Saying goodbye could be one of the hardest experiences in our world. Either to dying friends, parents, family, loved ones, or to our past happiness, or to our future. No one could imagine the hardships some people have to deal with. But in nearly all cases, humanity moves forward, they “center”, and find clarity, peace and serenity. Even if they do, they still miss the instances of pure bliss. Human experience helps us grow and prosper, sometimes it passes on to others, like in The Scarlet…
“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles” (Christopher Reeve). In the book, The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester, an average woman, overcomes many barriers and therefore becomes the definition of a hero. Hester commits the sin of adultery in a Puritan society, but still keeps a positive attitude toward life. Although Hester sins in the beginning of the novel, her character embodies the qualities of…
Hester Prynne, the talk of the town, along with her young daughter Pearl, have become the subject of ridicule for the town of Boston. Hester has committed an unspeakable sin against the church and her husband. Hester should have her daughter taken away and her sentence should be lengthened as a result of her poor choices. Even so, Hester will not and can not understand the severity of her act if she is to live a blessed life with the only good thing to come from it, her daughter, Pearl.…
The Scarlet Letter Analysis Hawthorne wrote the Scarlett Letter to convey an important moral “Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred” (Hawthorne 231). Some characters in the novel battled with themselves and hid their sin from the world. While others showed the world who they truly were. Hawthorne shows that being honest can lead to the path of redemption. Furthermore, he illustrates that if a person isn’t…
The Scarlet Letter and Young Goodman Brown exemplify the forest as a place of temptation towards relentless sin. Even though Hawthorne portrayed the forest in this way it later takes on the role of freedom from civilization and authority in The Scarlett Letter. The reader is initially introduced to the dual symbolism of the forest in Young Goodman Brown when Brown unfortunately gets lost in the process of running from the devil and uncovers the true hidden depths of the forest.…
Princess Ojuolape Miss Zak English III-1st 10 October 2014 The Outcomes of Sin The Scarlet Letter is written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and is a fictional story. In this novel, three people commit sins and pay the cost of it at the end. Hawthorne shows the effects of sin in The Scarlet Letter through the characters of Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. The character, Chillingworth, committed a sin of revenge but he never was able to accomplish his action. Although, “Nothing…
In The Scarlet Letter, a novel compose by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character Hester Prynne accepts the fact that she has greatly sinned and comes to the realization that she has a price to pay for her wrongdoing against God. This novel can be considered a redemptive work because the author takes the readers through Hester 's journey on how she tries to better herself and her society after her transgression. Redemption is defined as the triumph of good over evil, the atonement for one 's…
Guilt is a menacing monster that lurks in the conscience of one’s mind. It can remain in one’s conscience whether or not the person chooses to be aware of it. If one does not acknowledge their guilt, then the guilt will continue to linger and grow. Thus, when left alone too long, that monster can evolve and completely consume the person’s mind, eating them alive. One novel that most notably explains the consequences of a guilty conscience is Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne’s…
In the novel , The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the symbol of the letter “A” changes due to feminist ideas from adultery, to able, to angel, and finally to the independence of her daughter. Body 1 Hester was forced to wear a scarlet letter “A” on her chest to show that she had committed adultery. The scarlet letter is a sign of her sin, so that everyone is able to see and judge her for what she did. Women in this town were expected to follow strict rules and be very religious.…
On Redemption A prisoner steps out of his musty cell, squinting at the bright sunlight. As he takes his first breath of the free air, his spirits soar. However, there is a lingering question on his mind, like an itch that cannot properly be placed. Though he has served his time, can he ever really redeem himself, or is he destined to die with the weight of his crimes upon him? He shrugs and walks on, as many before him have done. Yet he still struggles with this age-old question. So, too, does…