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Pearl Prynne, The Angel of Sinners In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s purpose of creating the character of Pearl is to show his opinion on sin and guilt. Pearl is the living proof of Hester’s sin and every time Hester looks at her she will remember her sin and Pearl will not allow Hester nor Dimmesdale to hide from their sins. On multiple occasions, Pearl made it clear that Hester’s sin must be shown, such as when she was uncooperative with Hester after Hester had removed her scarlet…

Nathaniel Hawthorne uses conflicts to further progress the characters in The Scarlet Letter. These conflicts affect Hester and Dimmesdale’s appearance and role in society. Although Hester is an adulteress, she is progressively able to live a normal life; Dimmesdale, on the other hand, lives with guilt which slowly deteriorates his health. Dimmesdale is most affected by the events that occur between Hester and him. In The Scarlet Letter, Dimmesdale lives in a society that looks upon him as “a…

Around and Inside the Walls of the Woods “There are only two worlds - your world, which is the real world, and other worlds, the fantasy. These worlds provide an alternative. Provide an escape.” Neil Gaiman writes about the two worlds all people live through. One side of a personality is shown to the world, while the other side is hidden. Hester Prynne, the main character in The Scarlet Letter, which is written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, experiences the negative and positive aspects of two worlds…

The Scarlet Letter Draft “All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity”-James Fenimore Cooper. Throughout the Romantic novel, The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne establishes the idea individuality and conformity and how it defines one’s identity. By utilizing a cast of characters such as the young adultress, Hester Prynne and her secret…

Sin and its Consequences in the ScArlet Letter Nathanial Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” is a novel with numerous themes, spanning from revenge to femininity to the supernatural. One of the most prominent themes, is the theme of sin and its consequences on peoples mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of their lives. In “The Scarlet Letter”, Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth epitomize the theme of sin with each of their unique situations of sin and in how…

In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the Puritan society and its doctrine have dictated the people’s lives and makes their devotion to God to cause them to see the worse of its people. Hester Prynne, the main character, has her reputation ruined by committing adultery which causes the Puritan society to punish and continuously judge her. In addition, the minister Arthur Dimmesdale, is stuck between confessing to his sin of adultery or keeping it a secret which causes him to…

The five major scenes in The Scarlet Letter In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, there are five major scenes that are huge turning points for the characters involved. These scenes are powerful to the readers and essential for the progression of the plot. The first major scene was when Hester stood on the scaffold holding her tiny baby in her arms with the striking scarlet letter “A” embroidered on her bosom. The second was three long years after Hester had descended from her shameful…

However, the personalities of these two characters are opposite of the traditional gender roles. Hester symbolizes a masculine role in the novel, while Dimmesdale symbolizes the feminine role. Even when Hester was examined according to today’s criteria for the typical American women, she is able to fit in accordance with that model. All in all, Hawthorne did an exceptional job in showing the conditions as to which people who had committed adultery were forced to live with. However, in…

Her sin has determined the letter to be worn on her bosom. As a seamstress the letter took a lot of time, patience and skill to make and she wont take it off because that letter has a price. Quote 5: "But there is a fatality, a feeling so irresistible and inevitable that it has the force of doom, which almost invariably compels human beings to linger around and haunt, ghostlike, the spot where some great and marked event has given the color to their lifetime; and still the more irresistibly,…

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…