Scarlet Witch

The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter- Dimmesdale tears his shirt open and dies at the end of his sermon. Conclusion- Hester continues to wear the scarlet letter A and it is put on her tombstone when she dies. “She thought of the dim forest, with its little dell of solitude, and love”(234) The forest is a place where others can connect but…

ancestors were responsible for the deaths of many early settlers. One of his ancestor's William Hathorne, was known for his harsh punishments among the Quakers. Nathaniel's great-great grandfather, John Hathorne, served as a judge during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. He was notoriously nicknamed "The Hanging Judge". This first paragraph is all factual and you should have a citation for it. In addition, TurItIn.com identified the yellow highlighted sentence…

Authors often use fictional works to add their own commentary about the social and political aspects of the era their work is placed in. In The Scarlet Letter, the author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, draws attention to the Puritans’ flawed perspective on sin. Hawthorne illuminates this gray area that is often overlooked due to the black and white Puritan way of thinking. In doing so he adds his own viewpoint on the reality of sin and its reverberations. By portraying Hester as a sympathetic character,…

and this led to the readers finding him entertaining. The Scarlet letter, The Minister’s Black Veil, Young Goodman Brown, and The Birthmark all share a similar theme: sin. Most of these stories also included religious figures and secrecy. Hawthorne had a way of including secret sin in many of his writings. Not only the sins themselves but also how they effected the individuals surrounded by them. In one of Hawthorne’s longer pieces, The Scarlet Letter, “the story is built upon a series of sins”…

Nonconformity in The Scarlet Letter In the Romantic period, philosophers, artists, and authors emphasized the idea of individualism. They thought that it was better for a person to be unique as opposed to being a conformist to society. Romanticists also encouraged the support of new ideas as opposed to traditional ideas. The author of The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne, was a Romantic author, and he used these Romantic ideals in his works. In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne uses Hester and…

In the novel The Scarlet Letter and the play Chicago, there are many things throughout them that are similar, yet there are also many other things that make the two different. Some of the things that make the two alike is that both authors wrote about adultery, the authors are trying to show the readers that there are consequences to your actions, and that some of the characters share some of the same characteristics. Some of the things that make the two stories unique would be the setting, the…

important to the formation of a novel, possesses strength to control the flow of a story and offers an insight into the truth about a character. It can identify the personality, appearance, and behaviors of a character. In some instances, such as The Scarlet Letter, a name can foreshadow future actions and events. Since names provide information on the aspects of a character, it helps a reader to establish his or her perception of a character. By analyzing a symbolic name, the readers can grasp…

The Significance of Sin Everyone sins, it simply cannot be avoided. Nathaniel Hawthorne efficiently displays this theme throughout The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne explains that no matter how righteous or innocent one appears to be on the outside, everyone has sinned and responds to his or her sin differently. Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth are three characters whom all have committed several different sins amongst themselves and against others. Some of these…

Biblical Allusions and Symbolisms in the Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter is filled with Biblical allusions and symbolisms that help enhance and deepen the context of the story. Watson found 38 allusions in his A Dictionary of Biblical Allusions in the Scarlet Letter and even “acknowledges the possibility that he may have overlooked some of the novel’s more obscure biblical allusions” (Watson 4). Knowing that the Puritan “interpretation of scriptures was a harsh one” (Puritans) and “emphasized…

“Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members… the virtue in most request is conformity”. My interpretation of the quote is that society robs us of our identity or individuality. This quote compliments the Novel Scarlet Letter and conspires to the main character to the book. I cannot help but mention from every action comes a consequence. There is no reason to think actions are only pessimistic, even doing good we learn to become more aware to improve…