Winthrop

Nathaniel Hawthorne 's The Scarlet Letter is full of symbolism. Every item has a story in it. He didn’t just throw in a rose because they’re his favorite flower. He put thought and meaning into every word in the book. Hawthorne’s symbolism may be over discussed in various english classes, but it for good reason. Most students wouldn’t see the symbolism behind each major items or characters in the book. Probably the most prominent symbol, and the most discussed, is the scarlet letter. The…

him away. Hester and Pearl join him shortly, and they witness a letter “A” drawn in the sky by a meteor. This “A” can be interpreted differently by each character. The townspeople believe that the letter stands for “Angel”, symbolizing Governor Winthrop entering the heavens. Dimmesdale has a different take on the meteor. He believes it symbolizes his recurring urge to openly wear his sin just as Hester does. Keeping his sinful secret from the world is not an easy task for Dimmesdale, as he…

born. Her parents Aurelia Schober Plath and Otto Plath were so happy to have a baby girl. Three short years later Sylvia gets to meet her new little brother Warren Plath. Who was born on April 27, 1935. A little later Sylvia and her family moved to Winthrop Massachusetts. This is where her mother grew up when she was a little girl. Sylvia as young as she was (8 years) she published her very first poem in the Boston Herald's Children’s section. Not only was she great at writing she won an award…

In Hawthorne’s ‘The Scarlet Letter’, nature is presented as a sympathetic and forgiving force that is in direct contrast with the stringent Puritanical society and authoritative figures which are representative of civilisation in the novel. Some characters in the novel align themselves with nature, such as Hester and Pearl, whilst the majority of the townspeople vehemently avoid places such as the forest and seem to even live in fear of it. The former characters – Hester especially – are more…

the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Among these 500, was John Winthrop, who was chosen as their first governor. His eyes were focused upon God and his heart was set on freedom. Wishing to create a perfect model society, he wasted no time. Born in England, Winthrop belonged to the gentry, which dominated English society for one hundred years. He attended Trinity College in Cambridge, where he studied law. Being an avid man of Puritanism, Winthrop, lost his job of three years in 1629 as a court…

In 1635, John Winthrop expelled Roger Williams from Massachusetts. John Winthrop was scared of Williams’ ideas on divorce, church and state, and slavery. Williams was very ahead of his time because his ideas are the bias for how society thinks about issues today. He even had his personal ideas used in the Constitution. After his exile, Williams got caught lost in a forest during one of the greatest winter storms ever recorded. He stumbled upon foreign lands that would soon become Rhode Island…

Constructive and Destructive Mentalities Committing transgressions is an often unavoidable tendency of mankind. Yet, Puritan society and law in the New World revolved around the importance of following God’s will and maintaining a reputation free of sin. Consequently, failure to follow the strict laws and norms of daily life most often resulted in severe punishments or public infamy. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter juxtaposes the effects of these ramifications and of hiding sin upon…

The scarlet letter is something that Hester can never get rid of, and is stuck with for the rest of her life. Even if she feels she has paid for her sins “who had some comfortable hope of pardon of [her] sin” (Winthrop). The Letter also brings about a lot of public humiliation to Hester, “under the heavy weight of a thousand unrelenting eyes” (Hawthorne 70). Hester can not do anything within the town, without being watched and judged for her actions even if she…

pearl herself and the green letter A she makes out of eel grass, and all of their meanings. The old sexton at the end of chapter 12, The Minister’s Vigil, says “that the great red letter in the sky must stand for Angel, because our Good Governor Winthrop was made an angel this past night, it was held doubtless held fit that there should be some notice thereof!” (Hawthorne, pg. 138) Being that Dimmesdale had just been talking to Hester and Pearl, and then was told of this occurrence. This says…

John Winthrop, a previous governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, once said “For we must [...] be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world” (A Model of Christian Charity). Winthrop’s words exhibit the overwhelmingly theocratic and idyllic environment that fostered intolerance to dissidence of…