certainty condemns and confines Hester. Like the door (oak is among the heaviest and most grounded of woods)‚ the Puritans are fearless in their moral quality and along these lines‚ unsympathetic in their judgements. The iron spikes reinforce this delineation‚ drawing in thought with respect to the gathering’s merciless judgements and reformatory character. The usage of oak in the line emphasizes the centrality of the prison and its importance in their world. This quote is vital on the grounds that
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The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne‚ the main character of the book "The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ commits adultery‚ is considered a hussy‚ and has a child as the result of her sin. She cheats on her husband while he is absent from town and receives a harsh punishment for her behavior already. Hester is forced to wear a scarlet letter “A” on her bosom for the rest of her life. It is now on debate on whether or not Pearl should be taken away from her mother’s guidance. This is due
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Imagine yourself on display in front of your whole town‚ being punished for cheating on your husband or wife. Today adultery is looked down on‚ but in reality nobody makes a huge deal out of it. Sin can affect a person in many ways‚ but whether it’s good or bad only time can tell. In the old days‚ religion and law were looked at as one‚ and Hester Prynne just so happened to sin‚ which in turn caused her to break the law. In the novel‚ Hester displays that how a person deals with sin has a lasting
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forest! But now thou wilt?’ Pearl kissed his lips. A spell was broken.” This quote‚ coming from chapter 23 in The Scarlet Letter‚ shows another example of how Dimmesdale attempts to free his soul before he dies. Throughout this entire chapter‚ Dimmesdale tries to cleanse his heart by telling the townspeople that he is not the man that they know and love. Instead‚ he is a sinner who has committed adultery with Hester Prynne. He does this so that he can die without the weight of guilt on his chest
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The Evolution of the Puritans’ View on Hester Prynne In Hamlet by William Shakespeare‚ Hamlet tells his friend‚“there is nothing either good or bad‚ but thinking makes it so” meaning that a person’s attitude toward an issue can shape whether that issue is positive or negative. This is shown in the novel The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The protagonist‚ Hester Prynne‚ is sent to Boston a few years before her husband to settle down and create a life there. While she is there‚ she commits
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Task 1 – Quotes: 1) “But the point which drew all eyes‚ and‚ as it were‚ transfigured the wearer‚ - so that both men and women‚ who had been familiarly acquainted with Hester Prynne‚ were now impressed as if they beheld her for the first time‚ - was that SCARLET LETTER‚ so fantastically embroidered and illuminated upon her bosom” (51). This quote perfectly describes the Scarlet Letter and how it will be affecting Hester for the remainder of her life. Her punishment (to wear the letter “A” on
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The Scarlet Letter is a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It takes place in a small village inhabited by puritans around the 17th century‚ in Boston. This essay will be mainly focused on the character of Hester‚ the holder of the scarlet letter. It will show the difference in the good and bad that happens within her life throughout the novel. Hester Prynne is one of the main characters in this novel. She finds herself in an affair with the town minister‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and she later has a daughter
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In “The Scarlet Letter”‚ a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the narrator tells a series of events that occurred years before his time. The events take place in the seventeenth century in Massachusetts‚ in what was a Puritan settlement at this time. This story surrounds‚ a young woman‚ who has committed a sin of adultery and therefore is punished by the town. Hester Prynne‚ the young lady‚ is sentenced to public shaming‚ where she is to stand on a scaffold in front of the town. Hester is not only publicly
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In the novel “The Scarlet Letter”‚by Nathaniel Hawthorne is about a Woman named Hester Prynne who was in jail for adultery and as punishment she must wear a scarlet letter (A) on her breast wherever she goes to signify that she has committed adultery and that it is her punishment by the court‚she also deal with public shaming as a result of what she has done. But before all of these shame and having to wear the letter She Was given a choice‚ life or death she chose life because her acts had brought
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Hester Prynne: Among the Labeled The Puritan Era was the most religious time in American history; committing any sin was seen as an act of rebellion. In that time the sin of adultery was taken very literally to an extent where the women were forced to wear the letter “A” across their bosom to show the people of the town what they had committed. In The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne’s sin results in such a punishment‚ but as the reader gets deeper into the book‚ a prominent and more profound understanding
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