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The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne displays how one sin can ruin the lives of many. His purpose is to show how holding in a sin and not being truthful can haunt you and lead to your end. Hawthorne uses several rhetorical device to convey this message, including: antithesis, anaphora, and metaphor. Throughout the text, antithesis is commonly used, especially comparing life and death. For example, Dimmesdale states “Many, many poor soul hath given its confidence to me, not only…

“The Scarlet Letter” was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850, the actual story takes places in the 1600’s in a Puritan society. Hawthorne was an anti-transcendentalist. An anti-transcendentalist means that humans are naturally evil , society keeps them in check and nature is evil. Hawthorne used symbols throughout the story to represent his ideas, symbols are a representation of qualities or ideas. In his novel “The Scarlet Letter”, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the symbolism of the wild rosebush,…

makes fun of Stacey and his family members. The text states, “T.J. sighed. ‘Like I said, it’s all right . . . if you like lookin’ like a fat preacher.’ Then he and Little Willie and Moe laughed, and went on ahead.” This shows that TJ is familiar with patronizing others. Additionally, this shows that TJ rarely spends time ruminating on his actions. This is only a small portion of the constant verbal bullying that TJ inflicts upon his friends. TJ also prods at Stacey’s family as well. The text…

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter portrays the ramifications of a forbidden romance: a romance built around the complications of marriage, sin, and societal positions. As remarked on by Hawthorne, these ramifications solidify each character in the novel as victims to their own frailties, resulting in immeasurable sorrow for everyone. As a result of Hester Prynne's actions and his own, Roger Chillingworth succumbs to a state of desolation where he experiences emasculation and a loss of…

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes place in the mid-seventeenth century in a Puritan community which used to be known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The main character, Hester Prynne committed adultery by having a child through an affair and struggled throughout the story because of how her society is treating her. The author, Nathaniel seems to have an interest in his Puritan ancestors, this story shows his knowledge of their beliefs, values and how things were like during the…

What is your impression on how puritan world view is taken up and treated by Hawthorne in The Scarlet Letter? The Scarlet Letter is an indictment on the follies of the puritans featuring the rigid values and beliefs of the society. Hawthorne criticizes various aspects of the puritan confraternity through the lives of the characters and the punishsment one is made to undergo because of the sin committed. Hawthorne took the puritan view seriously in the scarlet letter by depicting the gender…

When creating a story, symbolism can be a crucial factor that helps represent ideas and morals that build onto the characters and the work as a whole. Things Fall Apart and The Poisonwood Bible both use a great amount of symbolism to create a picture for the reader and connect ideas throughout the plot. In Things Fall Apart, the harvesting of yams is used as a symbol to represent wealth and fire is also used to describe Okonkwo’s aggressive behavior. The Poisonwood Bible uses a parrot named…

The Scarlet Letter, an overview of the Puritans taken up and treated by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet letter is a Gothic Romantic novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850. The novel is a historical fiction in a historical setting Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony, of the 17th Century depicting a story of a woman named Hester Prynne who gives birth to an illegitimate child and her punishment for her sin. According to the views of Nathaniel Hawthorne on the Puritan society, he portrayed…

The theme of nature is portrayed heavily in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Nature is used to show the freedom or/and exclusion in characters such as Hester, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth, and mostly Pearl as its symbols such as light/darkness, religion and the forest act upon them. This nineteenth century romantic novel portrays themes of Puritan religion that are contrasted profoundly with nature. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the comparison of light and darkness to expose both the good and evil in…

The Scarlet Letter is a very well known book written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In The Scarlet Letter two of the main characters, Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale become victims of punishment. They both suffer the punishment imposed upon them by others as well as self-imposed punishment. Hester Prynne is the victim of both types of punishment given to her by her community and the punishment she imposes on herself. After Hester is discovered to have committed the act of adultery, she is…