Dudley–Winthrop family

In scarlets letter Hester is constantly perceived as an evil, whorish woman, and by default pearl is seen as if not more of a devilish creature because she was made from an act that is seen as the complete sin, adultery. The common town people are continuously verbal and physically abusing Hester, trying to kick her out of town. They see it that if she left left the town then the town will become that much holier. So when Hester steps upon the platform she does it in a quite manner, to try to…

Sin is defined as the separation from the source. Sin is something that encompasses every community and every person no matter how much favor God has on someone. In the Scarlet Letter and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, there is a clear line between the wilderness and civilization and the sin that encompasses their communities. The wilderness is the place where all the characters escape the rigorous rules and regulations of the society in which they were created to protect. For Hester and Pearl,…

amongst her community, and was punished for it. However, Hester’s sin of adultery is dealt with abnormally in terms of today’s society with the harsh punishment, the way society rejects her, and how her sin is reflected upon not only herself but her family. As punishment Hester was forced to wear a scarlet “A” on her chest, that stood for adultery, for the rest of her life. However harsh this punishment may seem there were even crueler ones, such as “At the very least, they should have put the…

In the novel the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne, hester’s daughter, pearl is used very interestingly as a symbol, and is the one to point out puritan flaws, and flaws in her parents, Arthur dimmesdale and Hester Prynne as their illegitimate child. Pearl is often referred to as very un christ-like things such as an imp and a little devil due to her ability to question people on their motives in the very oppressive puritan society. Her questions shock everyone around her, and she is…

In “A Model of Christian Charity,” by John Winthrop, he delivers a sermon to the Puritans as they are aboard the Arbella; the Puritans are traveling to America, so they could break apart from England and start their own church. His sermon is regarding the “city upon a hill” that waits for them in America. Winthrop suggests to the Puritans that the key to salvation is to remain pure to their God. In order for them to stay pure to God, they should have absolute unity amongst them, which he…

Had Hester sinned alone? Nathaniel Hawthorne explores this question of group morality throughout The Scarlet Letter. After making her first appearance branded with the scarlet A, the author conveys how the shame inflicted by her fellow Puritans will forever be a part of Hester Prynne’s identity and how she will “become the general symbol at which the preacher and moralist might point, and in which they might vivify and embody their images of woman’s frailty and sinful passion” (71). In order to…

In “The Scarlet Letter,” the Puritan’s cruelty towards Hester Prynne functions as a mean to develop Hawthorne’s idea of how people naturally react negatively towards others and in this case, those who have made mistakes. Hester’s mistake unfolds the plot and reveals truths about how Puritans, who were people that were persecuted due to their religion, punished her for breaking one of their rules given by God, which was to not commit adultery. This mistake also sparks the interest of another…

There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny. Frederick William Robertson. The setting is seventeenth-century Puritan inhabited, Boston Massachusetts: a society that is dull, incarcerating, unforgiving, and parochial. The narrative is repetitive in describing the Puritans as hypocrites, for example, Puritans claim to not believe in luxury and abstain from activities that are luxurious, however, Governor Bellingham, a Puritan, enjoys luxuries in the…

In The Scarlet Letter we see how private turmoil is worse than public shame. Throughout the book we are shown the struggle of Hester as she deals with the consequences of her actions after she commits adultery and bears a child from the affair. She is forced to wear a scarlet letter “A” on her chest to symbol adultery and further outcast her from her community. She takes this punishment to heart and makes a extremely flashy letter “A” which she wears with no regret and for much longer than…

The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the 1850’s revolves around Hester Prynne, a woman suffering the repercussions of committing adultery with Dimmesdale, the minister of a small Puritan town. As the characters develop they learn that their sins may always be with them, but it does not have to define who they become. Three of the symbols Hawthorne uses to represent the concept of sin are The Scarlet Letter on Hester’s Bosom, Hester and Dimmesdale's daughter Pearl, and…