Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ a critically acclaimed American writer of the 19th century‚ was born in Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1804. The novelist’s book‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ is supposedly his best work‚ and universally considered a literary classic. Concerned with sin and consequences of dealing with it‚ Hawthorne’s work relates to his own personal sense of shame about his ancestor’s persecuting roles in the 17th century Salem Witch Trials. By indirectly dealing with his sense of guilt through fictional circumstances
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The Scarlet Letter is an important symbol. As the minister watches the night sky‚ together with Hester and Pearl‚ a meteor appears that traces out an „A“. While most of the people think that the „A“ stands for „Angel“ and is showing that Governor Winthrop is gone and it marks his the entry to heaven‚ which will be proofed later on‚ but Dimmesdale‚ on the other hand‚ interprets it differently. Him hiding his sins and „cover his heart with his hand“‚ the „A“ reminds him of Hester‘s Scarlet Letter.
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A MODEL FOR CHRISTIAN CHARITY: JOHN WINTHROP Saturday‚ January 26‚ 2013 9:56 PM 3 TOPICS: THE DOUBLE LAW OF NATURE AND GRACE LOVE IS THE BOND OF PERFECTION THE APPLICATIONS IN SECTION 2 OF PERSONS‚ WORK‚END‚ AND MEANS. THE DOUBLE LAW IS USED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SPECIFICS OF EACH SITUATION. LIKE SHOWING MERCY ON A RICH MAN IN A CRISIS SITUATION. MORAL LAW TELLS US THAT MERCY SHOULD BE SHOWN TO THOSE WITHOUT‚ NOT THOSE THAT HAVE. BUT THE LAW OF THE GOSPEL TELLS US TO SHOW MERCY
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The Letter A The first symbol that is noticed in The Scarlet Letter is the actual scarlet letter‚ which is probably because it is the most important symbol in the novel. The letter is worn by a woman named Hester‚ who is sentenced to wearing the letter for the rest of her life as a symbol of Adultery. Hester was caught in the act of adultery when she had a child‚ and it wasn’t her husband’s child. What is surprising about the letter is how much it changes throughout the events of the novel. The
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to foreshadow a later event‚ it also serves to emphasize the difference between the narrator’s perspective and that of the Puritans. “A great red letter in the sky‚ - the letter A‚ - which we interpret to stand for Angel. For‚ as our good Governor Winthrop was made an angel this past night‚ it was doubtless held fit that there should be
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scarlet letter. She had to wear the scarlet letter “A” representing adultery in the beginning‚ but then having other meanings‚ such as angel‚ and able. Reasons for the townspeople to change the name of the letter‚ was a great idle in the town Governor Winthrop‚ when he had passed on. Ironical because that letter should only have one meaning‚ in which it did‚ yet they still distributed it in other ways. Hester had a daughter named Pearl. Pearl was a beautiful child‚ but got called some horrifying names
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In seventeenth-century America‚ Puritans lived in the American communities. These Puritans believed that sin was horrific‚ and they were quick to cast judgment on anyone who sinned. In The Scarlet Letter‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the main character‚ Hester Prynne‚ committed an act of adultery. This sinful act resulted in a feeling of guilt and humiliation as she tried to go about her normal life in the community of Salem. Her punishment for this transgression was to stand on a scaffold for
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He cries out in agony as he stands on top of it‚ because of the great amount of spiritual pain he’s is suffering from along with guilt. As he screams‚ Hester and pearl happen to be walking by‚ on their way home from the death bed of the governor Winthrop. At this point Dimmesdale‚ in an act of love I believe‚ invites
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The Ambiguity Use of Symbolism in “The Scarlet Letter†Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel‚ The Scarlett Letter‚ uses a lot of symbolism in the story that represents several meanings within the context of the story. Hawthorne uses symbolism to add greater meaning to the story. Objects such as the prison‚ rosebush‚ scaffold‚ meteor‚ forest‚ brook‚ and little Pearl are all important symbols in Hawthorne’s novel. The most obvious and principal symbol in the novel is the scarlet letter “A  which
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was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. While Hawthorne had some admiration for his Puritan ancestors‚ most of whom were motivated by their goal of purifying the Anglican Church‚ his perspective is balanced by his recognition of their hypocrisy. As John Winthrop described‚ the Puritan society was to be a city upon a hill — a place where the eyes of all people are upon us‚ but‚ as Hawthorne acknowledges with this novel‚ this ideology was overshadowed by their tendency to condemn the sinner‚ rather than
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