In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Pearl‚ is the human symbol of the sin of adultery in the fact that she leads her mother‚ Hester Prynne‚ and Arthur Dimmesdale to accept and admit to their sin. Pearl is the beautiful daughter of Hester and Dimmesdale. She is the living symbol of the scarlet letter and has unique traits that make her sometimes appear as a demon. Her love for nature and freedom‚ her spirit‚ her wildness‚ her loneliness and separation from the world‚ her curiosity‚ and her
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forms of repentance from two perspectives. The author‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ constructs the plot to revolve around the journey of repentance of two characters: Hester Prynne and Rev. Dimmesdale. Both characters have committed the blasphemous sin of adultery together‚ but only Hester has been punished for it‚ whereas Dimmesdale has yet to be discovered for his involvement in the misdeed. Hester’s severe punishment is to carry the eternal burden of the scarlet letter A‚ a symbol that apprises everyone
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Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ he uses a rosebush‚ a letter A on Hester Prynne’s blossom‚ and Pearl as examples to symbolism for the Scarlet Letter. As the novel goes on the meaning of the Scarlet Letter A on Hester’s blossom changes from Adultery to Able to Angel. This shows that symbolism can change from one thing to another. In the opening novel‚ Hawthorne describes the rosebush next to the prison that Hester is in. The rosebush comes to represent more than what they are worth. “It may
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have to marginalize Abigail because they need a good reputation to live in Salem where gossip is powerful enough to murder. Firstly‚ adultery is a big sin in a Christian society and John Proctor feels guilty about his affair with Abigail. In the book‚ Mr. Hale tells John to recite The Commandments‚ but John forgets one of them. When Elizabeth reminds him it is “adultery”‚ “Proctor‚ as though a secret arrow had pained his heart: Aye. Trying to grin it away--- to Hale: You see‚ sir‚ between the two of
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The Scarlett Letter Guilt clutches at the lives of many of the Earth’s inhabitants. Some feel it more than others‚ and for different reasons. The Scarlet Letter portrays one of the more serious reasons for guilt‚ adultery. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Scarlett Letter in 1850. This book is about the adulterous lives of Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale. Hester has been forced to wear a “Scarlett” letter A for the rest of her life to repent for her crime. Dimmesdale‚ while he bares no direct
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Melissa Greenberg Prof Burke PHI 370 2-24-15 First Exegesis- Book Two‚ the definition of virtue Aristotle’s definition of virtue has been modified multiple times throughout book two; however‚ by (1107a) he comes to a true definition of virtue. Aristotle refers to virtue as what enables a person to live a truly happy life. Virtues work in accordance with the soul to enable people to make the right decisions about how to act in the given circumstances. According to Aristotle’s definition of virtue
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half-sister of Helen of Troy‚ and husband of Agamemnon‚ ruler of Mycenae. She is infamous for plotting to murder her husband and Cassandra with Aegisthus‚ enemy of Agamemnon. She is a villain for her murder of innocent Cassandra and of her committing adultery. Clytemnestra is a murderer‚ slaughtering Cassandra for no reason besides for her own pride. Cassandra was a slave brought back by Agamemnon as a prize from the Trojan War (Clarke). She was just a slave and nothing more than that‚ so she never even
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Salem Witch Trials. One such character that displays these qualities of redemption is John Proctor. In the beginning of the play Proctor presents himself as a man full of honor and integrity with a loathing towards hypocrisy. Eventually though‚ his adultery is revealed and he is knocked off his obsequious pedestal‚ but he does reclaim some semblance of his former character at the end. Though John Proctor experiences a downfall‚ he redeems himself completely through his death. First off‚ one of Proctor’s
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In the play The Crucible many of the characters learn things about themselves as well as others. Discuss the insight gained by the characters of Elizabeth Proctor‚ Reverend Hale‚ and John Proctor. In Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ Elizabeth Procter‚ learns about the character and morality of other people‚ her own actions of the people around them‚ and most importantly how to admit and deal with her own mistakes. Reverend Hale’s insight into himself reveals his new perspective on people in
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(committed about a year before the novel begins) is the sin which gives the book its title and around which the action of the book revolves. Adultery‚ prohibited by the Seventh Commandment‚ was so seriously condemned by the Puritans of seventeenth century Massachusetts that is was often punished by dead. In contrast‚ Hawthorne does not condone Hester’s adultery‚ but he does find it less serious a sin that the sins of Dimmesdale and Chillingworth. Clearly‚ Hawthorne sees Hester as a victim. He emphasizes
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