John Winthrop

Hester and Dimmesdale received forgiveness in the book “ The Scarlet letter”. As Hester and Dimmesdale walked through the forest talking, Dimmsdale recalled to Hester “I could recall one instance of peace or hope.” Dimmesdale stated that because “ he was asking for forgiveness.” One reason Dimmesdale had asked for mercy was because he got sick and wanted forgiveness for what he had done. Another reason Dimmesdale hoped for forgiveness, hiding the Scarlet letter made him tired of, and he…

Christopher Columbus once said, “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” Have you ever been brave enough to try something new? The theme of the fictional story “Rikki-tikki-tavi” by Rudyard Kipling is that you should stand up for your friends. Rikki- Tikki is the most courageous character in this story.The story explains that Rikki-tikki is courageous because in paragraph 32 Rikki-tikki tried to protect Teddy from Karait. In my opinion, Rikki-tikki…

When someone thinks of a good role model they think of a person that has great success and can be emulated. However that is not always true, Nathaniel Hawthorne views a role model in a different aspect. In The Scarlet Letter there was a lot of hate and suffering in the community of Boston. Throughout Hester’s life she has changed dramatically, coming from insults and insecurities she has become a great role model. From being a heinous adulterer to a very wise women she has changed the views of…

The Not so Puritans Throughout The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne presents his negative attitudes towards Puritans and their views. In the first chapter, Hawthorne describes the Puritans in a dark and gloomy light and projected civilization, in general, in a dark manner by referring to the prison as a “black flower” (Hawthorne, 477). Hawthorne projected his negative attitudes by assembling situations, in which the reactions and actions taken by the Puritans portray them as judgmental,…

Gothic literature has been known for its basis of sin and evil. By vaguely evaluating the two novel-based stories, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Moby Dick by Herman Melville, one may seem to find similarities between the two. The Scarlet Letter is about a young, married woman named Hester Prynne, who becomes pregnant and has a child by another man out of wedlock; she is then forced to live with her shame and wear the letter “A” on her bosom to symbolize “adultery.” After her…

In the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Jonathon Edwards incorporates personification, analogy, and repetition to persuade the listeners to repent for their sins they committed against God. Edwards includes personification in his sermon to better convince the listeners to repent for their actions. Edwards states that the arrow of justice is a "moment from being drunk from [their] blood." Because people enjoy drinking to the point of being drunk , Edwards is suggestion that the…

Backbiting is one of greatest sins you can commit in any religion. Backbiting is a sin every human begins commits. There are many different punishments for backbiting in the many different religions. In Islam backbiting is a major sin and the punishment for it is hell fire. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne you can also see how the Puritan society deals with backbiting. The puritan society believes that must not judge of the action by the person but of the person by the action. Islam…

In 1640’s, Hester Prynne committed a sin. Hester needed to wear a letter on her chest, townspeople criticizing her, and someone very important to her being taken away. These punishments that Hester was given are harsh. To begin with, Hester needed to wear a letter on her chest for the rest of her life. The letter on her chest represents the sin she has done. Hester Prynne committed adultery. An example from the book and how the letter looked like, “ On the breast of her gown in…

In the novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne is a charismatic, independent and a lovely woman who in the article, When We Dead Awaken: Writing as Re-Vision by Adrienne Rich is “threatened with loss of beauty, the loss of youth” due to the Puritan laws of Adultery. Adrienne Rich points out in the article, When We Dead Awaken: Writing as a Re-Vision that women are a luxury. In the scarlet letter, Hawthorne describes Hester as a luxury when Hawthorne says, “The young woman…

There are many interpretations of this scripture. The author, Mark Batterson (Batterson), gives an interesting and comedic interpretation of it. Batterson’s analysis states the bottle was representative of several things such as her past guilt and future hope, professional identity and financial security, a token of her profession of faith and her most prized possession. The pouring of the oil bottle was representative of what once kept her in sin was now going to release and free her. The…