The Scarlet letter is a fiction and takes place in the 1850s‚ and written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The letter starts out with Hester Prynne trying to fit in society‚ which in this case was not working out at all for Hester. The book has many different themes too it throughout the story line like being an adulterer‚ sinning‚ and feeling guilty. Hester was being punished by everyone in society because of the child she has. The town people in the book just did not understand why this happened and they
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“When you point a finger at someone else‚ then three fingers point back at you” (My Second Grade Teacher). In the Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne jeers at the absurd Puritan era and crime and punishment. But the renowned author touches on a more personal theme‚ an issue that everyone has come across: self evaluation. Even though Hester Prynne‚ a honest adulterer‚ and Arthur Dimmesdale‚ a untruthful priest‚ are first to sin it is still viewed that Robert Chillingworth‚ an abandoned husband seeking
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time. Hester Prynne‚ an outcast in of the 17th century Boston Puritan’s society‚ is the protagonist in Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. She is not much different when compared to the 2012 orchid steel of Burma‚ Aung San Suu Kyi‚ the pro-democracy movement leader who is still fighting for her country to this very day. This essay will enlighten the readers on the backgrounds of the heroines‚ as well as their similarities which can be compared from their various attributes. Hester Prynne
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A CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER READING GUIDE FOR THE SCARLET LETTER A 1636 Plymouth Colony law required anyone convicted of adultery to "wear two Capital letters viz AD cut out in cloth and sowed on theire uppermost Garments on their arme or backe; and if att any time they shallbee taken without the said letters whiles they are in the Govrment soewarn to bee forthwith taken and publickly whipt."[1] Other Massachusetts colonies had their own versions of this law. In fact‚ "The Capitall Lawes of
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The Scarlet Letter Alienation can be linked to self-discovery. The alienated can make a choice: to endure or to protest. Explain the choices made by Hester Prynne and how they are typical or atypical based on the societal values during this time period (1640s). Hester Prynne has made many tough decisions throughout the novel. Most‚ if not all‚ of her choices were atypical for women during this time period. One of Hester’s most prominent decisions was to stay in town when she knows that her
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• Hester Prynne is the novel’s individual who is the wearer of the scarlet letter. While in her youth‚ she resided in Amsterdam with her older husband Roger Chillingworth. Chillingworth sent the young and beautiful Hester to America before him‚ so he could finish his business. While Hester waited for her husband‚ she had a love affair with the Reverend Dimmesdale and conceived a child. Later‚ she gives birth to a girl‚ Pearl‚ and must endure the shame and scorn of the town. Punishment for her crime
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Scarlet Letter notes and quotes Chapter Quote 1: “some sweet moral blossom‚ that may be found along the track‚ or relieve the darkening close tale of human frailty and sorrow.” This quote tells us that the story will be very dark with possibly many mysteries for us to solve and put the puzzle pieces together. And that there are innocent events and thoughts in the book too. The 1st chapter is very short only 1 and ½ pages long so there is not much vital information whatsoever. And with
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Hester Prynne Quote: "On the breast of her gown‚ in fine red cloth‚ surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold-thread‚ appeared the letter A. It was so artistically done‚ and with so much fertility and gorgeous luxuriance of fancy‚ that it had all the effect of a last and fitting decoration to the apparel which she wore; and which was of a splendor in accordance with the taste of the age‚ but greatly beyond what was allowed by the sumptuary regulations of the colony
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While exploring the power of love and‚ manipulating people’s emotions the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne was written on the battle of someone who was convicted of being a sinner living in a puritan society. The Scarlet Letter was a very influential novel because it was like a change in time‚ because it’s so different from what we see today. The story talks about Hester who committed adultery and instead of giving her the punishment of death she got the leeway of public humiliation. Throughout
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committed sins. Furthermore‚ the citizens of Hester’s era are quick to perceive her measures without grasping all of the information. In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ cruelty is indirectly reflected through sin and judgment of Hester Prynne’s wrongdoing and The rise of assumptions among the various crowds‚ tears apart what is left of Prynne and her upholding worthy to herself as a woman. She feels as though “her heart had been flung into the street for them all to spurn and
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