Letter

Pyranne has been convicted of adultery because she slept with another man and gave birth to an illegal child. She is forced to wear an “A” on her chest, which stands for adultery. Women of the town criticize her for wearing the embroidered scarlet letter, by shame, with such careless and flash attitude. She accepts her sin and believes its about of herself. She is set apart by society and asked not to intervene with anyone from town, but she causes problems with her physical isolation. As…

#2 Characterization Paper In the book The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there are many ways that the author depicts the characters individually. Each persona of the novel has specific and special characteristics that explain their part in the book. Many of these are important traits that reflect upon themselves, leading towards different events in The Scarlet Letter, consequently taking us to the climax of the book. The nature of these characters is: Hester Prynne is a sign of…

Every single sin that has ever been brought to action must eventually be brought to light. Hester Prynne, Robert Chillingworth, and Arthur Dimmesdale can all testify to this statement. These characters from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story, The Scarlet Letter, have each sinned in ways that directly reflect back into their actions, transforming their worlds based on the nature of their sin. To start off, there is Hester whose sin was revealed, taking away any guilt that she held because everyone was…

Symbolism is a literary device where authors use different things, known as symbols to represent ideas in their writing. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, almost every important person, place, or item is a symbolism for an idea. Hawthorne uses an impressive amount of symbolism and has the ability to essentially create the novel’s story, moral, and theme through this symbolism. Some of the symbolism in the book is simple, and shallow such as sunshine and light symbolizing truth and…

How does an adulterer live in a Puritan community, especially while being a Puritan minister? As seen in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the Puritans created a culture with ideals that emphasized darkness, restriction, and conformity. Both suffering from their mutual sin of adultery, Dimmesdale and Hester have contrasting representations of the forest due to their distinct identities. Living among the outskirts of the town, Hester Prynne becomes caught between the harsh Puritan laws…

The Scarlet Letter Draft “All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity”-James Fenimore Cooper. Throughout the Romantic novel, The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne establishes the idea individuality and conformity and how it defines one’s identity. By utilizing a cast of characters such as the young adultress, Hester Prynne and her secret…

They are forgiven Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter hoping he had shown forgiveness for his father's mistakes. He wanted to make statements for example, “Be True” and “Everyone is Forgiven”. In the story Hawthorne had it seem as if everyone had shown forgiveness. When he wrote the characters that had died he wrote about the good things that they did or the good things that happened to them before they died. The characters that lived went on to live happy successful lives. Hawthorne had…

Hester no longer has to live the burden of wearing the scarlet letter. She no longer has to live with the weight of her shame and punishment, she is free now. Without the letter she now becomes even more beautiful and she no longer has rough features. Dimmesdale is afraid that Pearl won’t accept him as her father since he’s never been there for her and he left them on the scaffold when she asked him to join her but he declined. Due to her mother’s unwanted presence in the Puritan…

In the Seventeenth Letter of The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, Screwtape starts to explain to Wormwood the fallacy of Gluttony when he is tempting his patients. Gluttony has the meaning to be overindulged in food and drinks. The gluttony of delicacy’s should be considered because people do not always car about how much food but, care about if it is properly spiced, overcooked, or if it looks pleasing to the eye. Screwtape provides a great example of Gluttony when he is talking about the…

The Letter “A” At the start of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter, the “A” acted as a symbol for Hester’s sin of adultery. In fact, her Puritan community punished her by forcing her to don a scarlet letter “A” upon her chest. Wearing this letter labelled her as a fallen woman. This caused her to stand out in such a way that numerous community members looked down at her and judged her for her sin. However, as time elapsed, the community gradually saw Hester for her contributions to…