with a sense of damnation. However, ironically this punishment brings an…

Pearl and how she relates to sin in The Scarlet Letter In The Scarlet Letter, a novel set in the seventeenth century in a Puritan settlement by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Pearl is a symbol that contributes to the role of sin throughout the entirety of the story. She is more of a symbol that is meant to supplement one of the main themes in the story, sin, rather than an actual character that has unique characteristics. She represents several things like a constant reminder of Hester’s sin, an…

The Right to Judge In the book, “A Scarlet Letter”, it seems that many people were quick to judge Hester for the things they thought she did. Whether what the people thought about her were true or not, they quickly made up their minds about who they thought she was. During the time period of this book, adultery was one of the most shameful crimes that could have been committed. The town’s perception of Hester after her adultery makes it hard for her to live a life of normalcy. One of the…

It may seem easier and more beneficial to keep your sins and secrets locked away. However, in the end, the truth will set you free. Nathaniel Hawthorne focuses on this theme throughout his novel, The Scarlet Letter. He portrays this theme by the use of descriptive narrative and symbolism. Multiple characters within this novel have a difficult time confessing their sins. The sins remain a secret and are locked away inside of them. Ultimately, Hawthorne conveys an ambiguous message to the readers…

in the classic novel: The Scarlet Letter this in one of the main issues that the main characters have to go through and overcome. In the contemporary novel: Speak Melinda Sordino has had a great life. She has amazing parents, a great group of friends, and is ready to finally be in high school. That is until she goes to an end-of-summer party, where she experiences a traumatic event that causes her to call…

Guilt can play a major role in anyone’s life, for being such a minor factor. The Scarlet Letter does an excellent job at demonstrating the role of guilt, a scourge, which breaks both spirit and health, perfectly, on two well-defined characters. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, readers can see the disastrous effects of guilt on a person’s spirit and health, as shown in Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale 's own private struggles; as they try to hold themselves together after an…