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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.…

Tianmio’s installation Bound and Unbound uses the technique of thread winding to its absolute capacity, the title could not possibly fit more. In comparison to her other works, this one is quiet, almost dull. In a run down room, more than 500 modern artifacts cover the floor, each individually wrapped in thread. The objects including kitchen tools and toys, seem like mystical, transformed versions of themselves. Making this piece the most unique to her many installations is the contribution of…

We as a collective often has a desire of fitting in a certain group, and being ostracized may make us discover ourselves to a further extent. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, portrays the protagonist, Hester Prynne, besmirched with a letter ‘A’ on her chest symbolizing her adultery and a sign of her sin. Throughout the play, Hester’s hardships of judgment and discrimination of the letter transitions her to a remarkable strength and courage. This individuals transition throughout the…

From the point during which Hester and Pearl first stood on the scaffold until seven years later when she contemplated leaving the hostile town, the scarlet letter Hester wore upon her bosom changed in meaning. The antagonistic townspeople outside the prison where Hester first stood on the scaffold were so disgusted by her sin they suggested harsh punishments including branding her and claiming she, “ought to die” (Hawthorne 36). This was the first encounter that demonstrated the society was…

Michael Jackson once said, “The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation.” Everyone on this earth has a sole purpose for existing. The reason sometimes comes at a young or old age. Even if someone feels as if they do not serve a purpose on this earth, a reason is there but not always visible. In the Scarlet Letter Pearl is an everyday reminder for Hester and Dimmesdale that they committed…

One Sunday morning in a church in the small in New England. Everyone was heading to church to attend the holy mass. As they were going the parishioners were shocked to see the Reverend Mr. Hooper wearing a dark veil that only showed his mouth. As everyone stares at the minister, he gives no explanation for this unusual mask. The churchgoers begins to speculate that he has gone mad; while others claim it is not the Reverend at all. Mr. Hooper does notice they way the parishioners are looking at…

“The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller are both famous works of American Literature based on strict Puritan beliefs. In both Literature works the authors introduce a character who goes against the Puritan beliefs and commit a sin of adultery. In “The Scarlet Letter” Hester experiences a feeling of shame, guilt, ignominy and isolation while enduring her punishment publicly whereas in ”The Crucible” Proctor’s sin of adultery is not publicly known but he…

The Scarlet Letter Final Essay The Scarlet Letter is a book written by Nathanial Hawthorne about a woman who commits Adultery. Although Hester is shunned for sinning, Hester is also alienated after committing Adultery because the town’s people’s morals are wrong, Hester’s morals are wrong and she is shunned For committing this sin. Hester’s thoughts and actions cause the people of the town to dislike and Alienate her. Her morals are viewed as wrong to the community. Hester is…

She still holds herself lofty and shame free but Dimmesdale represents shame as thinking of himself as being good for nothing. Dimmesdale represents shame, drakness of human nature and hypocrisy even though he had good repute in the society Despite the fact that, reverend Dimmesdale is represented as a hypocrite dealing with his clash of infidelity sin. Though he was a clergyman and a pious person in the eyes of the society yet he was a fellow sinner and adulterer. “The minister well-knew –…

There are five things particularly depicted as red in the story: Ethan's scar, the "cherry-coloured scarf," Mattie's "cherry hued scarf," the famous pickle dish, the Mattie's "crimsons ribbon”. With these eight symbols the color red is likewise a player in symbols all basing on the shading red. The shading red is frequently identified with yearning love, enticement, sin, enthusiasm, warmth, and desire. Another color is white, with the color white you would think of purity and angelic figures.…