Love letter

Extenuating circumstances are always evident when one is confronted with moral choices; however, individual ramifications are not the only scenario to consider. Hawthorne allowed for each person The Scarlet Letter to further explain their side of the sin and how they were afflicted by the outcomes of their mysterious secret in their daily lives. Hester and Dimmesdale generated an unthought out situation for their daughter, Pearl, that could have influenced her way of living for the rest of her…

Roger Chillingworth is one of the many unique characters in the book, The Scarlet Letter. He is the face of evil in the novel as he uses his smarts to inflict physical and psychological torture to Dimmesdale. He is an older man with a deformed stature and an evil look in his eye. He could be considered as a “leech” in the book as he feeds on the destruction of others such as Arthur Dimmesdale. His mental psyche is somewhat that of a madman or crazy individual because he lives and breathes off…

In the historical fiction novel The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathanial Hawthorne the story of a couple split by the simple fact that their interaction occurred out of wedlock. Hester Prynne, a new member with the unknown whereabouts of her husband, falls in love with a handsome talented reverend named Arthur Dimmesdale. Hester has a child, a product of their love, but receives shamed by the town for having a child out of wedlock and with a man whose identity she willingly kept unknown. This,…

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…

D. H. Lawrence, the author of “On the Scarlet Letter,” writes about his opinions of the main character of The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Hester Prynne. He believes that Hawthorne’s appraisal of Hester is overrated for she should be viewed as a sinner. Lawrence utilizes the literary devices of mocking diction, brief syntax, and biblical allusions to successfully communicate his argument that Hester Prynne is not only worthy of praise by Hawthorne or anyone else. Lawrence’s use of mocking…

John Proctor and Arthur Dimmesdale John Proctor in The Crucible and Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter follow a similar course throughout both of their stories. Both men are of similar age and stature, and hold respected roles within their communities. Be it an act of lust or an act of love, both committed adultery, because of their high social status both try to hide their sin. This then leads to their internal conflict, but it is resolved after they make peace with themselves. Their…

to help form characters and provide readers with an insight into crucial aspects of their identity. Isolation and alienation, two forms of torturous estrangement are very much experienced by the novel’s protagonists of ‘Jane Eyre’ and ‘The Scarlet Letter’, Jane Eyre and Hester Prynne respectively. Throughout the two novels it can be broadly debated whether the characters are presented as outsiders due to their internal characteristics, or whether it is society and other external forces which…

stopping a selfish being in his/hers tracks. However, such a plan can lead to a break with sanity or even the destruction of one’s own soul. Such a situation transpires through the character Roger Chillingworth in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. The values that he maintains throughout the course of events in the novel manifest themselves in the cruel revenge he takes upon the protagonist Arthur Dimmesdale. to spawn the very example of a sinful being, categorized in the highest of…

In the novel, The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne introduces a character that symbolizes different forms of tone. Roger Chillingworth progresses from respectful and scholarly to contentious and skeptical. Being the husband of the recent “heathen” causes his personality as well values and morals to shift. In the story, the audience is made aware that Mr.Chillingworth is a physician, who is also a captive of the Indians. However, no matter who you may have the dark side can always get you. Once the dark…

In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne showcases the Puritan community and their way of life: living by the Bible. Of course, some Puritans do not follow the teachings of the Bible, and thus they are referred to as sinners. These sinners are punished not only by the Puritans, but also by nature. However, Hawthorne shows that nature punishes leniently while the Puritans punish harshly. Hawthorne 's word choice of the sunshine in the forest shows nature 's lenient punishments. When Pearl and…