John Winthrop

Sinners Among Sinners “ Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy”( New International Version Bible, Proverbs 28:13). Within the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, sin is riddled throughout Boston, Massachusetts, and can mainly be seen between Hester Prynne and Minister Dimmesdale. Committing the sin of adultery, both sinners deal with their sins in exceedingly different ways. Dimmesdale who kept in secret, suffers both physically…

The Scarlet Letter itself has a myriad of meanings, but all meanings are centered on Hester Prynne. When discussing the complex meaning of the literal scarlet letter, one must first consider Hester Prynne. When Hester debuts her embroidered letter it is said that Hester and the letter are forever bound. Hester is forced to display the red “A” on her bosom, and her humanity is stripped away by the Puritan community to become a symbol. The “crimson velvet” (pg. 57) letter evolves throughout the…

Immigrants Identity Crisis in The Lonely Londoners Saman Abdulqadir Hussein Dizayi Istanbul Aydin University- PhD Student Abstract This paper looks into the novel The Lonely Londoner by Samuel Selvon that is reviewed as a postcolonial novel. The paper examines the plight of the Caribbean migrants who traveled to England hoping that the fairytales they had been fed on by the colonizers were realistic and confined to England. The study considers the predicament that these migrants went…

Scarlet Letter Final Essay Assignment There were many different themes expressed in The Scarlet letter, but the theme that kept recurring was sin.All of the main characters in this book are sinners, and a sin is the act of doing wrong. Both Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale's sin was Adultery. Roger Chillingworth's sin was seeking revenge on Dimmesdale after he had an affair with his wife. In the beginning of The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne is married to Roger Chillingworth. Chillingworth…

The novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne follows the life of Hester Prynne, a woman living in Puritan America and forced to wear a scarlet letter that represents her sin of adultery. Although faced with hate, Hester manages to rise above it and help others. The novel classifies as a feminist novel because it shows a woman, alone in a world filled with discrimination, battle against society’s judgement and not giving into peer pressure. A feminist is someone who stands up for the equal…

Being an American living in an early Puritan society was a very strict place to live in because of the conservative uniform that was constantly enforced. The oppression against people who were believed to do wrong were constantly belittled by the fellow townspeople, treated unfairly for the smallest things that were against the puritan faith. Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, “The Scarlet Letter,” is about a woman who commits the crime of adultery and faces the world with that shame that’s placed…

Hester has committed a crime that is punishable by death her punishments so far have been jail, the letter "A" on her breast, and possibly her child pearl (the product of her crime) being taken away. Some people might agree or disagree that these punishments are enough or not. Hester's punishment is enough because she feels bad about the crime she has committed, everyone is paying attention to her and pointing fingers. She is also at risk of losing her child. First, Hester's punishment is…

“It is better being the victim then the victimizer. ” ― Marlene Thornton. Hester Prynne was the victim in the story, not the villain. She encounter many obstacles of alienation from her society for example her abandonation from her town; she was left forsaken far away as possible from the puritans, her embarrassment of the people she placed reliance on, and her encounter of retaliation from her people against the one important person she loves. Although some of Hester Prynne’s actions might…

In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the letter “A” as a powerful symbol to identify the central character, Hester Prynne. It is also the title of the novel. Hester is obligated to wear the letter as a symbol of her adulterous affair with Dimmesdale, a minister of the church. They both reside in the puritan community and are compelled to practice the Puritan moral code which torments them daily. Hester walks out of the prison door carrying baby Pearl towards the scaffold…

In the film, La Grande Bellezza, why did Jep say he never wrote his next book? answer: He was searching for the “Great Beauty” 2. What genre can La Grande Bellezza be classified as? answer: Male Melancholy 3. What is the name of Jep’s famous novel in the film La Grande Bellezza? answer: The Human Apparatus 4. Which soundtrack is frequently played in the film Good Morning, Night? answer: Pink Floyd 5. Which side of terrorism is more strategic in terrorist attacks, and aims to make a statement?…