Nathaniel Hawthorne’s most successful and best known novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ is driven by the theme of vengeance. That is to say that‚ the acts of retaliation played out by Hawthorne’s characters in response to the intense pain inflicted upon them by the consequences of sin moves the story chapter by chapter from Hester Prynne’s imprisonment a lifetime later. By the story’s conclusion‚ the characters are exposed for who they really are‚ which in some cases is the very opposite from what the reader
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The Birthmark on Mortal Perfection Hawthorne writes about a subject that is still very prominent now. He examines the obsession with human perfection. The story tells of a very successful scientist and philosopher‚ Aylmer‚ and his very beautiful wife Georgiana. Aylmer is obsessed with perfection‚ as are most scientists. He makes sure he experiments with all possible options to conclude the best results for a perfect solution. Now Aylmer is very much in love with his wife Georgiana‚ and she with
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Youer than You‚” the American writer‚ cartoonist‚ animator‚ and book publisher‚ Theodor Seuss Geisel‚ also known as Dr. Seuss‚ once stated. Much like how Dr. Seuss encourages the theme of being original‚ and keeping the identity of oneself‚ so does Nathaniel Hawthorne in the novel The Scarlet Letter. In the historical fiction‚ Hester Prynne‚ must publicly wear a scarlet “A” to represent “adultery” because she has a child‚ Pearl‚ with a man other than her husband. On the contrary‚ a preacher named Dimmesdale
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Sin is the main theme in The Scarlet Letter. All of the characters in the book were somehow affected by the main sin‚ which was adultery. The three main characters were the most widely affected‚ and their whole lives were molded by the way they dealt with the sin. The sin surrounds‚ encloses‚ and strangles them. There was no escaping from its cruel consequences. Hester Prynne’s sin was labeled an adulteress‚ and the result of this was that she had to wear the scarlet letter "A." She feels that
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The Scarlet Letter ‚ a story constructed with verbose prose and prolific detail‚ has a level of metacognitive encouragement that delves into the deeper implications of sin and human nature. Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ born in the first half of the 1800’s‚ looks back‚ reflecting on a time that haunts his family name. He was born Nathaniel Hathorne‚ but later changed his name to cleanse himself of its religious stigma. His greatgreatgrandfather‚ a judge of the Salem Witch Trials‚ who convicted and sentenced witches to death
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the Puritan Era‚ immoral actions were an immense deal. Peering into the life of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale subsequent to their sinning‚ this novel allows us to see what they faced throughout the years regarding shame and guilt. Throughout Nathaniel Hawthorne’s‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ one will find that the novel is really based around moral consequence of sin and the act of redemption. A great aspect of this story would be sin‚ as it truly affects each
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Pearl Highlights Hypocrisy in the Scarlet Letter In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter‚ Pearl undergoes a dramatic transformation from a devilish infant to a sagely child. Born into a society full of judgment and hypocrisy‚ Pearl‚ a bastard child‚ is unable to escape her predetermined role. Pearl lacks a traditional family; her mother is the sole provider‚ a direct attack on Puritan standards designating this young family as outsiders. Furthermore‚ Pearl‚ unlike her peers‚ establishes a reputation
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The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter‚ written in 1850 by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ is about a Puritan society in Massachusetts. The theme of this novel is largely sin‚ and how the guilty parties were not equally treated for the same sin or exposed for the wrong that they had done in the eyes of God. Hawthorne describes deception‚ the withholding of the truth‚ and secrecy in the development of the plot and characters in the novel. Hawthorne vividly makes use of symbolism and feminine status in Puritan
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Lucas 1 Chris F. Lucas Dr. Coleman English 3 Honors 5 October 2012 The Scarlet Letter In The Scarlet Letter‚ the author Nathaniel Hawthorne utilizes the minor characters Pearl Prynne and Roger Chillingworth to provoke the major characters in the novel‚ as well as to further portray existent themes and ideas developing through other parts of the story. Throughout the course of the novel‚ Pearl’s persistent fixation on the scarlet letter “A” embroidered on Hester’s chest acts as a constant
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SYMBOL1.Scarlet Letter "A"A = Adultery (sin)The meaning changes through the times. Adultery---Able~ Able to face the society with dignity~ Able to accept her punishment alone without any support and friends~ Able to be a mother for Pearl2.Rosebush (Chapter 1: The Prison Door‚ p. 40-41)Hester = rebel‚ young soul‚ conservative‚ endured. 3.Prison Door (Chapter 1: The Prison Door‚ p. 40-41)Puritan Community = strict‚ old generation‚ conventional. 4.Scaffold (Chapter 2)Moral Discipline = Puritan stiffness
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