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1 “The Scarlet Letter” is a historically based novel published in 1850 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. 2 The story is set in 17th-century Boston, a town heavily reliant upon Puritan doctrine and belief. 3 The year is 1642. Hester Prynne, a young spouse whose husband has been missing for more than a year, is convicted of adultery following the birth of her newborn daughter Pearl. As part of her punishment, Prynne is forced to wear a red patch of the letter A. Prynne is soon…

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…

Sin and its Consequences in the ScArlet Letter Nathanial Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” is a novel with numerous themes, spanning from revenge to femininity to the supernatural. One of the most prominent themes, is the theme of sin and its consequences on peoples mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of their lives. In “The Scarlet Letter”, Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth epitomize the theme of sin with each of their unique situations of sin and in how…

and had a child while still being married to her long, lost husband. As a punishment of this sin, Hester has to stand in front of the whole town on a scaffold while holding her baby, Pearl, as described in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne uses items such as the scaffold and the forest to symbolize different turning points in the novel as well as to describe how Puritan society was in the 1600s. The scaffold plays a huge role in the novel by symbolizing as sin and shame…

act of a person to metaphorically stand on one's feet and defy the presence of authority or society. In the puritan society that they resided in The goal was to live a holy life and glorify God as a Community in all their activities. In the scarlet letter the main characters are consistent in the rebellion against the society that has been established. Throughout The novel these characters show acts That go against the morals and beliefs. Hester Prynne is seen as a brave and courageous woman. …

People make decisions every day that can affect someone’s life in many different ways depending on the severity of the decision. In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne showcases the decisions in the form of sin in the Puritan lifestyle. The novel goes through the daily lives of New England Puritans as they struggle through the harsh punishment of sin. One of the main characters, Hester Prynne, is the first character shown to receive consequences for the sin she commits. Hester has an…

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…

Because Hester is so helpful, the letter comes to symbolize her strength. However, this also proves the hypocritism of the Puritans. They change the meaning of the letter as their opinion of her changes. In this metaphor, Roger Chillingworth refers to his revenge on Dimmesdale as a black flower. In the beginning of the story, the author compares the prison…

other words, a feminist is an advocate or supporter of women’s rights and equality. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, women are generally portrayed as inferior to men. Feminism was not in existence in the setting of Hawthorne 's novel , nor was it supported at its publication. Nevertheless, women 's advancement in society is made apparent in The Scarlet Letter by the novel’s main character, Hester Prynne. Unlike the submissive women of the Puritan community, Hester pursued her…

The Mysterious Being! The first chapter of “The Scarlet Letter” sets in motion the rest of the story in a few aspects including; the setting, an imagined world, and hidden in the text, is Mother Nature. Something that one may overlook throughout simple daily life is the gift, protection, and unforgiveable powers of nature. However, when the society of man dishes out a harsh, unwanted fate to someone while turning their back in disappointment, such as the Puritan Society did to Hester Prynne,…