Drapier's Letters

I. Introduction 1) Body Paragraph 1: When Nathaniel Hawthorne first introduces Roger Chillingworth in the The Scarlet Letter, he describes his physical appearance as mildly deformed. 2) Body Paragraph 2: However, Roger becomes consumed by revenge and as a result, transforms into a decrepit, uglier, more deformed man. 2) Body Paragraph32: Roger is also initially presented as an incredibly bright man who loves reading and knowledge. As the novel progresses, however, Roger loses…

In his novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Huck), Mark Twain satirizes falsehood, and dishonesty through Huck’s vernacular voice in order to show the ignorance of the shameful southern culture where the values consist of greed and manipulation. Although Twain criticizes this seemingly mendacious behavior of lying, he argues that there are circumstances in which deception is acceptable. He adopts a typical southerner mentality through Huck’s genuine voice for the purpose of expressing to…

The scarlet letter took place in Massachusetts Bay Colony during the seventeenth century. There are many themes and ideas in The Scarlet Letter, they were based on the beliefs of the puritans during that time. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the ideas of how society was being hypocritical and punishing others for their own pleasure throughout the book to show how the people in society treated Hester prynne based on the sin that she commited and pearl based on her parent's actions. The author exposes…

Thought to be the scandalous sinner in the Puritanical town of Boston and the disgraceful mother of a child out of wedlock, Hester Prynne is portrayed to be a shameful mistress in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. In a town where everyone acts as if they are saints, as soon as one citizen slips up and commits a human error, that event becomes the talk of the town. In Prynne’s case, her heinous act left her with the undeniable punishment of a child that prevents her from dismissing of her…

Violence rooted from the deepest relationships can be drawn back only to the idea of internal and physical entrapment. Richard Matheson’s “Prey”, William Faulkner's “A Rose for Emily”, and Horacio Quiroga’s “The Feather Pillow” all have the universal moral that the violence, sometimes emotional more than physical, can only be procured from any feeling of entrapment. Violence in the short story “Prey” prevails throughout the entire story. It is seen that the monster that posses the young…

Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, contains a heavy amount of symbolism. One symbol that is most prominent is the symbol of nature. First, we see the sunshine showing sin for Hester, and purity for Pearl. Along with this, there is the prickly burrs, which tag the sinner. Finally, there is the meteor striking across the sky as Dimmesdale sees this as acknowledgement of sin. All of these symbols give a greater meaning to the story. First, Hester and Pearl…

focuses on the first person narrative of thirteen year old Briony when she falsely accuses family friend Robbie Turner of raping her cousin Lola. Briony comes to this conclusion after a series of events including the reading of an extremely private letter, sent to her sister Cecilia by Robbie. Whilst Briony isn’t ever found out about lying to the police about Robbie she spends her adult life trying to repent for her actions, and in part one of the novel, McEwan explores the idea of Briony’s…

perfect. Everyone has committed sins and when living in a strict Puritan society, such as the society presented in The Scarlet Letter, one wrongdoing can envelop and control the lives of numerous people. In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the symbol of the Puritan society to shine light on the hypocrisy present in human nature. Hester is defined by the scarlet letter “A” that sits upon her bosom and is rejected from the strict Puritan society for many years due to the fact she…

In her book Surprised by the Feminine, Monika Hilder makes “theological feminism” the lens through which she evaluates C.S. Lewis’ portrayal of women in his works. She discusses this term as the understanding that, according to Christian theology, that “the subordination of ego as well as of concerns of worldly power to the ultimate authority of divine love is liberating” (Hilder 21). Whereas in her essay “A Sword Between the Sexes,” Mary Van Leeuwen expresses her frustration with Lewis’…

Scarlet Letter: a story of sin, shame, and eventual vindication. This narrative, taking place in a conservative and rigid Puritan Society, shows various characters handle guilt, vengeance, and alienation, with the strange and eerie image of a scarlet letter. As the novel progresses, the Scarlet letter, in all of its embodiments, becomes a burning symbol of the guilt of the protagonist. The humiliation and shame brought by it become a part of Hester Prynne’s punishment and repentance; because of…