A Study in Scarlet

The Scarlet Letter is a Gothic romance- non-fiction novel about a woman named Hester Prynne who is publicly shamed by her community. The Scarlet letter took place in a puritan settlement in Boston in the seventeenth-century. Hester Prynne had to wear the scarlet A which stands for “Adulterer” because her daughter named pearl was born more than nine months after Hester left her husband in England so she could go to America. The author of the Scarlet letter is a man named Nathaniel Hawthorne who…

Everyone has felt the deep stir of guilt when committing a wrongful action. Whether it consists of lying, cheating, stealing, or destruction of property, the crushing feeling can impress deeply on our lives. Guilt takes two diverse forms in the Scarlet Letter; public guilt, which allowed Hester to rejuvenate, and private guilt, which caused sickness to form in Dimmesdale. The idea of depression or hefty amounts of guilt leading to chronic illness can be seen in modern society through academic…

Pearl made the scarlet letter A out of seaweed it manifested her innocence and the her significance behind the meaning of the scarlet letter. Pearl creates the green letter “A” to compare with her mom and to represents nature and life. 1."As the last touch to her mermaid 's garb, Pearl took some eelgrass, and imitated, as best she could, on her own bosom, the decoration with which she was so familiar on her mother 's. A letter,--the letter A,--but freshly green, instead of scarlet!" (page 161)…

The Scarlet Pimpernel begins during the French Revolution, with the revolutionaries waiting at the West Barricade for aristocrats to be sentenced to death by guillotine. Although many of the fleeing aristocrats were captured, quite a few escaped and survived with the help of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel. In England, fugitives meet with the League of The Scarlet Pimpernel and await the arrival of the latest escapees. Comtesse de Tournay is one of the escapees, along with her daughter and son,…

The Scarlet Letter is deemed as an American classic novel, having sold 2,500 copies in the first ten days of release, causing them to be sold out. Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author of the book, sold a whopping 7,800 copies during his lifetime, with many more being printed and sold later on. His oldest known copy of The Scarlet Letter went on sale at an auction for around $545,000. Through its relatable display of emotion, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is a classic that embodies…

In Nathanial Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A to mark her shame. Her lover, Arthur Dimmesdale, remains unidentified and is wracked with guilt, while her husband, Roger Chillingworth, seeks revenge. Hester Prynne is forced to suffer under the staring of the townspeople because of the scarlet letter that she wears upon her breast. Hester committed a sin, that in those times, were unforgivable and her punishment was to be known for what she did and to be…

Any person or thing you are loyal to will govern your future decisions. In the book The Scarlet Pimpernel, a character named Marguerite struggles with the decision of who or what to give her loyalty to. She has the decision to give her loyalty to either her brother Armand, her husband Percy, the enigmatic hero scarlet pimpernel, or her home country France which is ravaged with injustice. In the beginning of the book a man named Jellyband is shown as a loyal innkeeper who values his customers,…

“Puritanism exercised a profound influence on both the politics and culture of the seventeenth century…” (History Study Centre) Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth century Puritanism had a large impact on almost every aspect of life. Similar to the previous quote, it was said there was almost no difference between religion and law during this era. Compared to modern laws, the laws of this time were much stricter; one could be sentenced to prison time or even be hung for things that are…

ultimately becomes the symbolism of a heroic figure. A hero is “a person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities” according to Merriam Webster. Hester Prynne displays brave qualities with the will to survive under the weight of the Scarlet Letter. An ancient proverb says, “the greatest pains are on the inside”. Hester endures not physical pain but emotional pain. In conclusion, the undeniable fact portrays Hester as a brave character. In accordance with the definition of…

committing a sin to learn from it so history doesn't repeat. In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne sin is recurring motif, but also theme of the book. Hawthorne shows this primarily in the character Hester, who commits adultery, with Dimmesdale. Both characters have different types of solutions to remorse after committing the sin. Hester, has to wear a…