The Scarlet Letter

hypocrisy , it is still something that tells a lot about that person. In The Scarlet Letter, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale allows his weakness to society to overpower his ability to avoid falling into the abyss of hypocrisy when he is faced with the predicament of dealing with his sin of committing adultery alongside Hester Prynne. Dimmesdale embodies the concept of hypocrisy on many occasions throughout The Scarlet Letter, representing how Puritan ideals as a whole were…

The Theme of The Scarlet Letter The greatest theme for the novel of The Scarlet Letter Is to be true to yourself and when you do that you will find true happiness, that is when the sun will begin to shine on you more than it has ever shown on anyone. Once you are finally true to yourself you become more open to people about the truth. Even if it is something embarrassing, if you tell someone so the guilt does not build up you will be much better off and the consequences may not be so severe.…

out of place and draws attention, but reminds one to think past the sorrows. Similarly , in any sombre situation, children are just as incongruous. They’re out of place, but can cause one to think past the despair. Pearl is a necessity to The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, because her presence is one of very few factors that cannot be changed without altering the entire book. If Pearl was absent from the book, meaning there was no child at all, the book would be greatly changed; even if…

Pearl made the scarlet letter A out of seaweed it manifested her innocence and the her significance behind the meaning of the scarlet letter. Pearl creates the green letter “A” to compare with her mom and to represents nature and life. 1."As the last touch to her mermaid 's garb, Pearl took some eelgrass, and imitated, as best she could, on her own bosom, the decoration with which she was so familiar on her mother 's. A letter,--the letter A,--but freshly green, instead of scarlet!" (page 161)…

Hester Pyranne has been convicted of adultery because she slept with another man and gave birth to an illegal child. She is forced to wear an “A” on her chest, which stands for adultery. Women of the town criticize her for wearing the embroidered scarlet letter, by shame, with such careless and flash attitude. She accepts her sin and believes its about of herself. She is set apart by society and asked not to intervene with anyone from town, but she causes problems with her physical isolation.…

coworkers or some other terrible deed. After causing someone else grief, they still get some beauty from the world. The rosebush in the story is used to display nature’s grace and, the sun is used for freedom when it shines down on one. In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne uses the rosebush outside of the prison and the sun shining on characters as symbols for the theme that sins can be forgiven. On this note, using a rosebush, Hawthorne shows the wonderful effects that can happen after sinning.…

emotions as successfully argued in the article, “Guilt: Or Why It’s Good To Feel Bad,” written by Jane Brody. These arguments are then strengthened by the main characters: Hester Prynne and Roger Chillingworth in the novel The Scarlet Letter. Guilt is positive emotion…

The Scarlet Letter is a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850, and is considered his magnum opus. Set in 17th century Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony, the novel is about a woman who has an illegitimate child and the struggles this brings her at the hands of the unforgiving Puritan townsfolk. The novel explores themes of sin, humanity, feminism, nature, and forgiveness. One of the most important of these themes being Hester's strength and growth which is catalyzed by her daughter’s…

Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, threats to character’s sense of identity result in huge changes to their personality. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the townspeople stripping Hester Prynne of her initial sense of identity unexpectedly exposed her charitable nature. Hester, a woman who was punished after committing…

Sin is presented as a recurring theme throughout the novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The plot focuses on the protagonists Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale’s sin of adultery within the Puritan community of Boston. This outrageous wrongdoing deeply upsets the Puritans. To serve her punishment, the community forces Hester to wear a “letter A” on her chest wherever she goes. Dimmesdale faces less of a public punishment but internally harms himself for the sin as…