The Scarlet Letter: Glossary Term Assessment Short Entries 1. Personification: When an inanimate object is abstractly given human qualities. Example: "The soul beheld it’s features in the mirror of the passing moment" (173 Top of page) 2. Rhetorical question: A question that is expected not to be answered or it has an obvious one. Example: "Is there not law for it?" (Page 45 top of page) 3. Metaphor: A comparison of objects without using like or as. Example:"... poor little Pearl
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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes place in a small Puritan town in Boston‚ Massachusetts during the seventeenth century. Hester Prynne‚ the main character‚ commits adultery‚ which is frowned upon by Puritan religion‚ with the town’s minister‚ Arthur Dimmesdale. As public punishment she embroiders a red scarlet A with gold thread to wear on her bosom of all her dresses. Pearl‚ Hester’s daughter‚ is living proof of Hester’s sin; she continually mocks her mother’s scarlet letter. As The
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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ shows how Hester Prynne is punished by the community for committing adultery. Hester changes throughout the novel because of punishment. When Hester wears the "A‚" she wears it confidently and with pride. The "A" also makes her feel remorse for her sin. Lastly‚ the community reaccepts her because she changes and learns from her punishment. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ the symbolic "A" changes Hester because it gives her confidence
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Andrew Martinez AP English III Mrs.Jones October 8‚ 2014 The scarlet letter the story of a young woman which committed what was considered to be one of the most vile sins of her time. That sin was adultery and for committing such a sin her punishment was public humiliation in the form of a scarlet letter a worn upon her bosom. Hester Pryne the wife of Roger Pryne (aka Chillingworth) was left waiting alone for two years for the arrival of her husband in the new world for two long lonesome years
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Dimmesdale’s Arguments: 1. In chapter 8‚ Dimmesdale‚ Mr. Wilson‚ and Governor Bellingham are visited by Hester and Pearl at the Governor’s mansion. When pearl is asked “who made thee?”‚ she responds that she was not made‚ but rather "plucked . . . off the bush of wild roses that grew by the prison door.". This causes the governor and Mr. Wilson to immediately become horrified and ready to take Pearl from Hester’s custody. As Pearl protests her God given right for Pearls custody‚ she pleads that
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the Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Hester Prynne’s experiences and ability to persevere as well as the portrayal of the men in the story to convey feminist ideas and the strength of women throughout the book. The definition of feminism being that women and men are equal and therefore should be treated and looked upon with equality. In the scarlet letter Hawthorn shows how women can be strong and independent despite the fixated ideas that society is accustomed to. These ideas being that
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Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter “He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it‚ is a saint; that boasteth of it‚ is a devil” (Thomas Fuller). In modern times‚ society doesn’t sentence a man to jail time for committing the crime of adultery. We have grown to accept adultery more in our society today than people did in the 17th century. Back then‚ committing the sin of adultery was as bad as murder‚ and an adulterer could be sentenced to death. Luckily for Hester Prynn in The Scarlet Letter‚ she is
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How Hester Changes Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter is a story of love‚ sin‚ and self-realization. Hester Prynne is a beautiful young woman who commits adultery‚ and as punishment she has to wear a scarlet “A” on her shirt everywhere she goes. Her society shuns her and she can no longer have normal relations. Hester Prynne is defined by the scarlet letter and goes through many changes throughout the novel. The letter isolates her and she can longer have normal relations with society
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“When you point a finger at someone else‚ then three fingers point back at you” (My Second Grade Teacher). In the Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne jeers at the absurd Puritan era and crime and punishment. But the renowned author touches on a more personal theme‚ an issue that everyone has come across: self evaluation. Even though Hester Prynne‚ a honest adulterer‚ and Arthur Dimmesdale‚ a untruthful priest‚ are first to sin it is still viewed that Robert Chillingworth‚ an abandoned husband seeking
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In the great book of The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne is found guilty of adultery. As punishment she must wear a scarlet “A”‚ which stands for adultery or affair. She stood on a scaffold holding her infant child in humiliation of her sin. Officials of the town attempted to make Hester give up the name of the father of her child. Hester refused to tell anyone‚ she remained quiet‚ and accepted her crime alone. Hester could have easily escaped the situation she was in. At any time she could have left
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