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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne adulteress Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet ‘’A’’ to mark her shame. Her lover, Arthur Dimmesdale, remains unidentified and is filled with gilt, while her husband, Roger Chillingworth seeks revenge. Even though Hester ends the story as a heroine,she plays a victim throughout via extreme societal judgement. After all, she is forced to wear the scarlet ‘’A’’ Hester wears it on her chest with her head held high on the scaffold. As she walks through the…

Scarlet Letter Theme In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne the main characters Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale both committed the same sin, adultery. Hester became pregnant and was publicly shamed; however, none of the Puritans of Boston were the wiser about Dimmesdale’s sin. He alone lived with the constant knowledge of his sin. Whereas, Hester had everyone to share it with. Sin must be brought to light in order to be redeemed. Dimmesdale received many opportunities to confess…

Expressed and Unexpressed Sin Famous American author Elbert Hubbard once said, “We are punished by our sins, not for them.” No matter how true this statement stands in real life, Daniel Hawthorne proves its truth in his novel The Scarlet Letter. Within the novel, the townspeople punish the main character Hester for her sin of adultery. As a result, the townspeople and the jury require Hester to wear a scarlet letter upon her chest. The author hides Hester’s counterpart in the crime of adultery…

Puritanical Mores in The Scarlet Letter In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a young, female adulterer residing in a 17th century Puritan community faces public shame for her sin by wearing a scarlet letter A on her chest, leading her to support herself and her daughter single handedly, which reflects the inability of the various Catholic followers to escape their social expectations and follow individual will. Pearl, Hester’s daughter, metaphorically represents the purity from the…

In The Scarlet Letter, an American gothic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet “A” on her clothing to represent adultery, the sin in which she has committed. Her partner, Arthur Dimmesdale, remains furtive and unidentified. This engenders Dimmesdale to have a burden of guilt brought upon him. Her husband, Roger Chillingworth, who has been gone for three years, seeks revenge on Dimmesdale. In Moby Dick, another American gothic novel, there is a great deal of revenge…

In the novel The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the theme of sin and hypocrisy which is used throughout the characters of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale to show the biggest flaw that everyone carries, sin. Sin is an unavoidable, immoral action that every individual cannot deny and in this novel specifically; judgment is the main sin that takes place within the town and is directed towards Hester. Although the sin committed that the townspeople noticed and shamed Hester for was…

The Puritans were a strict and harsh society. Citizens were punished with public shaming if they committed a sin. The novel The Scarlet Letter is set in Boston, Massachusetts between 1642 to 1649. It shows how the Puritan society with the ignominy of the protagonist Hester for the sin she and Rev. Dimmesdale have committed. The novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne displays how the different settings affect the feelings of Hester, Dimmesdale, and of Pearl. Throughout the novel,…

I can’t really feel as if good Mr. Hooper’s face was behind that piece of crape,” said the sexton. I feel as if Mr. Hooper was battling with his own sin. He thought his face was going to reveal all of his transgressions which is why he kept his face concealed from the congregation and his fiancée. From my point of view, it sounds like our main character Mr. Hooper is suffering from his very own wrong doing. In article 1 lines 4 and 5 it states that Individuals could no longer see his kindness or…

The Scarlet Letter was written By Nathaniel Hawthorne and was published in 1850. The introductory chapter of the Scarlet Letter is called “The Custom House” which tells of hawthorns time working in the Salem, Mass. Government Custom House. He finds a Scarlet Letter in the Custom House. This a Scarlet Letter tells the story Hester of Prynne. In this novel, it becomes evident that Hawthorne is not just telling a story about a woman’s life and her sins, but an critique about the hypocrisy of the…

In The Scarlet Letter the third scaffold theme develops the vital theme of embracing your true identity; Dimmesdale confesses his sin, Chillingworth realizes that his life is pointless with out someone to torture, and Hester stay’s true to her life in the past. The Election Day sermon has all of New England praising Dimmesdale, his words have moved them. Dimmesdale, however, has been hiding his sin for what seems a life time. The secretiveness has had a torturing affect on him. Dimmesdale…