Letters

As has been well established in The Scarlet Letter, there are sins and sinners galore, no matter your definition of it. Who is actually at fault for these sins, though? Should we put more blame on the sinner themselves, or maybe turn to look at the enforcers and the ones who encouraged and even perhaps helped the sinner commit their crime? Is there only one side to the story, or are there several? While it very well could be argued that Chillingworth/Dimmesdale/Hester is the sole person to…

Pearl, a child born from sin and a living embodiment of the act itself, is a complex character in The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Pearl’s personality and actions throughout the novel are reflective of her surroundings, as ignorance to the sin which created her prevents any influence from the concept that her existence is a result of an act which those in a Puritan community find so repugnant that Hester is punished with being the permanent representation of adultery. The…

hypocrisy , it is still something that tells a lot about that person. In The Scarlet Letter, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale allows his weakness to society to overpower his ability to avoid falling into the abyss of hypocrisy when he is faced with the predicament of dealing with his sin of committing adultery alongside Hester Prynne. Dimmesdale embodies the concept of hypocrisy on many occasions throughout The Scarlet Letter, representing how Puritan ideals as a whole were…

The Perception of Sins and the Theme of Morality in The Scarlet Letter In The Scarlet Letter, the perception of sin deviates from person to person. The deviation occurs on the severity of the sin that was committed and who committed the sin. Focusing on Hester and Dimmesdale, it is easy to compare the consequences of coping with the perception of their sins, on a private and a public level. The outcome of dealing with their sin is extremely different. The theme of morality affects Hester and…

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne was written in the mid-1800s, a time when the women’s rights movement was just beginning. Women who took part in this movement longed to be viewed as equal to men in the eyes of society, rather than as the subordinate gender, incapable of the successes of men. Some argue that The Scarlet Letter is a proto-feminist novel, a novel that characterizes women as equal to men, because of Hawthorne’s depiction of Hester Prynne, the novel’s protagonist, as a…

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel “The Scarlet Letter”, setting is used to portrait characters and their role in the novel. Hawthorne’s uses of setting is extremely important to completely understand the characters and how their surroundings help model their personalities. He uses the woods on the outskirts of town to connect characters with nature and the feeling of rejuvenation. He uses the center of town and the scaffold to show who in the town has the power and order. The uses of the chapel and…

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter he shows how individuals should not conform to religious and social guidelines in society. There is no sense of individualism in 1600s Salem because laws envelop every bit of human society. With all these severe rules in place, there are bound to be rebellious actions. The individual in todays society feels the need to follow the normal in society, through the scarlet letter Hawthorne demonstrates that there is no need to do so. The new Puritan society…

What does the letter A mean? According to Nathanial Hawthorne, in the book The Scarlet Letter, the letter A in seventeenth century Boston is symbolized in many different ways. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne uses the symbol of light and dark to depict good and evil among the characters Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. When first starting out, negativity grew in Hester’s life due to the poor choices she made and she had to learn how to let the sunshine back in. “Much of…

Eventually you are going to have to pick a Career to and work a job. In order to get the job you want you are going to need an application, resume, and a cover letter. Here are explanations of each, how you fill them out, and how they help. A resume is a paper that explains who you, what work experience you have, and your references. For a resume, fill out your resume with the most recent piece of information first. For example say you went to a college so you put the college first and then your…

In Hawthorne’s ‘The Scarlet Letter’, nature is presented as a sympathetic and forgiving force that is in direct contrast with the stringent Puritanical society and authoritative figures which are representative of civilisation in the novel. Some characters in the novel align themselves with nature, such as Hester and Pearl, whilst the majority of the townspeople vehemently avoid places such as the forest and seem to even live in fear of it. The former characters – Hester especially – are more…