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Repeated Three Times Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter
757 wordsHerman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne were contemporaries of each other. They lived very different lives, one living as a sailor for four years and the other attending an Ivy League school, yet their writing reflects a similar style, as shown in Melville's Billy Bud and Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Religious symbolism is found in abundance in each of the works. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, life is centered around a rigid, Puritanistic structured society in which one is unabl...
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Curious Punishment Of Colonial Days
1,324 wordsCurious Punishments of Colonial Days Punishment in today's society is a civil process that has changed dramatically over the centuries. Today, there are laws against cruel and unusual punishment, however there was a time when curious punishments were very popular and often practiced. One of the most notable historical eras that participated in the practice of curious punishments was the colonial time period, the seventeenth century, in and around Boston, MA. Since this area was primarily settled...
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Hester Prynne Scaffold Scene
599 wordsIn The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses three scenes on the scaffold to emphasize suffering and torment in Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. Throughout the book, the scaffold has been the symbol of puritan society's harsh punishment for sinners. The three scaffold scenes in The Scarlet Letter convey the theme of sin not being tolerated whatsoever in Puritan Society. Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is tormented throughout the story and in all three scenes with the scaffold. In the second sc...
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Hester Prynne Roger Chillingworth
809 wordsFor Every Action There is a Reaction: the Affects of Sin in The Scarlet Letter According to Websters Collegiate Dictionary, sin is defined as an action that is or is felt to be highly reprehensible. The average person would agree that it is only in human nature to sin. Therefore the severity of such transgressions is diluted with that simple justification. However, the less frequently discussed and oftentimes the more important issue is the effects of a man or womans sin. Nathaniel Hawthorne's T...
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Hester And Pearl Hester Prynne
1,521 wordsThe story opens with Hester Prynne standing silently on the scaffold in the middle of a town square in 18 th century Boston. Hester, holding her small child in her arms, is publicly on trial for adultery. The town people, especially the women, are not happy that Hester has been sentenced only to wear a scarlet letter and to stand on a public platform for a few hours of public humiliation. However, the judge has decided to be merciful to her because, over all, she has been a good citizen up to th...
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Hester Prynne Arthur Dimmesdale
1,723 wordsNo one is perfect and no one is exactly the same. Everyone sins, and that includes telling lies. Most everyone lies at some point, whether it be to cover something up or just make someone feel better. Or it can be both. We as people are very afraid of being judged in a bad way, so if a person does something sinful or shunned upon, they lie about it to keep their reputations protected. This opinion based on another's life decisions is a hypocritical decision. We don't want it happening to us, how...
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Hester Prynne Arthur Dimmesdale
527 wordsThe Worst Sinner The story begins with an unfortunate marriage between Hester Prynne and Roger Chilingworth, which leads to adultery and revenge. As the story unfolds we learn that Hester commits adultery which was a sin punished very badly. Later on we are introduced to Roger Chilingworth, who is only known as a physician, not Hester's husband; he sins by hurting Hester and our next character Arthur Dimmesdale. The reverend Dimmesdale is known later on to be the father of the baby. His sin is a...
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Integrity In Both The Scarlet Letter And Crucible
607 wordsIntegrity, a firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values. Merriam Webster dictionary. A character with integrity is willing to sacrifice anything of substantial value, even their life or reputation, to uphold the moral code they live by. It takes someone of strong character to possess integrity, for the temptation to give in is every so often astronomically appealing. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne is a character of true integrity who upholds her ...
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Good Versus Evil Hester Prynne
420 wordsThe Scarlet Letter is a wonderful and not so traditional example of the good versus evil theme. What makes this a unique instance of good versus evil is that either side could be considered either one. Hester could very easily have been deduced as evil, or the bad guy, as she was by the townspeople. That is, she was convicted of adultery, a horrible sin of the time. As for punishment, a sentence to wear a scarlet A upon her chest, it would hardly be considered a burden or extreme sentence in pre...
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Hester Prynne Arthur Dimmesdale
494 wordsThe Scarlet Letter has been considered a landmark in literature for years and years. Part of the reason for this is because of its message to? be true, be true. ? This novel demonstrates this moral through the actions of the two main characters, Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. Many people have learned this important? moral blossom? and have held it with them, remembering it in their times of confusion. The book teaches us that it is better to show the world your faults than to lie and let t...
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Hester Prynne Scaffold Scene
670 wordsIn Nathaniel Hawthorne s, The Scarlet Letter, the author uses three scaffold scenes to mark the development of Hester Prynne. The image of Hester atop the scaffolding is a metaphor for her forced solitude; for her banishment from society; and for the futility of her punishment. In the first scene, Hawthorne uses the scaffold to explain how Hester can not believe that the A and the baby are real. In the second scaffold scene, Hawthorne tries to convey to the reader that Hester has fully repented ...
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Hester Prynne Scarlet Letter
320 wordsThe Letter A is a mark of punishment and humiliation. However, Hester Prynne carries the symbol upon her with a very different out look than the puritans intended. Hester and the Puritans both have strong feelings for this Scarlet Letter but both will not come to terms and define a universal meaning for this strong symbol. The Puritans intend this A to be a disgrace to Hester Prynne. To make the public aware that she is nothing but a sinner and an adulteress. The Puritans want nothing more than ...
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