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    In the novel T he Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne symbolism is used differently between the Puritans in the novel and the narrator of the novel. Despite both using the same symbols, the way they view these symbols differs substantially. Some symbols that are used differently are the scarlet letter, sunshine, and Pearl. The use of symbols between the Puritans and the narrator, the Puritans look at these symbols in a negative way, bringing the people who encounter these symbols “doom and…

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    Course Date Analyze and Interpretation: The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis In The Screwtape Letter, Lewis writes a satirical and epistolary text that explores the Christian theological concepts of temptation and the capability of human nature to resist satisfying greed and personal benefit. Lewis uses fictional characters such as Screwtape, a senior demon who writes a series of letters to Wormwood, his nephew and a junior tempter. These letters are instructions which pertain to Wormwood’s…

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    The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne presents three important scaffold scenes that help determine the genre of the novel. The genre could be classified as a romantic tragedy and historical fiction, which is Romanticism for this novel. Even though the story is more of a tragedy, the romantic elements are littered throughout the story, which is why some people consider the novel a romance. The romantic genre could mean two different types of romance, a love story, or Romanticism, a movement…

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    sinners in The Scarlet Letter. Through his forceful ways, Roger Chillingworth sinned in marrying Hester Prynne. Hester admits that, from the beginning, she knew she did not love him. However they were still married, if not out of love, out of force. Hester says to Chillingworth, “ Thou…

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    The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a work of fiction which was set in seventeenth century in Boston. The story shows complex topics of the Puritan system in the colonial era and the idea of sin and justice. It is more than just the tale of sins, it is an intense love story between Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. The main character of the story, Hester Prynne is punished for her sin of adultery. Throughout the story, the author, Mr. Hawthorne seems to sympathize with…

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    many different characters found in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and assist the reader into going more in depth into the personal characteristics and inner-workings of each individual character, as they each show signs of one or more of the three main themes of the novel. The themes alienation, appearance versus reality, and breaking society’s rules are common in different literary works, but are extremely apparent in The Scarlet Letter. Being isolated,…

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    “The Scarlet Letter is a work of feminist literature; Hester bears an illegitimate child in the puritan community; she being a female of the centuries ago stands alone in the puritan laws and religion, because it empowers her every challenge to relieve her sin”. During the time of Hawthorne writings, his opinions of the women were very forward and powerful. His novel of 1850 has discovered the typical lessons of the feminist. In The Scarlet Letter, the main heroine Hester Prynne is the central…

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    Riccardo loves to have fun and smile. One of his favorite things to do is to play hiding games with his teacher. He will come behind and say “Ms. Carolene look at me”, then he bends behind the chair and he can play this game laughing hysterical for as long as teacher…

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    The text The Scarlet Letter is a romance novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne that has been a classic piece of literature for over 100 years. The story tells about a young woman named Hester, who has committed adultery with a man who she loves more than her own husband, who is considered lost at sea. The act causes her to fall pregnant, and soon afterwards all the townspeople discover what she has done and are enraged by it. As punishment, they sew a scarlet letter A for Adulteress on her clothes. The…

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    The book the “Scarlet letter” is a story of two lovers stuck in turmoil, over a crime that was an accident. Hawthorn takes us on a journey about Hester, Dimmesdale, and the Scarlet letter. This paper will talk about why Hester is innocent. First, I will talk about the scarlet letter. The Scarlet letter is the letter A that is put on Hester’s bosom. The letter stands for Adultery. Adultery is committed when a person that is married, has sex with a person who isn’t there husband or wife. Partake…

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