John Winthrop

In the seventeenth century, the Puritans grew discontent in the Church of England, for which their own ideals opposed those of the church. The Puritans created a rigid structure that possessed patriarchal principles and suppressed the majority of the society’s individualism. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, Hester, similar to the Puritans with England, refuses to comply with society’s religious ruling. Through the use of metaphorical imagery and juxtaposition Hawthorne…

pearl In Hawthorne's novel the scarlet letter we see a woman who manages to live after committing adultery and what kept her from committing a bigger sin. Hesters daughter Pearl, more than just a symbol ; she actually helps keeps Hester from deteriorating and becoming a catastrophic mess.Being a act of love , giving a straight image of herself, and reminding Hester of her mistake. Hester forced to wear the scarlet letter "A" for the rest of her life. Having a mental and…

Mitchell Shaw Mrs. Way Eng III Dec, 7, 2017 Mitchell Cannon Shaw’s essay over “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850 I. Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro In the novel the scarlet letter the letters meaning changed from adultery to ability to an angel to living persona of pearl II. Body 1 In the beginning the scarlet letter was supposed to mean Hester has committed adultery. Society had set religious standards that did not go with her true feelings at heart. "If thou feelest it to be for…

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,…

Imagine being forced to wear a symbol that stands for a sin or vile doing due to one mistake and constantly being judged for it. That is what happened to Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. She committed adultery, a major sin 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…

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…

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…