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Hester And Dimmesdale Stand On The Scaffold
1,681 wordsI am as content to die for Gods eternal truth on the scaffold as in any other way (Bookshelf), John Brown, a U. S. abolitionist in 1859, said in a letter to his children on the eve of his execution. The scaffold is a raised wooden framework or platform used for public speaking. It is similar to a stage or a framework. A scaffold is also a platform used in the execution of condemned prisoners, as by hanging or beheading. A scaffold can also be a raised platform, seat or stand used for the purpose...
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Hester And Pearl Stand On The Scaffold
303 wordsIn The Scarlet Letter, Hester committed adultery. The story deals with the revelation of her lover, the Reverend Dimmesdale. A significant part of the book is the scaffold which is a raised platform used as a place where people who have committed a crime and were forced to stand. There were three significant scenes where the scaffold were used that provided unity to the novel. In the first scene Hester Praynne and her infant daughter Pearl were to stand on the scaffold before the community so th...
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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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Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter Sin Of Adultery
943 wordsThe Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is an exceptional novel based on sin, forgiveness, and deception. Hester, the main character, has committed the sin of adultery to an unknown man. She lives in Boston and is a puritan, which does not accept sin and lives by the strict, Puritan code. Hester's sin is unveiled when she bears a child by the name of Pearl and has no husband at that time. Hester punishment is not death because her husband is gone, and temptation over ran her heart. T...
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Makes Him Feel Hand Over His Heart
3,740 wordsChapter The Scarlet Letter SummAries Chapter 1: The Prison-Door: The first chapter in the Scarlet Letter the setting is Boston in the 17 th century in front of the prison. The prison was plain colored and the surroundings were very ordinary except for the rosebush that is outside of the prison. All the Puritans dressed in drab, dull colored clothing. Chapter 2: The Market Place: Outside of the Prison the ugly puritan women discuss the adultery of Hester Prynne. Hester is the beautiful woman wear...
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Hester And Dimmesdale Stand On The Scaffold
1,710 wordsScaffold? I am as content to die for God? s eternal truth on the scaffold as in any other way (Bookshelf), ? John Brown, a U. S. abolitionist in 1859, said in a letter to his children on the eve of his execution. The scaffold is a raised wooden framework or platform used for public speaking. It is similar to a stage or a framework. A scaffold is also a platform used in the execution of condemned prisoners, as by hanging or beheading. A scaffold can also be a raised platform, seat or stand used f...
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