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changes in many ways during the course of The Scarlet Letter. She changes because of both internal, and external factors. Hester is motivated by community, religion, guilt, unhappiness, punishment, Chillingworth, and the scarlet letter itself. The way in which Hester is viewed within the community changes throughout the novel. In the beginning Hester is viewed by the community as a sinful, but beautiful young woman, yet towards the end of the novel the people in society begin to view her as able, and skilled. She has lost her femininity and has fallen from grace, because of the changes caused by the scarlet letter. Hester goes from being considered beautiful to unsexed and sinful and then to a respected and able seamstress. Hester is…

Converse to the busy cover of option #1, option #2 has little happening, but each figure has a discrete meaning pertaining to the themes of “The Scarlet Letter”. The foremost pronounced thing in the art is the large red “A” which overshadows almost everything in the illustration. The overt letter correlates with the scarlet letter overshadowing Hester and dehumanizing her. The “A” chokes “all the light and graceful foliage of her character… leaving a bare and harsh outline” (Hawthorne 151). As…

Thesis: Hawthorne uses Pearl as a symbol to compare and contrast her with purity. I.The Green leaf A. When Pearl made the scarlet letter A out of seaweed it manifested her innocence and the her significance behind the meaning of the scarlet letter. Pearl creates the green letter “A” to compare with her mom and to represents nature and life. 1."As the last touch to her mermaid 's garb, Pearl took some eelgrass, and imitated, as best she could, on her own bosom, the decoration with which she…

In the Scarlet Letter, Pearl, Hester Prynne 's daughter, is a living version of her mother 's scarlet letter and is similarly described as so. Descriptions of Pearl used by Hawthorne and those surrounding her give her a preternatural quality, making her image beyond that of humans. Throughout the novel, Pearl is used as both an indication of Hester Prynne 's adultery and the conscience of others until the day of Dimmesdale 's death, in which she is fully transformed from a symbol to a human.…

I am writing to you to voice my opinion on Hester and to offer some insight on the most appropriate way to handle her punishments. I would like to make it clear that I portray all of this with the utmost respect and I am writing solely as a concerned citizen of Boston. There is no denying that Hester’s actions were completely wrong, however, her punishment must not be overzealous. Hester should be allowed to keep and tend to Pearl. This will not only show the mercy of our congregation, but also…

D.H. Lawrence writes to expose the malicious side of Hester Prynne in his critical essay, “On The Scarlet Letter”. With his unique style of writing, Lawrence criticizes the way Hawthorne victimizes Hester, creating the facade that is her character. To convey his reasoning, he provides context and analysis of her disgraceful character throughout the novel. Lawrence uses sarcastic tone, biblical allusions, and choppy and repetitive syntax to prove that Hester Prynne is not a heroine in The Scarlet…

example of C.S. Lewis's overt literary argument for Christianity. I thought I might find a Christian counterpoint to Twain's Letters from the Earth. I'm afraid I was somewhat disappointed. The Screwtape Letters is an epistolary novel with the central conceit being that C.S. Lewis has recovered letters of advice that a Demon from the depths -- Screwtape -- had written to one of his foot soldiers -- Wormwood -- whose job it was to stick by a mortal and suggest certain lines of thought to him and…

Title If someone was ridiculed about a sin what would everyone’s reactions be? The Scarlett Letter” was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the 1840’s. It was written in Salem and Concord Massachusetts. The setting of this story is in Boston in the middle 17th century. It is full of sin, lies, and suspense. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne uses the symbols of light and dark to depict good and evil among the characters Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. Hester Prynne is a…

A cover letter is an introductory document you send with your résumé when you are applying for a job. It is a significant item for a Canadian applicant because many recruiters read this letter first. It not only supports your résumé, but it is also an opportunity for you to stand out from a variety of other applicants and to convince the recruiter to consider you in the remaining hiring procedures. It tells the hiring manager that you are applying for a position and briefly describes your…

In the “Scarlet Letter” novel, the plot takes place in an early New England colony, mid-17th century at Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was the best called name for the Puritan community of Boston in which is also part of the setting. The author Nathaniel Hawthorne mentions many settings in the novel, including the wilderness, custom-house, prison door and the town scaffold. The town scaffold is the place that sets off the novel’s beginning, middle, and end. It’s also…