The Scarlet Letter Essay

People grow and become who they are through challenges and hardships in their life. Most people believe that this statement is very true and Nathaniel Hawthorne proves this to be very true in his book The Scarlet Letter. To convey his message he uses Hester, a puritan woman, who has been convicted of being an adulterer. His strong religion, as seen in his personal diaries by saying, “OH lovely God!” (Diary of a Marriage) provides him with a better understanding of the life in puritan new england…

changed throughout the novel. A symbol that has a tremendous amount of importance in the novel is the letter A. At first, the letter was a sign and a reminder of what Hester had done and she did not like wearing the letter around her at all times. At the end of the story, both Hester and Pearl become fond with the letter because it resembles change and the new people they have become. (“The Scarlet Letter”, Gale Research.) Critics had a lot to say about this novel. Most of the critics express…

else. Three symbols used in the Scarlet Letter are the scarlet letter, Pearl, and the scaffold and all of these symbols are used differently by the Puritans and by the author. The meaning of the scarlet letter in the novel is for Hester to wear it because she has committed adultery. It is supposed to attract attention to her from all the townspeople or anyone else that sees her. The Puritans use of the symbol is to shame Hester for eternity. There will even be a letter on her gravestone.…

In the play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller and “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne there are many common themes expressed. The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in a colonial Puritan society. It shows the hysteria that took place in 1692 that ultimately led to the Salem Witch Trials. Similarly, the Scarlet letter also takes place in a Puritan society. It tells the story of a young woman who committed the sin of adultery but learns to cope with punishments. Throughout the…

can passionately and adamantly tell you that Nathaniel Hawthorne has a God given talent of prolonging a story that could be told in five chapters or less. In reading The Scarlet Letter I have developed grey hair, a dislike for words such as ignominy and sagacious and intense abdominal pain. On the other hand, The Scarlet Letter didn’t totally set me off of literature written before the 1900’s; I’ll give it another try in 40 years or so. Yet, on a serious note Nathaniel Hawthorne was able to…

With Hester, Dimmesdale can finally be true and live a real life. Dimmesdale describes his time with Hester with “‘Do I feel joy again?’ cried he, wondering at himself” (167). Joy, the greatest feeling in a human’s life. Without joy, life is meaningless. Dimmesdale finally feels true. Unity also brings about more changes in Hester. The long standing symbol of sin which has weighted down Hester for so long is finally tossed off. Hester feels, “the stigma gone, Hester heaved a long, deep…

The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathanial Hawthorne, takes place during the 17th century in Boston. This Novel in its whole, is bound with nature various times. Hawthorne generously applied nature in this Novel to reflect about human Nature itself and how Nature changed it, to add imagery and compute a theme in the novel. Hawthorne also used Nature to introduce deep perception into the characters. Nature plays a significant role in the Scarlet letter. It repeats as an essential argument in the…

best form in the novel The Scarlet letter. All throughout this novel, the act of sin is prevalent in almost every chapter. Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for portraying one solid concept throughout his novels. He also uses symbolism to portray human condition, knowledge, and sin in a different way. The tone exhibits a type of serious feel throughout the story, which has an impact on the ways that Hawthorne describes the different symbolisms. Another way the Scarlet letter can be interpreted is…

his past is still with him. The History, Art, and Wisdom in The Scarlet Letter, by Randall Stewart and Dorothy Bethurum, has a great representation of how Hawthorne uses his information to further the book The Scarlet Letter. Stewart and Bethurum’s article shows that history, sorrow and responsibility play a vital role in analyzing the novel’s worth. Hawthorne uses his ancestors' history to inspire him as he writes The Scarlet Letter. The novel is pretty accurate about the history because…

in real life, Daniel Hawthorne proves its truth in his novel The Scarlet Letter. Within the novel, the townspeople punish the main character Hester for her sin of adultery. As a result, the townspeople and the jury require Hester to wear a scarlet letter upon her chest. The author hides Hester’s counterpart in the crime of adultery from the public and for seven years he never confesses his sin. Throughout the book The Scarlet Letter, the author, Hawthorne, conveys the idea that unexpressed sin…