Scarlet

The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter revolves around the meaning of Hester Prynne’s punishment for her sin of adultery in a Puritan society, which was to wear the scarlet letter. In the first chapter of The Scarlet Letter, the reader is introduced to Hester Prynne and her daughter Pearl. Pearl is the product of Hester’s sin of adultery. The father of Hester’s child is the well-known and extremely loved priest of their town, Arthur Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale refused…

partially inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter. Written by Bert V. Royal and directed by Will Gluck, the story follows a teenage girl after telling a white lie about losing her virginity and how it effects her life and those around her. The film premiered in 2010, winning both a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Comedy Film and an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance. Created as a modern adaptation to The Scarlet Letter, Easy A invents a creative and…

From the point during which Hester and Pearl first stood on the scaffold until seven years later when she contemplated leaving the hostile town, the scarlet letter Hester wore upon her bosom changed in meaning. The antagonistic townspeople outside the prison where Hester first stood on the scaffold were so disgusted by her sin they suggested harsh punishments including branding her and claiming she, “ought to die” (Hawthorne 36). This was the first encounter that demonstrated the society was…

The Scarlet Letter is a novel filled with intriguing intricacies and convoluted symbolism. In the beginning of the book, Hester Prynne confesses to the sin of adultery, and is forced to wear a scarlet letter “A” on her chest as a mark of shame. Hester’s scarlet letter, although at first treated by others with contempt and anger at Hester, causes Hester to become a better and more philanthropic over time, effectively increasing her reputation in society. By the end of the book, after the death of…

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, cautions the reader of the danger involved with letting society contaminate our identity. Hawthorne’s brilliant use of setting, character development, and unique symbolism help highlight these perils. The values and environment of Puritan society impact how the Puritan’s view Hester, as well as how Hester views herself. Hawthorne’s construction of the town center highlights the danger of allowing society to contaminate identity. This setting plays a…

them in the Puritan society. Women were not viewed as strong, independent characters because that image was usually associated with men. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the main heroine, Hester, is an exception to the viewpoint of women being incompetent. Although the book is not entirely centered on women’s rights, The Scarlet Letter shows Hester as a courageous woman, and that contributes to the novel being perceived as feminist. Being strong was not a quality commonly…

What makes someone a Saint? In “The Scarlet Ibis” the story gives an example of a person becoming a Saint with a boy named Doodle. Doodle is born a caul baby and was not expected to live more than a few weeks. Doodle ends up living a lot that longer than even a few years. Many doctors said that Doodle would not be normal, he would not be able to run, walk, do other things normal boys could do. By the end of the story, Doodle manages to do everything everyone said he could not do with the help of…

Sin in the Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter, a historical fiction novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a hopeless tale of one Hester Prynne, who committed adultery and now has to pay for her crime, and her relationship with the rest of the characters in the book; this reveals how a harsh society can ruin lives. The negative impact of committing sin and secret-keeping is seen throughout the entire tale of The Scarlet Letter; it is portrayed through Hester’s fate, the intertwined lives of…

The Scarlet Pimpernel begins during the French Revolution, with the revolutionaries waiting at the West Barricade for aristocrats to be sentenced to death by guillotine. Although many of the fleeing aristocrats were captured, quite a few escaped and survived with the help of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel. In England, fugitives meet with the League of The Scarlet Pimpernel and await the arrival of the latest escapees. Comtesse de Tournay is one of the escapees, along with her daughter and son,…

Everybody has their secrets, things no one would expect of them. Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale are prime examples of this in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter. After Hester Prynne makes her way into the Massachusetts colony where Dimmesdale lives, they eventually become lovers and she becomes pregnant with his child. While no one in the community is sure of the identity of the father, they treat Hester with revulsion and punish her for her actions. Hester’s crime causes her to face new…