Scarlett

“Can you practice what you preach? Or would you turn the other cheek?” Say you think that gossiping is bad, but you decide to go tell your friends some gossip. This is a sign of being a hypocrite. This situation relates to Dimmesdale in the Scarlet Letter. Dimmesdale was a minister that committed sins but shamed his lover and the father of her child, Hester Prynne. Throughout the book you realize that Hester was not just the only “sinner”. Although he was a minister, he committed adultery which…

As Martin Luther King Jr. once said “Faith is taking the first step without seeing the whole staircase” which can relate to the 1600’s. There were numerous divergent individuals who incorporated their own concepts. These individuals were the Puritans,Congregationalists,and the Wampanoag people. However,there were many people that went against the numerous individuals and followed their own path. Some of these individuals can be found in The Scarlet Letter. Puritans are a great example of people…

In The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne is a sinner of adultery. Hester has to wear the Scarlett “A” among her bosom. This letter “A” stands for adultery, this symbolizes when a man and a woman have a baby when they are not married. This sin is strongly looked down upon in the Puritan society. Hester has used her sin to become an overall stronger person. She has raised a daughter among a society that vigorously stood against her. Hester has proven too many characters within…

The Great Gatsby and The Scarlett Letter have a few differences and similarities. These novels are based on American history. Both novels portray betrayal, misunderstandings, and judgment. All very similar things, but they each have a huge impact through both stories. As the each story progresses the conflicts become very serious. As this will be further explained throughout the following reading. To give a small summary of each story, the Great Gatsby is a novel based on a rich man named Jay…

Symbolism in literature is used to convey ideas, themes or certain qualities to the reader, by using symbols that are different from their literal meaning. Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author of The Scarlet Letter uses several key symbols throughout the novel to both structure and give symbolic meaning to the book. In particular, Hawthorne uses the sunshine as a symbol of happiness and freedom, the scaffold as the structure to the novel, and the letter A, the biggest symbol in the book, to represent…

temptations and sins. God should be the center of our lives, and he will save us from all things if we are willing. The Bible teaches that we are not to judge one another because we are all sinners; however, we don’t always follow this lesson. In The Scarlett Letter the Puritans were judging Hester, but in a realistic perspective God’s judgement is the only one that matters. The judgement of the Puritans was cruel, but even if it did upset Hester had God on her side. The woman in John 8:1-11…

person and either destroy them or make them more resolute. The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote, “That which does not kill us, makes us stronger” (3). These words ring particularly true in the remarkable case of Hester Prynne. The Scarlett Letter, a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in 1850, is a tale of sin, secrets, retribution and redemption. Hawthorne’s work follows the story of Hester Prynne, a Puritan woman living alone in the early 17th century settlement…

unique culture and a way of viewing life. One of the greatest things I’ve learned from these experiences is that human emotions are universal and like Plato said. “ All human actions arrive from desire, passion, and reason” In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlett Letter we see all of these. But there are three major emotions that are created throughout the novel, and aids the reader get the idea of human nature and his emotions are human frailty, hypocrisy and the possibility of redemption. These…

Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man separate.” Matthew 9:6 Marriage is a gift God bestowed upon to man ever since the creation at the Garden of Eden around six thousand years ago. He designed it to be sacred, Holy, and forever. In the book the Scarlet Letter, a man named Roger Chillingworth left moved himself and his wife to a small New England Puritan town, then left her there to study medicine, before getting to really meet anyone. When he returned, however, he found her…

The book Scarlet Letter is about a woman, Hester, who cheats on her husband Roger and has an affair. She conceives a daughter with Dimmesdale and Roger gets upset, driving him to leave Hester. Roger, Hester, and Dimmesdale keep it secret, however, because if the community was to find out that Hester sinned, they would all be put on life sentence in prison. Dimmesdale flees to Florida in attempt to move on from his crime. Hester tells the city about her crime, keeping Dimmesdale unknown. Thinking…