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    The work you do in the sun will pay off under the lights The audience won’t remember numbers‚ they remember moments. Make those moments happen. The only way your ever going to get the audience to feel the emotions you want them to feel‚ is if you feel them first I am a part of something much greater than me and my understanding You feel your strength in the presence of pain. The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. Take you place in history. Inspire‚ soar‚ excel.

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    Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is an important symbol. As the minister watches the night sky‚ together with Hester and Pearl‚ a meteor appears that traces out an „A“. While most of the people think that the „A“ stands for „Angel“ and is showing that Governor Winthrop is gone and it marks his the entry to heaven‚ which will be proofed later on‚ but Dimmesdale‚ on the other hand‚ interprets it differently. Him hiding his sins and „cover his heart with his hand“‚ the „A“ reminds him of Hester‘s Scarlet Letter

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    Have you ever thought how blaming someone could cause problems for you and others? In The Scarlet letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne was blamed for being an adultness and ever took the blame for Dimmesdale‚ who didn’t say anything till seven years‚ which made him feel guilty not revealing to truth. Many readers think blame doesn’t affect anyone. However blaming can cause many problems for people who take the blame‚ just get blamed because of pure hatred‚ or a person regretting themselves

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    The Scarlet Letter compared to the 21st Century “Darkness cannot drive out darkness‚ only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate‚ only love can do that”- Martin Luther King Jr. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story that proves how far the love of a mother will go for their child. Hawthorne inspired a literature story that pushes the human soul past its own limits. The Scarlet Letter Demonstrates how the human spirit‚ in both Hester Prynne’s Puritan culture and in the lives

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    Behold! Behold! A dreadful witness if it!” (209). The crowd does not know what to make of his words‚ and they refuse to believe what he is implying. That is‚ until he “tore away the ministerial band from before his breast” (209)‚ revealing a scarlet letter of his own. After this‚ there is no denying Dimmesdale’s confession and the people are left in disbelief as they watch him slump down and whisper in his last breath that he deserved to die in

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    wanted to stone her‚ but Jesus answered their request by saying‚ “All right‚ but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” If our community followed this standard‚ we would be much more forgiving. Hester should only have to wear the letter for five years. This would allow her to face her punishment‚ but also have the chance to overcome

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    In the novel "The Scarlet Letter"‚ the characters relationships and their actions are more based on what their community thinks of them. However in critical theory today‚ commodification is stated as "the act of relating to the objects or persons in terms of their exchange value" (Tyson 60). To add to that society will commodify each other when they "structure their relations with them to promote their own advancement financially or socially" (Tyson 60). Relationships of all types can all be judged

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    Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. It is the driving force behind the actions of the main antagonist Roger Chillingworth. In the novel his obsession for revenge is seen as an uncontrollable desire that consumes the character. Chillingworth told his wife‚ Hester Prynne‚ that he would find the adulterer and have him punished. He wanted Hester’s partner to suffer the same humiliation she had to endure. Chillingworth wanted him to stand on the scaffold for three hours‚ wearing a letter “A” and become

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    Throughout the novel‚ Hawthorne uses plant imagery to symbolize both the negative and positive character traits and to set the mood of the novel. The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes place during the age of Puritanism in Boston where a young and attractive Puritan woman commits adultery with the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale. Chillingworth‚ Hesters’ husband‚ whom everyone thought was captured by Indians comes to town‚ but only Hester knows his true identity. Chillingworth vows to figure out

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    Pearl is an ironic and contradictory symbolism of pure and gracefulness. It is ironic that she is the child born to two great sinners. The way Hawthorn creates Pearl is by combining great contradictions together. Pearl is a misbehaving and mischievous child always showered by praise and wrapped with great angelical beauty. Hawthorne begins to develop Pearl’s character by opening up with a short aphorism describing Pearl as a child with “no physical defects.” He builds off this statement about

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