Dimmesdale is still attempting to grapple with the fact that he is Pearl’s father- but‚ is not married to his daughter’s mother‚ Heaster. For the past nine months Hester has been locked up in jail‚ so although the adultery issue existed it wasn’t front and center everyday for all the other Puritans to witness and gossip about. Now that Hester must deal with her sentencing of being forced to wear a scarlet letter on her breast‚ as well as‚ public ridicule up on the town scaffold. This Dimmsdale to begin
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sins‚ living in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Hester Prynne begins by committing adultery with Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale shares this sin with her‚ but he continues to sin as the next seven years pass. Roger Chillingworth‚ Hester Prynne’s husband‚ turns himself into a living devil. While it is clear that Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale commit major sins‚ Roger Chillingworth’s iniquity tops anything either of them do. Hester Prynne’s only sin during her time in the Massachusetts
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<b>Aug. 25 2001 Chapter 1 Pages 49-50</b> <br>1. Chapter one thoroughly describes the Jailhouse and the surrounding landscape. Tells of the huge wooden edifices whose threshold is timbered and iron barred. Gives the description of the peoples clothing who were congregating outside of the prison. It also describes the necessity of a new colony first building a prison and graveyard. In the last paragraph it tells of a rose bush outside of the oaken doors. The author describes the awkwardness of having
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Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne the main character‚ Hester Prynne is guilty of committing adultery. Hester is punished to stand on the scaffold for three hours to be shamed by the townspeople and to wear a crimson letter A. Hester’s tombstone will have the letter A engraved on it so Hester’s sin will never be forgotten. Hester has an affair with Dimmesdale while being married to the Chillingworth which resulted in the birth of Pearl. Hester refuses to tell the town who is the father of Pearl which
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Have you ever thought how blaming someone could cause problems for you and others? In The Scarlet letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne was blamed for being an adultness and ever took the blame for Dimmesdale‚ who didn’t say anything till seven years‚ which made him feel guilty not revealing to truth. Many readers think blame doesn’t affect anyone. However blaming can cause many problems for people who take the blame‚ just get blamed because of pure hatred‚ or a person regretting themselves
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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 novel‚ Hawthorne uses the symbols of light and dark to depict good and evil among the characters Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth. Hester has to live with the darkness of her sin every day‚ yet she finds ways to help people and it shows that she is often times charitable when others would not be. “Except for that small expenditure in the decoration of her infant‚ Hester bestowed all her superfluous means in charity‚ on wretches less miserable than herself‚ and who not
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Scarlet Letter on struggle of a convicted sinner in a Puritan community. Hester Prynne‚ a woman who originated from Europe‚ is subject to a world of drama when she is convicted for adultery in a Puritan colony. Hester is a young beautiful woman who was married once before‚ but because of a complication in her travel to America is separated from her husband‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ for three years. Due to this separation Hester has an affair with an initially unknown lover‚ which results in a child.
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centered on several conflicts of human nature that result from the adultery and punishment of Hester Prynne. There are three major conflicts each for which Hawthorne created a specific main character to illustrate: Pearl‚ Hester’s illegitimate daughter‚ depicts the conflict purity versus sin‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ Hester’s former husband‚ depicts good versus evil‚ and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale‚ who sinned with Hester‚ depicts the conflict love versus hate. Each of these characters has distinct qualities
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that resides adulteress Hester Prynne‚ whom must wear a scarlet letter to mark her shame. Within the novel‚ Hawthorne uses detailed descriptions of nature and introduces comprehensive characters such as Arthur Dimmesdale and Pearl with the intention of portraying the central message of good versus evil. To begin‚ Hawthorne illustrates the images of the brook and the forest to put emphasis on the message of good vs. evil. An example being can be the brook‚ where Hester attempts to throw her
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