In the beginning of the book Hester Prynne is a very kind woman. She ended up making a poor decision that will affect the rest of her life. Its life everyone makes mistakes we’re all human.But what shes does is something she will have to live with for the rest of her life and never be able to take it back.In this book The Scarlet letter by Nathaniel Hawthrone.Hester is the main character‚and let’s get to the point;adulteress. In the beginning of the book‚Hester is forced to marry Roger Chillingworth
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In chapter two of The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne describes Hester Prynne as she stands on a pedestal in front of her community and gets publicly condemned for her adultery. Hawthorne shows the irony in the situation through the symbol of Pearl being just as sinful as the letter A embroidered on Hester’s clothing. He also irony irony in describing the A and how it is so similar to how Hester herself is portrayed. Lastly‚ Hawthorne describes Hester’s physical beauty and the irony of how the
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In The Scarlet Letter‚ the Puritans are a group who believe that people are born with sin. Subsequently‚ they keep a strict eye over their community as well as themselves. Correspondingly‚ depending on how severe a sin is‚ it may be punishable by death. Hester is spared by the Puritans because they believe that she will serve as a living sermon of sin. Hester must wear a scarlet letter on her chest for the entirety of her life to make up for her punishment. These events convey how the overall theme
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The Scarlet Letter: The Theme of Punishment Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter deals with many themes‚ the most powerful being punishment. In this novel‚ Hester Prynne becomes a highly respected person in a Puritan society by overcoming one of the harshest punishments‚ the scarlet letter. This object on "her bosom"; however‚ does the exact opposite of that which it was meant for. Eventually‚ Hester Prynne inverts all the odds against here due to her
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Many punishments in the Puritan society are public. The point of this is to humiliate the “criminals” and make them feel as if they need to repent. There is nothing that the magistrates enjoy more than public confessions of the guilty (in text citation). The Scarlet Letter was written in the 1850’s and was based in this type of society. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ the two main characters commit a similar sin but experience a different outcome. Hester and Arthur commit a very similar
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tend to come back and complete it. When Hester left New England‚ she abandoned her punishment and past. She later came back feeling the need to complete what she hadn’t finished. Hester couldn’t escape her town‚ because of all that she left behind in it. After leaving New England‚ Hester suddenly returned. Hester came back to the place where her sin all started. She continued to wear the scarlet letter‚ even though no one would’ve required it to be worn. Hester felt that she had a connection to her
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In the novel the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne was a woman who was forced to wear a letter “A” because of the sin that she had committed with Arthur Dimmesdale. This letter throughout the novel opened up to different interpretations‚ and its meaning readily changed. First‚ it symbolized adultery‚ for she had committed an immoral act by having an affair with the pastor‚ Arthur Dimmesdale. Second‚ the letter could be viewed as a symbol of ability‚ because Hester was such a strong
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Maddie George 10/7/12 1st hour Scarlet Letter In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s‚ Scarlet Letter‚ he tells the story of a sinner‚ Hester Prynne. Hester has committed adultery and now has a child as a result of her sin. Hester has naturally put herself aside from the other puritan members of the community. She has mostly secluded herself from the puritan women of the town. Hester endures many issues involving Reverend Dimmesdale‚ who later find out is her fellow sinner in committing adultery. She also
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death as punishment. However‚ in Hester Prynne’s case she is shamed with a scarlet letter and excluded from society. In the novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester is forced to wear a Scarlet Letter “A” upon be bosom for the rest of her life. Yet‚ why is one person punished when the act of adultery must be committed by two? Hester’s partner in the sin committed‚ Mr. Dimmesdale‚ even though he was not revealed until the end of the story‚ would not have faced a punishment so severe
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"A" for Alienation Alienation is a common theme in all writing; however‚ in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ never has alienation been so vividly accounted. The Scarlet Letter is a story about Hester Prynne‚ a woman who commits adultery against her husband named Roger Chillingworth‚ with the local reverend named Arthur Dimmesdale; the result is a strange child named Pearl. The plot thickens as the mistress and the reverend strive to keep their sin a secret‚ and as Chillingworth appears
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