Scarlet

What is The Scarlet Letter about? The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel about a woman named Hester Prynne who committed the sin of adultery and was sent to prison for it. She was required to wear an embroidered “A”, standing for adultery, on all of her clothes so people would know what she had done. When she had the baby, it was named Pearl. She was forced into standing on a scaffold with her baby as a public humiliation. While she being publicly humiliated, her husband, Roger…

characters in The Scarlet Letter, from townspeople, the Reverend, and a physician. One of the main characters is the infant that was born due to sin. Her name was Pearl; her mother chose that name because she felt she that Pearl was truly the greatest gift, for she took everything away from her mother and was all that she had. Throughout the novel, the reader can see Pearl grow up and see things that Pearl finds an interest in. Three things that can be associated with Pearl are pearls, the…

Antagonist in The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter is a story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, about a young woman named Hester Prynne. She is marked with an irrevocable sin that shuns her from society. Throughout the story we see Hester Prynne’s isolation from society, how she’s being treated by the Ppuritan town, how she is dealing with the treatment and how her sin is affecting the rest of the characters in the story. The Puritan society was judgemental and affected the lives of the…

tightly controlled, super “pure” type of Christianity that was present in some colonies during the earliest days of American society. Nathaniel Hawthorne focused on colonial Boston back in its Puritan Era to tell a fictional story of failed love in The Scarlet letter. Hester Prynne faced many obstacles as the protagonist. Her struggles were social and internal, with the guilt of unforgivable sin constantly weighing down on her well-being. However, the true antagonist of this story was Roger…

We all wear “masks” in front of society, however, we let them see the burdens and judgements we want them to see. Hester Prynne is a of the “victim” I read about in “The Scarlet Letter”. ‘The Scarlet Letter” is a romance from the time period of the 1850s, before the salem witch trial occurred. The book was written by the American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. He wrote the book in 1996 and the book is considered to be his “master piece” or “masterwork”. She had to wear the letter A for “adultery”.…

personalities and actions, but also pushes the misperceptions held by their society towards these two characters. This contrast further proves that people are often misjudged by appearance or a singular action/first impression. Through the symbol of the Scarlet Letter, Hester is shown as a confident and powerful character who stands out, but through the eyes of her society she is seen as sinful and disrespectful character who is easy to pity and judge. Hester’s A is described as…

Avni Trasi 26 January 2017 Glynn English 11H The Significance of the Scaffold In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the scaffold serves as an integral part of the story. Every significant scene in the book occurs on the scaffold. It helps express the most important themes of the story. Throughout the book Hester, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth and Pearl all go through transformations and the scaffold appears periodically, acting as a constant. In Puritan society, a scaffold is used as a…

In Hawthorne’s ‘The Scarlet Letter’, nature is presented as a sympathetic and forgiving force that is in direct contrast with the stringent Puritanical society and authoritative figures which are representative of civilisation in the novel. Some characters in the novel align themselves with nature, such as Hester and Pearl, whilst the majority of the townspeople vehemently avoid places such as the forest and seem to even live in fear of it. The former characters – Hester especially – are more…

I will be writing about feminism. I’m going to explain what feminism is, how it relates to The Scarlet Letter, why it is important, Hawthorne’s view of women in the book, whether or not Hawthorne portrays women accurately, and will be providing specific examples from the book to support my analysis. Women have been discriminated against from the very beginning in my beliefs. It started out with Adam and Eve; Eve took the first bite of the apple not Adam. Now I’m not saying God is feminist but…

Symbolism plays a key role in many novels to convey a certain purpose and to form the theme. Within the novel The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne must model a scarlet red A on her bust or, in other words, breast. This A means many things throughout the book. Hester Prynne has committed a crime in which her village has strongly been disgusted by. Her punishment affects the entire village in many different ways. The way her child, Pearl, had viewed the letter on Hester’s bosom was definitely not…