How To Tell In The Scarlet Letter
To Tell or Not to Tell
Does keeping secrets really make you feel better? Throughout the novel, Hawthorne uses the symbols of light and dark to depict the good and evil among the characters in the story The Scarlet Letter including, Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. Some characters keep secrets in this story so they don’t get in trouble.
But Hester Prynne, with a mind of native courage and activity, and for so long a period not merely estranged, but outlawed, from society, had habituated herself to such latitude of speculation as was altogether foreign to the clergyman. She had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness. The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. …show more content…
“And why not, mother?” asked Pearl, stopping short. “Will it not come of its own accord, when I am a woman grown?” The sun does not shine on Hester because she wears the scarlet letter and the scarlet letter represents sin. Pearl knows that the sun doesn’t like the scarlet letter In conclusion, Hester is a strong women, but has a dark side within her.
“Arthur Dimmesdale in whose eyes a fitful light, kindled by her enthusiasm, flashed up and died away.” He finally confessed his sin to everyone. He was happy because he didn’t have to keep the darkness inside of him. He was able to let it out. While thus suffering under bodily disease, and gnawed and tortured by some black trouble of the soul, and given over to the machinations of his deadliest enemy, the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale had achieved a brilliant popularity in his sacred office. He won it, indeed, in great part by his sorrows. He is living with a sin and its touring him from the inside. Because he can’t say he sin and so he feels …show more content…
Arthur Dimmesdale was hiding his sin, and it was eating him up on the inside. Finally, Arthur got to confess his sin and be happy, that he doesn’t have to live with his sin anymore. Hester Prynne has a baby and wears the scarlet letter to show that she committed adultery, but became a strong independent woman that didn’t have to abide by the laws and could live her own life without guilt. Throughout the novel Hawthorne symbolize good and bad characteristics among Hester Prynne, Roger Chillingworth, and Arthur Dimmesdale. By doing this, its hooks the reader and lets them know get to know each
Does keeping secrets really make you feel better? Throughout the novel, Hawthorne uses the symbols of light and dark to depict the good and evil among the characters in the story The Scarlet Letter including, Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. Some characters keep secrets in this story so they don’t get in trouble.
But Hester Prynne, with a mind of native courage and activity, and for so long a period not merely estranged, but outlawed, from society, had habituated herself to such latitude of speculation as was altogether foreign to the clergyman. She had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness. The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. …show more content…
“And why not, mother?” asked Pearl, stopping short. “Will it not come of its own accord, when I am a woman grown?” The sun does not shine on Hester because she wears the scarlet letter and the scarlet letter represents sin. Pearl knows that the sun doesn’t like the scarlet letter In conclusion, Hester is a strong women, but has a dark side within her.
“Arthur Dimmesdale in whose eyes a fitful light, kindled by her enthusiasm, flashed up and died away.” He finally confessed his sin to everyone. He was happy because he didn’t have to keep the darkness inside of him. He was able to let it out. While thus suffering under bodily disease, and gnawed and tortured by some black trouble of the soul, and given over to the machinations of his deadliest enemy, the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale had achieved a brilliant popularity in his sacred office. He won it, indeed, in great part by his sorrows. He is living with a sin and its touring him from the inside. Because he can’t say he sin and so he feels …show more content…
Arthur Dimmesdale was hiding his sin, and it was eating him up on the inside. Finally, Arthur got to confess his sin and be happy, that he doesn’t have to live with his sin anymore. Hester Prynne has a baby and wears the scarlet letter to show that she committed adultery, but became a strong independent woman that didn’t have to abide by the laws and could live her own life without guilt. Throughout the novel Hawthorne symbolize good and bad characteristics among Hester Prynne, Roger Chillingworth, and Arthur Dimmesdale. By doing this, its hooks the reader and lets them know get to know each