Love letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter is, in effect, just as much as a thematic parable as a novel telling a story. Many themes are entrenched throughout the novel, each surely holding the potential, and significance, to merit discussion. However, the one at focus in this composition is suffering; in particular, it is attempting to answer the question of whether we can say if one single character suffered more than others, and who this individual might be. While the four main characters…

Roger Chillingworth’s Story At a glance, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter may look like it surrounds Hester Prynne as the story’s main character, but this is not nearly the case to anyone who delves deeper into the novel. A large majority of the main plot line is tied together by Roger Chillingworth, Hester’s old, bitter, and vengeful husband. The book presents him as the epicenter of events on multiple occasions. Chillingworth definitely is not the hero of this story, which is most…

All people have their own views of what it means to be an American. One’s vision typically revolves around the values of society and the situation that the people are placed in. Suffering leads to a dream of success, while suppression leads to a dream of change and independence. Pieces of literature from American history show that Americans are willing to overcome adversity when faced with it, using idiosyncrasies between themselves and their environment to grow and make themselves stronger.…

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter explores the nature of sin and redemption, especially through the character of Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, a beloved young minister in the seventeenth-century Puritan town of Boston. Contrary to his moral standing as a religious leader, Dimmesdale has secretly committed adultery with Hester Prynne, a young married woman who has come to Boston ahead of her husband. When she becomes pregnant, the Puritan officials discover her infidelity and brand her…

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne acts as a societal critique of the Puritans. Hawthorne shows them as demonic hypocrites, especially high ranking members of the town. In addition to this, he uses language that recognizes, the sin-committing, Hester Prynne as the protagonist, while Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, a pious man, is viewed as weak and afraid of the society that reveres him. The communal condemnation of Hester shows the Puritans as a singular character, rather than a society or…

Throughout the book the Scarlet Letter there are many symbols that have an important meaning either to Hester and Pearl or other main characters. Some of these symbols such as the rosebush outside the prison, the scaffold and Governor Bellingham's suit of armor are important. However, out of all these symbols there are three that stand out the most which is Nature, the Forest, and Hester's cottage. Each one representing something special to Hester and her daughter Pearl; Nature kept Pearl from…

without the constant pressure imposed on us by others. We seek the soft comfort of nature if only to escape the the rigid norms of society, and especially if we are living in the Puritan society described by Nathaniel Hawthorne in his book The Scarlet Letter. The story takes place in 1642 in Boston, Massachusetts, and follows Hester Prynne, a woman shunned to the outskirts of the town by the Puritan townspeople for committing adultery. Throughout the book, Hawthorne draws a distinct line between…

In the novel The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850, the author portrays Hester Prynne as a condemned woman who suffered public humiliation, but shows a great amount of compassion in her character. Hester shows her compassion by single-handedly taking care of her daughter Pearl. Although Hester is seen as a subjective shameful Puritan who can not care for a child by the Puritan society, she is the best guardian to Pearl because she protects Pearl no matter her setbacks, she…

Scott Fitzgerald on occasion uses the commentary to relate to his own life contextually in 20th century America and create the themes of the American dream, wealth, impossible love, and tragedy, while Hawthorne, respectfully, utilizes his commentary on society to highlight themes such as sin, identity, judgement within Puritan society, and God. While both text effectively utilize color symbolism, the symbolic meanings when used…

is a scholar physician that uses his knowledge to seek revenge on Hester’s anonymous lover. How the novel of the "Scarlet Letter" shapes the morality of these characters is incredible. It makes them unique in their own way of life. Hester is not your typical everyday women she doesn't…