the novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the story’s protagonist‚ Hester Prynne commits adultery and is forced to live her life with the scarlet letter “A” embroidered upon her chest. The outcome of Hester’s “unforgivable sin” is her daughter‚ Pearl who is seen as a demon and symbol of evil by all in the Puritan village. Throughout the novel the author portrays Pearl as a foil character to her mother‚ Hester by showing major contrast and comparisons of the two. Hawthorne also uses the
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The quote from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book The Scarlet Letter‚ “No man‚ for any considerable length of time‚ can wear one face to the multitude and another to himself without finally becoming confused as to which is true” (p.170) can be seen throughout the whole novel. The first example is Arthur Dimmesdale. He has to keep the secret that he is Pearl’s father. To the whole town‚ Dimmesdale is known as being a great minister‚ but in this mind he was really a sinner. By having this battle going on in
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consequences. Dimmesdale is very conflicted with himself and also with the community; he struggles with doing the what is right. Arthur Dimmesdale is a reverend of the Puritan community. He is very protective of his reputation‚ because of that; he lets Hester Prynne‚ the mother of his daughter‚ take the blame for a sin they both committed. He refuses to let the Puritan townspeople know what he has done. They praise him and the narrator demonstrates that as he states: “Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale; a young clergyman
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Hawthorne tries to convey are still relevant today. Think about it. With all of the experiences of Hester Prynne and other characters in the novel‚ we interpret concepts that are still correlated with those of today. In Hawthorne’s the Scarlet Letter‚ two crucial themes of sin and what it can do to people and the different degrees of evil directly relate to today’s society and modern ideas. As it is known‚ Hester committed a sin in the novel with Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale that the Puritans in her society
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Character List Hester Prynne - Hester is the book’s protagonist and the wearer of the scarlet letter that gives the book its title. The letter‚ a patch of fabric in the shape of an “A‚” signifies that Hester is an “adulterer.” As a young woman‚ Hester married an elderly scholar‚ Chillingworth‚ who sent her ahead to America to live but never followed her. While waiting for him‚ she had an affair with a Puritan minister named Dimmesdale‚ after which she gave birth to Pearl. Hester is passionate but
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scaffold scene‚ Hester Prynne is seen on the scaffold‚ holding Pearl in her arms‚ accepting her sin publicly. The Reverend Dimmesdale is there as well‚ taking on the role of her accuser and demanding that she reveal the person who committed the act of adultery as well‚ knowing that he was the one. Hester Prynne absolutely refuses to name the father of her child to the crowd. This scene shows Reverend Dimmesdale as a clear hypocrite and‚ while he constantly acts as if he wants Hester to name her lover
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gradual advancement from total hypocrite towards complete atonement for his sin. In the first scaffold scene‚ Hester Prynne is seen on the scaffold‚ holding Pearl in her arms‚ unwaveringly acknowledging her sin. The Reverend Dimmesdale is there as well‚ taking on the role of her accuser and demanding that she reveal the person with whom she committed the adulterous act. Hester Prynne absolutely refuses to name the father of her child and declares. “I will not speak‚ and my child must seek a heavenly
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they know not what he did. If it as any other society‚ he could’ve come clean and married Hester‚ the love of his life‚ with little to no repercussions. The society is inadvertently causing his acts of repression within himself. To keep his position in the church and remain on his pedestal‚ he cowardly hides his crime. He represses his guilt for not being with Hester and owning up to his mistake and like Hester‚ this harms his physical body and heart. In the beginning of the book‚ his description is
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He uses Dimmesdale and Hester to represent sin. Both characters raise and develop because of their joint sin. The society in The Scarlet Letter sets far-reaching limitations on individual. Although the Puritans had hoped to set up an utopia in the latest World‚ where each person
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prejudices. Hester Prynne‚ a young wife whose husband is presumed dead‚ is being publicly humiliated for the sin of adultery. The proof of her sin is her baby girl Pearl. She conceals the identity of Pearl’s father to protect him from the harsh judgment of Puritan law. She however is doomed to spend the rest of her life marked as an adulterer by wearing a scarlet “A” on her chest. Hester’s husband meanwhile has arrived in the colony and taken up practice as a doctor. He makes Hester promise that
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