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Nathaniel Hawthorne Mcgraw Hill
1,021 wordsThe 19 th century had many great achievements happen within its 100 -year time period. From the building of the Erie Canal, to the steel plow being invented. From the invention of the telegraph, to Thomas Edison creating the first light bulb. While all of these inventions have stood the test of time, one has lasted just as long; the inspiring tales a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1804. His name by birth was Nathaniel Hawthorne. He ...
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Louisa May Alcott Nathaniel Hawthorne
1,452 words... s House. After leaving the Customs House, Hawthorne published the novel The Scarlet Letter. In the introduction to the novel, Hawthorne dedicated two paragraphs to express his contempt of the town of Salem. Although this angered many Salemites, the book became very popular, even with many Salemites. According to John Clendenning, The novel is controlled by a single idea the suffering that results from sin (114). In the book, Hawthorne reveals that in Puritan New England, a sinner was not nec...
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Shows How The Sun Scarlet Letter Sunshine
613 wordsNathaniel Hawthorne uses symbolism several times in the book, The Scarlet Letter. Some examples of this are when they talk of the scaffold, the brook, the forest, and the sunshine. The one that I will discuss is the sunshine. Hawthorne uses sunshine in the novel to symbolize purity and hope several times throughout the book. In one scene of the book, Pearl requests that Hester grab some sunshine and give it to her to play with. Hester then replies, "No, my little Pearl! Thou must gather thine ow...
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Young Goodman Brown Scarlet Letter
832 wordsAlthough many readers may say Hawthorne's writing is difficult to understand, the descriptions of the characters and settings are vividly depicted through the use of allegory, and his many instances of symbolism throughout his stories. "Young Goodman Brown" is an excellent example how allegory is shown through the writing of Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story's beginning shows Goodman Brown as he bids farewell to his young wife, Faith, before running an errand into the forest. From that beginning of...
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Code Of Law Prison Door
1,015 wordsDiscuss Hawthorne's presentation of the Puritans throughout the novel The Scarlet Letter. P Hawthorne's links with the Puritans P The presentation of Puritanism in the novel The narrative methods through which Hawthorne presents Puritanism. The Puritans are complex characters and throughout the course of the novel the reader is exposed to many sides of their character. Mark Van Doren once wrote, The conflict in Hawthorne of two worlds between which he hung, exposing the fanaticism of one, despis...
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Hester Prynne Nathaniel Hawthorne
477 wordsSemi-fictional, this chapter explains how the romance of The Scarlet Letter came to presented as a story to the audience. Having always wanted to be a "literary man, " the writer talks about his three-year stint as a Surveyor in the Salem Custom House. Mostly filled with older gentlemen, the workplace was a very political (Whig) environment and charged with Puritan history. After brief character sketches of the personalities in the Custom House, the writer then explains how he came upon a specia...
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Eighteenth Century Scarlet Letter
959 wordsIn the novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne Hester Prynne wore a red letter A on her breast. The symbol stood for adultery, a sin which she had been convicted of. This public humiliation of having to wear the bright crimson A was her punishment for becoming pregnant without being married. Despite the efforts of the church, she would not however reveal the name of the second party involved in the affair. Ironically, the father of the child happened to be the young town minister, Arth...
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The Presence Of Guilt In Scarlet Letter
580 wordsThe Presence of Guilt in The Scarlet Letter Guilt can change even the evilest moral standards. The continuing emotional guilt throughout the story affects the characters and events that take place. This presence of guilt is shown through the scaffold with Hester's punishment, with Dimmesdale's inner struggle, and with Dimmesdale's final confession at the end of the novel. Guilt first comes into play, when Hester must take her stand on the scaffold as public punishment for her adultery. Hester is...
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Hand Over His Heart Secret Sin
839 wordsIn the chapter of Pearl, her name was compared to the parable in the gospel of Matthew. In this gospel account, the merchant sells all that he has to purchase one great pearl of great price. In this case, Pearl was the pearl of great price that Hester received. Hester goes beyond the law to get her little Pearl, as in the merchant going beyond the regular pearls and finding the really valuable pearl. The infant was purchased with all that Hester had, and it her mothers only treasure. This parabl...
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Dimmesdale Scarlet Letter
455 wordsThe Scarlet Letter Dimmesdale Analysis Character Analysis: Dimmesdale Dimmesdale is one of the most intriguing characters in The Scarlet Letter. I think this because he demonstrates in this story that he is a coward, and that he is strong, yet not courageous. Dimmesdale proves that he is a cowardice individual many times in The Scarlet Letter. He does this by not admitting his sin. Dimmesdale had many opportunities to admit his sin and get the guilt off his chest. The first opportunity was when ...
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Young Goodman Brown Fellow Traveler
789 wordsThe main focus of the story Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne is the triumph of evil over good. A supposedly good man is tempted by evil and allows himself to be converted into a man of evil. In this short story, the area where the devil resides is in the forest. As Goodman Brown sets off on his walk into the forest, he believes that there is more good within his community than evil, and that he himself is a good man. He believes that he will follow his wife to heaven. Yet as he talks w...
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Quot A Quot Hester Prynne
633 wordsHester Prynne, through the eyes of the Puritans, is an extreme sinner; she has gone against the Puritan ways, committing adultery. For this irrevocably harsh sin, she must wear a symbol of shame for the rest of her life. " On the breast of her gown, in a fine red cloth surrounded by an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread, appeared the letter A. " Hester's scarlet " A" serves as a public symbol of her private sin. Because Hester is able to declare her ...
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Roger Chillingworth Dynamic Characters
375 wordsThe Scarlet Letter In The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne uses several dynamic characters to develop the plot of the novel. A dynamic character is a character that changes or evolves through the course of a story. Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth were all dynamic characters. The character that changed the most through the course of the story, though, was Roger Chillingworth. In chapter three we learned that Hester s husband was a learned man of English birth. He was calm in temperament, ...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter Role Model
680 wordsIn Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Dimmesdale, experiences the most emotional suffering from the weight of guilt placed upon him as the father of an illegitimate child. His lover, Hester Prynne bears their child and is chastised and exiled from her peers. The identity of the father is kept secret, so the community respects Dimmesdale as a member of the Doctrine of the Elect. Dimmesdale is considered a role model for other Puritans of Boston. Dimmesdale suffers the most because of the p...
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Crime And Punishment Scarlet Letter
1,096 wordsFrom: To: Subject: Submit a paper Date: Tuesday, November 04, 1997 6: 43 Article: The Scarlet Letter Category: Category Description: Body of paper: The morning was long and chill, Hester Pryne had become a new resident to this small seven-teen century Boston town. She patiently waited alone for her husbands late arrival from New England. In waiting Hester Pryne grew impatient and lonely. It mohave been sexual deprivation or just a longing for lust, but it was not long after her arrival that she ...
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Scarlet Letter Black Man
346 wordsJacquie Kaloz 10 / 13 / 00 Symbolism of the Forest Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter, is filled with a variety of symbols. The forest is a place where the characters can be free and careless, but is also known as a evil place where the Black Man lives. One of the symbols he uses is the forest, which is symbolic in a number of ways. The forest is where Hester and Dimmesdale become intimate with one another. It represents a place where the main characters relax and take the daily pre...
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Arthur Dimmesdale Nathaniel Hawthorne
1,087 wordsA great deal of blood has been shed and many wars have been fought during the history of civilization; however, mans greatest battle and most formidable enemy is only himself. Humans like to think of themselves as faultless, but sin is inevitable. Mankind is a sinful race; therefore, everyone has sinned. This has been made only more evident with the passing of time and the development of the human character. Not every person has the ability to address the concept of sin and also display it in a ...
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Force Of Nature Puritan Society
997 wordsPearl is one of the most interesting and mysterious characters of the novel The Scarlet Letter. One tends to wonder why Pearl is the way she is. Why does she act so strangely and so differently than all the other characters? She acts this way because of a relationship she has with the force of Nature, which Hawthorne personifies as sympathetic towards sins against the puritan way of life. Because of this trait Hester's sin causes Nature to accept Pearl. Finally, Pearls acceptance of Nature is wh...
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Arthur Dimmesdale Scarlet Letter
794 wordsBy: Valerie The Cowardice of Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, behavior is centered around a rigid Puritan society that leads to great consequences in the lives of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. Their act of adultery greatly effects their lives and its result greatly alters their presence in the community. Hester handles her situation with as much dignity and pride as possible while Dimmesdale, the minister, acts in a different and cowardl...
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Hester Prynne Scarlet Letter
1,007 wordsThe fate of all characters in The Scarlet Letter was determined by Hawthorne s revealing statement in the middle of the novel. This impenetrable truth dictates the behavior of the characters in the entire story. The public and the hierarchy of the society demanded punishments for all involved of such severity that even years after the crime its potential still resonated throughout the town, effecting the plot through its ending. Hawthorne s placement of this quote is typical of his clever artifi...
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