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Important Literary Elements Of The Scarlet Letter
559 wordsNathaniel Hawthorne's revolutionary novel, The Scarlet Letter, was written in the time where there were no exceptions; either one was holy and added the law, or one was a sinner, condemned by all. In that time, life was centered around an impermeable Puritan society, in which secrets and innermost thoughts were to be kept inside the self. Hester Prynne, the protagonist of the story, tries to cope with the guilt that the town puts her through because of her sin. The other main characters of the s...
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Hester Prynne Reverend Dimmesdale
772 wordsIn the book The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne tells the story of the adultery of Hester Prynne. In developing his story, he uses many images to give his characters depth and to help explain the plot. Many of these images are religious and natural ones that undermine Puritan ideals. Hawthorne uses these images to show his dislike for the austerity of the religion. To undercut the Puritan religion, Hawthorne uses many religious images. Early in the novel, he describes Hester and her baby as ...
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Reverend Dimmesdale Roger Chillingworth
617 wordsThe Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a novel about adultery committed by young Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale in the Puritan world of seventeenth century Boston. Even though, they share the relationship of extremely opposing each other throughout the book, Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth, an alchemist, antagonist, and Hester's husband, are different and similar in appearance, respect, and how they change throughout the novel. Chillingworth and Dimmesdale come from ver...
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Accusations Of Witchcraft Hester Prynne
1,059 wordsAuthor's Background: Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts on July 4 th, 1804. Hawthorne lived poor due to his father's death when he was four, but he was helped by relatives and enrolled in college where he displayed an interest in writing. In college, he met a friend who would prove to be an invaluable help Franklin Pierce, future President of the United States. In 1825 he graduated and lived with his uncle in Salem for 12 years, devoting his time to reading, writing, and scrapp...
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Wear The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne
905 wordsThe Scarlet Letter, a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorn takes place in Boston of 1640 of Puritan community. It shows a dark, gray, violently moral society found as a kind of Puritan Utopia. The main characters in the story are Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. This novel illustrates the effects of sin on the heart and minds, how a persons downfall may be caused by the destructive human emotions of hidden guilt and revenge. In The Scarlet Letter, hidden sin destroys Dimmesdale,...
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Hester Prynne Committing Adultery
677 wordsMs. Scarlet Letter Jessica Holland Ms. Davis Adv. Eng. III Per. 6 10 April 2000 The Greatest Sin People waste their lives all the time by making bad decisions, focusing their lives on destroying others, and wallowing in self pity and regret. Nathaniel Hawthorne shows in his novel, The Scarlet Letter, that people go through their lives casting off their true potential. Through the characters Hester Prynne, Roger Chillingworth, and Arthur Dimmesdale, Hawthorne shows that sin is not only evil becau...
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Roger Chillingworth One Dimmesdale
718 wordsDimmesdale vs. Chillingworth Near the end of the novel, Arthur Dimmesdale tells the following to his fellow adulteress Hester concerning Roger Chillingworth: We are not, Hester, the worst sinners in the world. There is one worse than even the polluted priest! That old mans revenge has been blacker than my sin. He has violated, in cold blood, the sanctity of a human heart. He is referring to Roger Chillingworth's malign behavior towards Hester and, especially, himself... In his priestly way, he h...
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Hester Prynne Scarlet Letter
240 wordsThe Scarlet Letter Argumentative Essay Nathaniel Hawthorne found a scarlet letter in an old custom house. This is where he came up with the idea for The Scarlet Letter. The Scarlet Letter caused much greif for each of the three Characters: Hester Prynne, Author Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. The Scarlet Letter was an advancement in the maturity for Hester Prynne, a secret that came to tear Author Dimmesdale apart, and an else for revenge that would eventually turn Roger Chillingworth into ...
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Hester And Dimmesdale Hester Prynne
594 wordsThe Scarlet Letter A guilty conscious can destroy a person both physically and mentally. In The Scarlet Letter the theme seems to be that a guilty conscious can be the most painful wound ever able to be inflicted on a person. In the beginning of the book Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale have an affair. Hester Prynne is still married to her husband Roger Chillingworth (which isnt his real name). Hester Prynne and Roger Chillingworth are not really together, though so there is some justificat...
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Hester And Pearl God And Man
1,561 wordsThe Transformation of the Reverend Master Dimmesdale The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a classic novel that tells the story of two adulterers, except in this account, only one is punished publicly. The other, although just as guilty, is not exposed and therefore remains held in high esteem by the public eye. As the unknown guilty party, the Reverend Dimmesdale not only becomes a hypocrite, but on the inside, he is torn apart. As Dimmesdale becomes more and more distraught over his p...
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