Scarlet Witch

On that fateful day, the old physician had discovered nothing other than a smaller incarnation of the infamous Scarlet Letter. Roger Chillingworth, with his new found knowledge began to plot his vengeance upon the seemingly innocent minister, for he now knew the truth of his wife’s scandal and would waste no time bringing it to justice. Such a man as old Chillingworth would not use a justice so simple and shared as a public punishment, no matter how harsh. Nay, he would plot his own more…

The Dovre Witch was a hunchbacked old woman who wore a silver belt, birch-bark shoes, and a leather jacket. Her pipe was filled with moss and she begged from the very poorest. Even though she begged, she was in fact a very wealthy witch. The Dovre Witch had the ultimate power and if she wanted, she could strike fear into any peasant who failed to satisfy her needs. On this particular afternoon, Dovre Witch was feeling very irritable after she was denied her prized ham by the Countess Marta.…

shows the difference between romantics and idealist by showing that not much has changed over the years. Hawthorne explains the idea of romanticism through nature for it reveals the truth and it’s where everyones identities are revealed. In The Scarlet Letter, nature is used to portray the characters…

he would not die with it. Moreover, Chillingworth was a man built on revenge and that’s all that mattered to him after he found out about Dimmesdale. Finally, Hester Prynne, could never really forgive herself because she never wanted to take the scarlet letter off. However, in the last chapter, she aided to the people who felt remorse and sorrowful, so maybe then it was a symbol of relief. Moreover, I appreciated Hawthorne 's writing because even though the novel was published in the 1850s, his…

Since the agricultural revolution, women have held subservient positions in society. Even today, inequalities such as gender bias and slut-shaming are constant injustices most women face in their lifetimes. In The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and originally published in 1850, Hawthorne comments openly and often about the infringement of Hester Prynne’s rights as a human and a citizen. He discusses the torment and abuse she endures after being found guilty of adultery, and…

The book “American Jezebel” was written in 2004 by Eve LaPlante, who is from Massachusetts and has written various other books about powerful and influential women in history. The thing that makes this book unique is that Anne Hutchinson is actually an ancestor of LaPlante which allows her to have a different point of view on the situation and she is able to write the book in a different way and explain it differently than another author would. Anne Hutchinson was a woman of change who was very…

Glinda, the good witch, realized that Dorothy possessed a great power simply by the knowledge she had of herself. By knowing her mind, heart, and courage, Dorothy was not only already home, but powerful. Much more powerful than the cowardly lion, the heartless tinman, and the oblivious scarecrow. While Dorothy’s red slippers revealed power and protection, the red letter in which Hester Prynne wore upon her chest in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s brilliant novel, The Scarlet Letter, exhibited a power of…

Arthur Miller created two literary works that were set in the early days of the Puritan religion. The novel, which is the Scarlet Letter, is a literary work about a woman committing her sin and living it on a day to day basis. The Crucible, is a play that is about false accusations against people who have to pay the ultimate price, which is death, for these allegations. The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible have kindred attributes, such as views of religion, dealings of sin, and identity. The…

Britannica gives this definition when it comes to McCarthyism: “His campaign of accusations has often been compared to a witch-hunt, particularly by Arthur Miller’s 1953 play The Crucible.” The Scarlet Letter was written in 1850 by Nathaniel Hawthorne, almost one hundred years earlier (Britannica). Both can compare and contrast in many different aspects. The Crucible and The Scarlet letter can be compared in three ways and contrasted in three ways: by strong female prescence and influence, male…

Don’t Judge a Book By It’s Cover In the novel, The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is a process of how Hester’s letter A went from being adulterous to able to angel. Hester use to be seen as A sinner but as time went by Hester went through a Process that made her a better person. She helped others and was better off than if she had not confessed her sin. In the end The “A” became something more to others than just a symbol showing that she had committed a great sin.…