Nathaniel Ayers

Adultery is a sin. Hester Pyranne has been convicted of adultery because she slept with another man and gave birth to an illegal child. She is forced to wear an “A” on her chest, which stands for adultery. Women of the town criticize her for wearing the embroidered scarlet letter, by shame, with such careless and flash attitude. She accepts her sin and believes its about of herself. She is set apart by society and asked not to intervene with anyone from town, but she causes problems with her…

I have received your letter and plea for help. I am so sorry, so very sorry. Your uncle Creon sounds like the worst kind of person and I wish him endless pain in the fields of punishment. I will be sure to tell the gods about what he has done and what he deserves. I hardly believe his actions have been ignored. The actions of kings never go unnoticed in the home of the gods. This example of evil will never be let go by the gods that rule this world. I want you to know that your actions were not…

I will discuss topic number two with East of Eden. East of Eden incorporates camera placement, mood lighting, and camera angles to further enhance an actor’s performance and the overall mood of the scene. For instance, the Trask family sits at the dining room, a traditional family setting, but under dark mood lighting. The side of the table with the main protagonist Cal is more darkly lit than the side of the table were Cal’s father Adam and Cal’s brother Aron are seated, which is warmly lit.…

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…

At the age of 12, Sophia Calderwood witnessed the hanging of Nathan Hale, a patriot spy. This is the event that changed her life and made her want to stand up and fight for what she believed was right. When the British soldiers showed up at Sophia’s door, her mother had to lie and say they were loyalists in order to keep the family safe. The soldiers believed her and said that a soldier would be sent to live with them for a short amount of time and that they needed to be prepared for his arrival…

In the book the scarlet letter the main characters are considered forgiven by god and by the people of the town. Hester and Dimmesdale have sinned but they would have to make up for it to be forgiven. Hester and pearl had a rough beginning to the story but managed to get through it. At the beginning of the story Dimmsdale Which is the father of pearl and the priest in the story. We don't find out until later that he is the father of pearl who sinned with Hester. Chillingworth was the husband who…

In his novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne presents readers with Pearl, the peculiar young daughter of Hester Prynne. Since Pearl’s birth, Hester and her daughter became isolated from Puritan society, living together with very little interaction with the rest of society. As a result, Pearl grew to have a personality that troubled even Hester. Though this anomalous personality disturbed Hester and was a constant reminder of the passion and sinfulness through which Pearl was conceived,…

Where is the place for trust in relationships? This is the very question Huston is asking the audience in The Maltese Falcon through his exemplification of numerous relationships that all have an underlying aspect of deceit and betrayal. Starting with the relationship of Miles and Sam, Huston tears apart all the values that are usually expected to be upheld in the simplest of relationships starting with friendship, all because of women. Huston’s settling of these tarnished relationships in the…

Oft compared to St. Augustine’s Confessions, Guibert writes in a style where he both is telling a history of himself and his land as well as confessing his sins to God. He crossed between growing up with a mother he likened to the Virgin Mary, particularly in that she patiently waited years to consummate her marriage and did not forsake her husband or wifely duties, and his guilt of not being a pious enough boy or man. He related tales of nobles he knew who became dedicated to the church through…

The two authors I am comparing in this essay are Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. I will convey both the similarities and differences between the lifestyles of the two authors; Both Thoreau and Emerson are categorized as publishers from the transcendentalism era. Both authors had extraordinary passion for living a life of simplicity and harmony, but what did this really mean and how did they achieve this? Both Ralph and Henry were born in Massachusetts, Emerson in 1803 and Thoreau…