Anne Hutchinson

Ideate the open discussion of every immoral act you have ever executed. Although most are well hidden within our minds, inquities are now deemed a social norm. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, sins are portrayed as a direct disobedience of God. Hester Prynne is shamefully branded with the letter “A” as a representation of her adultery, while Arthur Dimmesdale, Hester’s partner in crime, chooses to keep his offense confidential. Both are disgraced from their community, though one is…

Inner Beauty The Puritans of the colonial time became notorious for their strict religious virtues. They interpreted various events and objects as satanic or malicious. Their society condemned those who did not share their beliefs, and believed that a select few were predestined to live in heaven after death. The Puritans followed the custom of devoting their lives to God because there was a chance that any of them were already chosen for salvation. Hawthorne loathed their oppressive principles…

What Makes Pearl a Symbol A symbol is something that stands for something else, something real that stands for or suggests another thing that cannot itself be pictured. Set in a seventeenth century Puritan settlement in Boston, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, introduces the reader to a symbol embodied in the character Pearl. Hawthorne’s story is about a woman named Hester Prynne, the protagonist who has committed and was punished for adultery, which resulted in the birth of her…

Guilt In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, there’s many arguments that are apparent throughout the novel. But the one that should be the most noted is that people are bound to sin so everyone should learn to not be harsh on others. The scarlet letter itself is a main part of the argument Hawthorne makes as it shows the hypocrisy of Puritan Society. Obviously, the Puritans are appeared to be "civilised" in a few ways: they have an arrangement of standards and disciplines. In any case,…

The Scarlet Letter was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the 1800s, but the book is placed in the Puritan times of the 1600s. Hawthorne is an anti-transcendentalist, which means he thinks society is good and nature is evil and humans are naturally evil. Puritanism is a very strict religion in the 1600s. If you are a Puritan you are against all earthly pleasure and your life is hell on Earth. Symbolism is a literary device that uses symbols to represent ideas. In this novel, The Scarlet Letter,…

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…

Sin in the Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter, a historical fiction novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a hopeless tale of one Hester Prynne, who committed adultery and now has to pay for her crime, and her relationship with the rest of the characters in the book; this reveals how a harsh society can ruin lives. The negative impact of committing sin and secret-keeping is seen throughout the entire tale of The Scarlet Letter; it is portrayed through Hester’s fate, the intertwined lives of…

Contrary to popular belief, punishments can be beneficial. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter displays one example of this situation. The Scarlet Letter is about Hester Prynne, who committed adultery, and now must wear a scarlet letter. Guilt is consuming Arthur Dimmesdale, who also committed adultery, and remains unidentified until the end. The child that was borne from Hester, named Pearl, is an exact representation of the scarlet letter. The symbol of the “A” represents Pearl’s sinful…

Standing proudly at the scaffold for all to see, holding an infant tightly in her arms, is how Hawthorne choses to introduce Hester Prynne in his novel, the Scarlet Letter. She does not speak, but remains apathetic toward the insulting crowds below her. Just the beginning of this intricately written book portrays Hester in a way that reveals many of her uniquely interwoven character traits. Despite being an outcast Hester puts up an emotional wall to hide her true identity, and this becomes who…

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the symbolic meaning of the “A” worn by Hester Prynne is central throughout the novel. However, the meaning of the “A” shifts in the novel due to society’s view of Hester. For many years after the Massachusetts magistracy forces Hester to wear the “A,” the letter maintains its original meaning: adultery. This accusation originates from Hester’s affair with Arthur Dimmesdale while she is married to Roger Chillingworth, resulting in her pregnancy.…