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The Scarlet Letter was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the 1800s, but the book is placed in the Puritan times of the 1600s. Hawthorne is an anti-transcendentalist, which means he thinks society is good and nature is evil and humans are naturally evil. Puritanism is a very strict religion in the 1600s. If you are a Puritan you are against all earthly pleasure and your life is hell on Earth. Symbolism is a literary device that uses symbols to represent ideas. In this novel, The Scarlet Letter,…

Conflict between forces in nature, humans, groups, states, and countries has been a part of the human condition as long as there have been people and things to fight about. In The Diary Of Anne Frank, a young girl experiences the methodical extermination of the jews by the Nazis in WWII, from the perspective of a family hiding to save their lives. Another type of conflict and resolution is the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the U.S. near the end of WWII. These were actions in response to…

The Scarlet Letter in The Scarlet Letter The Puritans during the 1600s did not take sin lightly, anyone who disobeyed the law was heavily persecuted. In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this is depicted through the character, crime, and punishment of Hester Prynne, who has committed adultery and is sentenced to wear the scarlet letter to publicly show her shame. This scarlet letter A plays a key role throughout Hawthorne’s novel as it is vividly described throughout it, it…

Do movies based on books portray the same details? The Devil's Arithmetic was published in November 1988, and the movie was released almost 11 years later, in March 1999. Both are about a girl named Hannah who gets transported back in time to the year 1942. The book and movie versions of The Devil's Arithmetic are based on the same events, however, there are countless differences between the two. In the beginning of both the book and the movie, the protagonist is Hannah Stern. She lives in New…

then knocked him unconscious (Chalmers & Chaloner, 2009). There are no records regarding his mental or physical state post accident, but historically following the trauma the King initiated a marriage annulment to Katharine of Aragon in order to marry Anne Boleyn, and instituted himself the head of the Church (Graves, 2003, p. iv). There was no correlation that his head injury contributed to these events, especially since the motive for his divorce was in his desire for to have a son (Historic…

Princess Diana was a strong woman who was loved by the people of Wales. She was a member of the British royal family as the first wife of Prince Charles, who is the eldest child and heir of Queen Elizabeth II. Together they had two children named Prince William and Prince Harry. Princess Diana and Prince Charles divorced on August 28th, 1996. A year later, on August 31st, 1997, tragedy happened: Princess Diana died in a car accident in a Paris tunnel. After hearing about her death, there was…

Sin in the Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter, a historical fiction novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a hopeless tale of one Hester Prynne, who committed adultery and now has to pay for her crime, and her relationship with the rest of the characters in the book; this reveals how a harsh society can ruin lives. The negative impact of committing sin and secret-keeping is seen throughout the entire tale of The Scarlet Letter; it is portrayed through Hester’s fate, the intertwined lives of…

Contrary to popular belief, punishments can be beneficial. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter displays one example of this situation. The Scarlet Letter is about Hester Prynne, who committed adultery, and now must wear a scarlet letter. Guilt is consuming Arthur Dimmesdale, who also committed adultery, and remains unidentified until the end. The child that was borne from Hester, named Pearl, is an exact representation of the scarlet letter. The symbol of the “A” represents Pearl’s sinful…

Standing proudly at the scaffold for all to see, holding an infant tightly in her arms, is how Hawthorne choses to introduce Hester Prynne in his novel, the Scarlet Letter. She does not speak, but remains apathetic toward the insulting crowds below her. Just the beginning of this intricately written book portrays Hester in a way that reveals many of her uniquely interwoven character traits. Despite being an outcast Hester puts up an emotional wall to hide her true identity, and this becomes who…

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.…