The Purloined Letter

Monica Lewinsky-this name may bring thoughts of disgust to many. Her affair with the president of the United States (Bill Clinton) was spread around the Internet like rapid fire. Lewinsky was humiliated to no end by having audio messages shared without her consent and having people write nasty things which destroyed her image. She was disgraced because her actions did not correlate with the majority 's beliefs. People bashed on her because that 's what humans tend to do: point out others…

The Scarlet Letter is split into different scenes, each of which includes a confrontation between important characters in the story. Most of the influential scenes involve at least two of the main characters, being Hester Prynne, Pearl, Reverend Dimmesdale, and/or Roger Chillingworth. These scenes are separated by, “seven chapters (which) serve as interludes in the dramatic action” (Cowley 13). The first of these important scenes occurs in chapters two and three of the novel. In this scene,…

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne presents three important scaffold scenes that help determine the genre of the novel. The genre could be classified as a romantic tragedy and historical fiction, which is Romanticism for this novel. Even though the story is more of a tragedy, the romantic elements are littered throughout the story, which is why some people consider the novel a romance. The romantic genre could mean two different types of romance, a love story, or Romanticism, a movement…

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.…

Pearl: A Punishment and Blessing In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is a woman, named Hester Prynne, who lives in a Puritan town of Boston, Massachusetts. Hester is guilty of adultery, and the whole town gathers together to seek her punishment. Her punishment is she must wear the scarlet letter A on her bosom for shame. During the sin she committed, she has a daughter out of wedlock. She and her daughter, Pearl, stand on a scaffold for the whole town to see and some to judge.…

Contrasting Dimmesdale and Hester It is merely human nature to commit sin. With this being true, how one deals with his or her sin determines his or her ability to achieve peace. Throughout the book, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne have sinned together in adultery. However, both characters have different approaches to how they cope with their wrongdoings. Even though they both have the same sin, Hester is the only character who has to deal with her…

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the wilderness acts as a place free from societal judgement, where characters can express their true personalities. Throughout the story forbidden meetings and revelations of truth take place in the forest, where people are free from the threat of prosecution by puritan beliefs. While the forest acts as this safe space, the town acts as its counterpart, being a place of judgement and exposure. The town in the Scarlet Letter is the epicenter of Hester…

reading about one in a book, sin plays a great part in much of the characters downfalls, and in those moments they reveal their true characteristics. The characters Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth in the novel The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne are no different. Throughout the novel, the reader witnesses how sin affects these three and teaches the reader about how sin can affect our human nature. Hawthorne suggests that a person’s authentic character is proven…

that fall and wither away, foreshadow a cold and brutal winter. In the Scarlet Letter, a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the meaning of the Scarlet Letter evolves as Hester develops as a character. This is related to leaves, as they are a crucial symbol which change meaning as seasons change. The "A" that Hester wears upon her dress is meant to be a symbol of shame and sin, but the meaning of the scarlet letter evolves simultaneously with the development of Hester’s character. It…

Through the conjunctive analyzation of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne a unifying theme between these two works emerges and the exploration of the ways that these authors impose this specific concept in their respective works leads to a larger understanding of these two novels. Specifically, the unifying theme of the individual within society permeates these two works and creates parallels between them. In The Brief Wondrous Life…