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In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the Puritan society and its doctrine have dictated the people’s lives and makes their devotion to God to cause them to see the worse of its people. Hester Prynne, the main character, has her reputation ruined by committing adultery which causes the Puritan society to punish and continuously judge her. In addition, the minister Arthur Dimmesdale, is stuck between confessing to his sin of adultery or keeping it a secret which causes him to…

The five major scenes in The Scarlet Letter In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, there are five major scenes that are huge turning points for the characters involved. These scenes are powerful to the readers and essential for the progression of the plot. The first major scene was when Hester stood on the scaffold holding her tiny baby in her arms with the striking scarlet letter “A” embroidered on her bosom. The second was three long years after Hester had descended from her shameful…

However, the personalities of these two characters are opposite of the traditional gender roles. Hester symbolizes a masculine role in the novel, while Dimmesdale symbolizes the feminine role. Even when Hester was examined according to today’s criteria for the typical American women, she is able to fit in accordance with that model. All in all, Hawthorne did an exceptional job in showing the conditions as to which people who had committed adultery were forced to live with. However, in…

Her sin has determined the letter to be worn on her bosom. As a seamstress the letter took a lot of time, patience and skill to make and she wont take it off because that letter has a price. Quote 5: "But there is a fatality, a feeling so irresistible and inevitable that it has the force of doom, which almost invariably compels human beings to linger around and haunt, ghostlike, the spot where some great and marked event has given the color to their lifetime; and still the more irresistibly,…

As we all know life can be a battle, finding your own place, getting away from those who ridicule you from being different. Some even hide from their true selves just so they don’t have to have gref from others. It’s like every human is programed to attack things that are different and if you don’t attack that person then you will end up being the one getting attacked from everyone else. There are however, a few that stand brave and stand behind what they did and not hide from it. These people…

Ideate the open discussion of every immoral act you have ever executed. Although most are well hidden within our minds, inquities are now deemed a social norm. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, sins are portrayed as a direct disobedience of God. Hester Prynne is shamefully branded with the letter “A” as a representation of her adultery, while Arthur Dimmesdale, Hester’s partner in crime, chooses to keep his offense confidential. Both are disgraced from their community, though one is…

Is Hester Prynne ultimately a heroic figure? Make sure to support your argument with textual support, as well as a clear definition of what it means to be a hero. Hester Prynne ultimately becomes the symbolism of a heroic figure. A hero is “a person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities” according to Merriam Webster. Hester Prynne displays brave qualities with the will to survive under the weight of the Scarlet Letter. An ancient proverb says, “the greatest pains are on the…

1. The sin Hester Prynne commits is adultery, one of the gravest sins a person could commit in the 17th century puritan society of New England. Hester’s immediate punishment is that she has to wear the scarlet letter, and face the social ridicule that comes with it. Hester will never be able to blend in with the society around her, and instead be required to bear the consequences of her sin at all times. Hester, being cut off from mainstream society moves in to a small cottage outside of…

Inner Beauty The Puritans of the colonial time became notorious for their strict religious virtues. They interpreted various events and objects as satanic or malicious. Their society condemned those who did not share their beliefs, and believed that a select few were predestined to live in heaven after death. The Puritans followed the custom of devoting their lives to God because there was a chance that any of them were already chosen for salvation. Hawthorne loathed their oppressive principles…

What Makes Pearl a Symbol A symbol is something that stands for something else, something real that stands for or suggests another thing that cannot itself be pictured. Set in a seventeenth century Puritan settlement in Boston, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, introduces the reader to a symbol embodied in the character Pearl. Hawthorne’s story is about a woman named Hester Prynne, the protagonist who has committed and was punished for adultery, which resulted in the birth of her…