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The Scarlet Letter itself has a myriad of meanings, but all meanings are centered on Hester Prynne. When discussing the complex meaning of the literal scarlet letter, one must first consider Hester Prynne. When Hester debuts her embroidered letter it is said that Hester and the letter are forever bound. Hester is forced to display the red “A” on her bosom, and her humanity is stripped away by the Puritan community to become a symbol. The “crimson velvet” (pg. 57) letter evolves throughout the…

Scarlet Letter Final Essay Assignment There were many different themes expressed in The Scarlet letter, but the theme that kept recurring was sin.All of the main characters in this book are sinners, and a sin is the act of doing wrong. Both Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale's sin was Adultery. Roger Chillingworth's sin was seeking revenge on Dimmesdale after he had an affair with his wife. In the beginning of The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne is married to Roger Chillingworth. Chillingworth…

Hester has committed a crime that is punishable by death her punishments so far have been jail, the letter "A" on her breast, and possibly her child pearl (the product of her crime) being taken away. Some people might agree or disagree that these punishments are enough or not. Hester's punishment is enough because she feels bad about the crime she has committed, everyone is paying attention to her and pointing fingers. She is also at risk of losing her child. First, Hester's punishment is…

In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the letter “A” as a powerful symbol to identify the central character, Hester Prynne. It is also the title of the novel. Hester is obligated to wear the letter as a symbol of her adulterous affair with Dimmesdale, a minister of the church. They both reside in the puritan community and are compelled to practice the Puritan moral code which torments them daily. Hester walks out of the prison door carrying baby Pearl towards the scaffold…

A woman is fired from her job because of an offensive phrase she said online. A man is receiving threats of rape and murder because he posted an inappropriate picture on Facebook. A teenager is being bullied and called names because of a comment she posted on her friend’s Twitter. Hence, public shaming has been around since the 1620s, where people started with bringing shame on to those who committed a sin. This practice is demonstrated through The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In this…

The various roles in the Boy Scouts of America are based on leadership. You have a Senior Patrol leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Assistant Patrol leader, Quartermaster, Scribe, Historian, Librarian, Instructor, Chaplain Aid, Bugler. The Senior Patrol Leader is elected by the Scouts to represent them as the top youth leader. He runs all troop meetings, events, activities. He appoints other troop youth leaders with the advice and counsel of the Scoutmaster. The Assistant…

1. The sin Hester Prynne commits is adultery, one of the gravest sins a person could commit in the 17th century puritan society of New England. Hester’s immediate punishment is that she has to wear the scarlet letter, and face the social ridicule that comes with it. Hester will never be able to blend in with the society around her, and instead be required to bear the consequences of her sin at all times. Hester, being cut off from mainstream society moves in to a small cottage outside of…

Sin, “an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.” While acknowledging this term, many individuals obtain their own interpretation of what’s known as “sinful deeds”. Considering the contrasting personalities in humanity, separate religion and distinctive faith will guide the individual following the act. In Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne, a woman encountering the inadequate features of life, endures the path of sin through transgressional choices,…

In Tthe Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne paints a descriptive picture of sin and its consequences particularly through the character Pearl. After becoming pregnant, Hester Prynne is ostracized from her Puritan community and forced to wear a scarlet letter for her sin. She gives birth to her child of infidelity, and names her Pearl “as being of great price—purchased with all she had—her mother’s only treasure!“ (Hawthorne, 1994, p. 61). The community sees Pearl as a child of sin; therefore, she must…

The Scarlet Letter in The Scarlet Letter The Puritans during the 1600s did not take sin lightly, anyone who disobeyed the law was heavily persecuted. In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this is depicted through the character, crime, and punishment of Hester Prynne, who has committed adultery and is sentenced to wear the scarlet letter to publicly show her shame. This scarlet letter A plays a key role throughout Hawthorne’s novel as it is vividly described throughout it, it…