Scarlet Witch

Anne Hutchinson created her own interpretation of the Puritan teachings and didn’t conform to some of the beliefs, just as Hester created for herself the new meaning behind the scarlet letter. Anne also was tried in court and found guilty of heresy similar to how Hester was tried on the scaffold and found guilty of adultery. Anne did what she believed was right and was not afraid to tell the truth. Hester was not afraid either…

In Puritan times, having a child with a man other than your husband is frowned upon. In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Pearl is a child out of wedlock. Hester, Pearl’s mother, had Pearl with a man who she was not married to and the town looked at her as an adulterer. Hester had to wear a scarlet A on her breast as punishment. Pearl is aware of the letter but does not understand the meaning behind, being that she is still a small child. Throughout the novel Pearl finds ways…

One theme is that sin must be confessed or it will grow and fester like a disease and will eventually consume the sinner from the inside, out. This theme is expanded upon throughout The Scarlet Letter, and especially during the events leading up to the second scaffold scene. Dimmesdale "kept vigils...sometimes viewing his own face in a looking glass...tortured" (Hawthorne 152). His visions of an unforgiving god and of what that god will do to him because of his sin drive him to a…

“Rejection confirms for independent people what they already feel […] that they 're not like others.” (Wrenn) The biography, Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured by Kathryn Harrison and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne display the aspect of ignominy which the authors demonstrate through both of their plots. In The Scarlet Letter, the town where Hester Prynne lives excludes her from society due to her adulterous action, and in Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured, people around her shame her for…

A Hypocritical Society In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the core of the story line revolves around a movement known as “Puritan”. These puritans followed a very strict code of practice; they were greatly influenced by the bible, their ministers and the government. They tended to follow their codes of practice a little too seriously and seemed almost hypocritical and farfetched at times. The history of puritan society itself indicates that the community and its leaders have the…

child can be the catalyst that brings two people together. However, this is not the case in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne commit adultery together, and unfortunately Hester gets pregnant. When she starts to show signs of her condition, she is thrown in jail. In addition to her jail time, Hester must always wear a scarlet letter A on her bosom which is a contstant source of public ignominy. In order to protect Dimmesdale, who is a high…

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…

Nathaniel Hawthorne was an author in the 1860’s. Obsessed with writing about Puritan society, he wrote a romance novel in 1850 set in a 1600’s Puritan town. In this novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne used the symbolism of the Wild Rose Bush, Pearl, and the Sunlight in the Forest to contribute to the overall theme of imperfection. First off, Hawthorne uses the Wild Rose Bush to contribute to the theme of imperfection. The rose bush holds beautiful blossoming flowers, but each flower…

The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst tells a story of two brothers, Brother and Doodle. Brother is narrating the tale from an adult perspective. Doodle’s life is very difficult, everyone thought he was going to perish; he pulled through because of love with a small twist of wickedness. Furthermore, Brother only wants to help Doodle to correspond with other children because he wants to avoid embarrassment of having a younger brother who cannot walk, this is only a battle with his self worth. As the…

Creating a more realistic story with his usage of historical figures as actual characters in the novel The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses these minor characters—Governor Bellingham, Mistress Hibbins, and Reverend Wilson—to not only help develop the main characters’ plotline, but to mainly use them as examples of aspects in Puritan society that he does not support completely. In his writing style, he never directly criticizes the people, but he uses ironical situations with minor…