Scarlet Macaw

reflection. “The Scarlet Letter,” by Nathanial Hawthorne, is focused on the lives of Hester Prynne, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, Pearl, and Roger Chillingworth. One of the main characters, Hester Prynne, is a woman of many traits. When she is ridiculed by her fellow townspeople, her state of mind is altered. Throughout the entire story, Hawthorne reflects Hester’s disposition with his imagery. Hester Prynne’s inner state of being, her internal emotion, is represented by the scarlet letter, the…

When Doodle said he could not walk, Brother replied, “Shut up. I’m not going to hurt you. I’m going to teach you to walk” (Hurst 346-347). Brother teaches Doodle to walk simply because he is embarrassed by his disabled brother. In fact Brother admits, “All of us must have something to be proud of” (347). Although Brothers reasons are selfish, Doodle is provided with a better life because of Brothers selfish actions. In addition, because Brother is so successful in teaching Doodle to walk,…

Like all other humans, Hester Prynne has fallen to the reach of the inevitable sin through Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter. The Hempfield alumni realized that not every book is the same, whether it be from seeing multiple types at Barnes and Nobles or just from seeing the differences in the covers of their friends’ books. Also, after reading The Scarlet Letter students were told to look upon the five varying covers and choose three to show how these drawings depict events, ideas,…

“Encourages him to seek a complex explanation when a simpler one is at hand.” (Arthur,1) The quote shown is by Sherlock Holmes. Specifically, The Hound of the Baskervilles, was influenced by Conan Doyle 's family and his real life experience. This essay relates the essence of Sherlock Holmes and the events shaped the narration and characters. In the tale about the Baskervilles’ hound, , Sherlock Holmes is the hero and main character. Holmes’ personality shows that he is an observant and…

Red is commonly known to be seen or represent something bad or evil for example, in The Scarlet Letter a young woman named Hester Prynne is an adulteress who was suppose to be executed ended up having to wear a letter sewed onto her chest which is the letter A. And of course, the…

In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne, depicts women as the more dominant gender through the characters. Hester Prynne, the main character, is a young woman living in Puritan New England that committed adultery with the town’s own minister, Arthur Dimmesdale. When the town found out she was pregnant, she was publicly shamed on a scaffold for three hours and forced to wear a scarlet letter A for the rest of her life. As an outcast of society, Hester keeps the secret of her…

In Hawthorne’s book The Scarlet Letter, Pearl is one of the main characters. Pearl is the daughter of Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, although; we do not know for sure he is the father for most of the book. Pearl is a peculiar child, to the point that the town actually considers taking her away from her mother, assuming the only explanation for a child to be so odd would be from the mother’s way of raising her. Honestly though, even Pearl worries about her daughters weird…

"Women in the Scarlet Letter." Ghent University Faculty of Arts and Philosophy. Ghent University, July 2008. Web. 12 Jan. 2012. <http://lib.ugent.be/fulltxt/RUG01/001/289/370/RUG01-001289370_2010_0001_AC.pdf>. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, 1989. Print. Gannon, Andres. "The Puritan Influence in Contemporary American Society…

The forest brings out the natural appearance and natural personality of Hester. A new person is revealed as Hester takes off her cap and lets down her hair. Once again the reader can view the true Hester, who had been hidden by the shame of the scarlet letter. The Hester that is revealed in the forest is the same woman that was seen in the beginning of the novel. She once again became the beautiful, attractive person who is not afraid to show her hair and to display her beauty. The sunlight…

She ask many questions that should not be answered. Hester in the other hand answers this question as a lie, like all the parents do nowadays to their children to keep them away from certain things. Her mother lied that the black man gave her the scarlet letter, where in really she did put the mark on her bosom. Quote: "'I might have known it,' murmured he. 'I did know it!' Was not the secret told me, in the natural recoil of my heart, at the first sight of him, and as often as I have seen him?…