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    There is a lot of commotion around the town discussing whether or not Hester’s punishment was enough to be considered just. Some of the people wanted a harsher punishment and not some weak punishment like being in jail for a couple of days. But the punishment the magistrates gave was a good one and they didn’t need to go to the extreme. Hester did break a major crime committed adultery and she will pay for it later on‚ she is going to be outcast of the town‚ and she will keep pearl so she will always

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    QUOTE TEST on THE SCARLET LETTER Directions: Choose 5 of the quotes below and discuss (1) who said it (2) when it was said (what was the situation)‚ and (3) what is the significance meaning importance to the ENTIRE WORK. Here discuss if the quote relates to character‚ theme‚ symbolism‚ irony‚ foreshadowing imagery‚ etc. 1. “Never!. . . And would that I might enfure his agony‚ as well as mine!” 2. “Thou wasn’t not bold!- thou wast not true!. . . Thou wouldst not promise to take my hand

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    The Scarlet Letter assignment #1 – Chapter 2‚ pages 6-7: I used the Visualize the Scene category. I can see Hester Prynne emerging from the prison. I can see that she is ladylike‚ tall‚ and beautiful. I can see her in a beautiful dress with the A embroidered on it walking through the crowd with her head held high and a baby in her arms. #2 – Chapter 3‚ pages 13-16: I used the Ask a Question category. Who is this man who has come into the town with the Indian? Why does he question a townsman

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    The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a book depicting the struggle of a woman who is spared death after committing adultery in a strict puritan society. The woman‚ Hester Prynne‚ was spared death only for the reason to make an example to the rest of the community. Throughout the book you can see the theme of how sin changes lives appear in almost every chapter and is an important driving factor behind the plot. This theme is shown through the actions of the three main characters: Hester Prynne

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    calls your name the name of shame‚ where are you to turn where are you to go? Do you run in weakness into the arms of anonymity or do you walk in honor upon the road of redemption? This was a question Hester Prynne in the timeless classic The Scarlet Letter. It is debated whether Hester should have left to another town‚ it is agreed however that Hester indeed did stay despite given the option to leave. Some would argue that Hester should have stayed‚ while others‚ as with all such views‚ would argue

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    Cause and Effect: The Scarlet Letter Set in Boston‚ in the Puritan times of the 1940’s‚ the book‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ is about a young girl named Hester Prynne who commits adultery with the town’s minister‚ Arthur Dimmensdale. Hester is married to a man named Roger Chillingworth‚ a scholarly man‚ who sent her to Boston years earlier while he settled his affairs in Europe. Years passed and Chillingworth arrives in Boston to find his wife on a Scaffold being accused of adultery

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    Devon Hoover 9/27/12 Argumentative Essay Mrs. Johnson From the intriguing book The Scarlet Letter ‚ there are two men that have conflicting viewpoints on sin. One man‚ Rogers Chillingsworth‚ believed that all men should confess their sins to show that they also are not perfect and may be liable to sin. The other man Arthur Dimnesdale believed that some men that are privileged should not confess their sins openly and that no past is better redeemed but by good services. I whole heartedly

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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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    long awaited truth (Ch. 23‚ 195). The only time when Hester feels free is when she is in the woods with Pearl and Dimmesdale because she can escape the judgment from the townspeople (Ch. 17‚ 148). When Hester is in the woods she rips off the scarlet letter from her chest and lets her hair down‚ which shows that before that moment she was consumed by her sin and felt she could only be herself when she was in the woods (Ch.

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    The Scarlet Letter Chillingworth perspective essay When Chillingworth comes to America and resides with Native Americans he has a very different outlook on life than when he sees Hester on the scaffold. Beforehand‚ he had a far more positive outlook to the future‚ due to the fact that he is unaware of his wife’s affair. Chillingworth had spent years of his life attempting to gain the love and affection of Hester‚ and planned on continuing that course once he reunited with her. Chillingworth

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