Thomas Hutchinson

Primary source readings 6.3 and 6.4 represent two very opposite perspectives on the American colony and its fight for Independence. In one the British fear and concern of the uprising is expressed and in the other is a unity song that the colonists used as motivation and hope. However in both readings a common theme of the colonists is expressed; the unity amongst the colonists. In the reading 6.3 by Thomas Hutchinson, he expresses the fear he experiences through watching the uprising of the American colonies. He expresses his astonishment that the colonies would have a revolt against Great Britain. “Principles of government absurd enough spread thro’ all the colonies; but I cannot think that in any colony, people of any consideration have ever been so mad to think of a revolt.” (Hutchinson, 66) In this statement he is explaining that although the laws enforced upon the colonies may be ridiculous, he cannot recall a time in which people were forced to a point where they would revolt. This is showing a negative side of the colonies fight for independence, the colonies behavior seems unjust and illicit.…

In 1772, Franklin was given a series of correspondences between Thomas Hutchinson, Andrew Oliver, (both of whom were colonial officers) and Thomas Whitley, a British undersecretary. In these letters, Hutchinson and Oliver suggested “ ‘an abridgement of what are called English liberties’ were needed in America”. Franklin believed he could send out these letters to Massachusetts as evidence that the cause of the issue lay not within the royal government, but with a few, corrupt colonial officers.…

have no voice or representation.” Echoing the rhetoric of Patriots against the stamp act. As Americans were subjects of Great Britain, women were unrepresented subjects of their husbands. Her notions of the rights of women were meaningless to him. She was utterly frustrated at his dismissive reply to her demand of laws “upon just and liberal principles.”However, their interests differed. The men striving for liberty from the crown had been the ones imposing their own tyrannical rule on women.…

Antinomian controversy, John Winthrop, a founder of Puritan Massachusetts, wrote a letter concerning the exiled dissenter Anne Hutchinson. In his first sentence, he coined the term that hundreds of years later would inspire the works of countless historians. “American Jezebel,” has become synonymous with Anne Hutchinson, a woman in Puritan New England who boldly stood up for her religious beliefs in a society where women were expected to be meek and obedient to male authority. Many American…

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a story of a young woman’s struggle to remain true to herself despite society’s influence. After committing adultery with the Reverend Dimmesdale, this young woman, Hester Prynne, is branded with a scarlet letter A to signify her sin and humiliation. While at first, Hester refuses to give in the society’s influence, she conforms to Puritan standards by the end of the novel. From the start of the book to the end, a dramatic change in Hester’s attitude…

The Scarlet Letter is a novel highlighting the sin of a young woman named Hester and the toll it takes on her and those around her. This sin – adultery – was born from passion, and from that passion was born a child named Pearl. Pearl is a living, physical entity of the sin. Hawthorne reveals the character Pearl’s nature in the Scarlet Letter through the text by shaping her personal qualities, her symbolic value, and her function in the plot. Immediately, Pearl becomes locked into a role. Her…

Arthur Dimmesdale is a protagonist in the novel The Scarlet Letter and understood to be guilty of two sins, one of commission (his adultery with Hester Prynne) and of omission (his cowardly and hypocritical failure to confess. The Scarlet Letter was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850 and inspired by his Puritan primogenitors in the 1630s. Because of his knowledge of the Puritans he is able to describe their strengths and portray their weakness as a colony and community. Hawthorne’s The…

Prompt: How is the theme of appearance versus reality dealt with differently in A Streetcar Named Desire and Blue Jasmine? “Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.” However simple these words may seem, this is perfectly epitomized by Tennessee William’s theatrical masterpiece, ‘A Streetcar named Desire’ to the modern adaptation ‘Blue Jasmine’ directed by Woody Allen. A streetcar named Desire and Blue Jasmine touch on…

Symbols are commonly used by authors in novels to represent a larger theme or notation. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, the scarlet ‘A’ is used as a symbol to present the progression of Hester, the protagonist, from feeling embarrassed to embracing the scarlet letter on her chest. The symbol of the ‘A’ also shows the development of Hester’s community’s acceptance of her and her sin. In the beginning of the novel, Hester is portrayed as an abashed woman whom greatly regrets…

A Scarlet Punishment with Positive Consequences Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter explores how the human condition and sin clash. Placing the characters in Puritan Boston, Hawthorne reveals the hypocrisy of a theocratic government, especially when it comes to punishment. Hester Prynne has committed a great sin, which coincides as a malicious crime in such a government, and is punished accordingly. Or is she? Her punishment consists of public humiliation that will be paraded on her chest…