Rhetorical Analysis Essay: The Scarlet Letter In the Bible it says‚ in Matthew 5: 27-28‚ "You have heard that it was said‚ ’Do not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart”. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the main character Hester Prynne was an adulteress in the seventeenth century during the Puritan era. Three rhetorical strategies that really stood out were symbolism‚ archaic diction‚ and irony
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Anyway‚ I wrote a paper titled The Sins of Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth‚ which is exactly what it sounds like it would be about. This paper feels simpler than most‚ but I think it is because my thesis is the title. At the start of every paragraph‚ there is a transition‚ and
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and intent scrutiny‚ he felt her pulse‚ looked into her eyes--a gaze that made her heart shrink and shudder‚ because so familiar‚ and yet so strange and cold--and‚ finally‚ satisfied with his investigation‚ proceeded to mingle another draught. Hester is being punished harshly for her sin‚ no one understands her and the whole town seems to hate her. When chillingsworth comes she knows its her husband. Yet fear not for him! Think not that I shall interfere with Heaven’s own method of retribution
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Pearl: In the Scarlet Letter‚ Pearl is the illegitimate daughter of Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Her name is Pearl because of her great value to her mother‚ Hester. Pearl is more of a symbol than anything else. She is a symbol because she represents Hester and Dimmesdale’s sin and adultery. She also symbolizes the scarlet letter A. Pearl is a constant reminder of the Scarlet letter of not just Hester‚ but of Dimmesdale‚ as well: “And‚ mother‚ he has his hand over his heart! Is it
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The Scarlet Letter‚ a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ is a novel that takes place in the town of Boston‚ Massachusetts in 1642. Hester Prynne‚ the main character of the story‚ commits the sin of adultery. Because of this sin‚ she is "blessed" with a child named Pearl. Her punishment is to wear a scarlet letter “A" on her chest for the rest of her life‚ which affects the way the townspeople look and act around her. Also‚ she must stand on the scaffold in the town for three hours for the whole
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some‚ The Scarlet Letter may seem like a protofeminist novel. In the eyes of some‚ had Hester been a man‚ her punishment would not have been nearly as embarrassing and deceitful. In the eyes of some‚ Hester did nothing but the right thing based on her trying to protect other women from gender-based prosecution‚ though it meant completely disregarding Puritan laws in her society. Then again‚ in the eyes of some‚ Hester deserved all of the harassment and harsh‚ negative attention that she received from
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Outcasts of Poker Flat” characters Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and John Oakhurst illustrate the theme of moral ambiguity through their struggles and actions. Hester Prynne endured many things throughout her life. She was forced to be married to Roger Chillingworth‚ a man she did not love. Prynne was sent across the ocean without him to establish a home in the new world. She fell in love with Arthur Dimmesdale‚ a young‚ smart‚ and handsome Reverend. Hester Prynne soon became known as an adulteress
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Kelsey Federspill Scarlet Letter Literary Analysis R5 12.2. 12 Over Coming Guilt Remorse is a feeling experienced after committing an act that produces a sense of guilt. A life lesson can be learned in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ about the theme of guilt. Everyone experiences guilt when they commit a sin or human frailty but the way one handles the feelings of guilt is different. Guilt is expressed in three main ways: ignoring or hiding the sin and letting the guilt build
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Confidence 1. How do you justify your thinking to someone who questions your conclusions? The way that I justify my thinking to someone who questions my conclusions is by using my knowledge from my past and present experiences‚ as well as the education I have acquired thus far both in and out of school because not everything is learned in the classroom. I use evidence-based practice and information from reliable sources as well as textbooks to explain my reasoning for someone to better understand
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Sarah Patterson Literature and Composition II The Scarlet Letter- Character Analysis November 5‚ 2012 So Simple‚ It’s Complex The story The Scarlet Letter is about a young woman whose husband sends her ahead of him to start their life while he finishes affairs. During the two years that they are apart she engages in an affair and she ends up having a child. Her husband returns to find her facing out in a courtyard‚ and then swears her to secrecy of who he is and vows that he will find out
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