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The Character of Pearl: The Essence of Literary Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter (1135 words, 2 pages)

Shes Worth More Than a Diamond Pearls have always held a great price to mankind, but no pearl had ever been earned at as high a cost to a person as in Hester Prynne, a powerful Heroine in Nathaniel Hawthornes novel The Scarlet Letter. Her daughter Pearl, born into a ... Read More

The Motif of Chillingworth’s Revenge in the Novel The Scarlet Letter (400 words, 1 pages)

In the novel The Scarlet Letter, perhaps the most interesting and hated character was Roger Chillingworth. When Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote this book he spent a great deal of time analyzing and defining his characters through their traits and the secrets they held against one another. Chillingworth was Hester Prynnes true ... Read More

The Puritan Fear of Change in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter (2319 words, 3 pages)

The Scarlet Letter The 6th Sense of Sinners In the Novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the society of a Puritan town of Boston excludes anyone who is a nonconformist or is in any way deviant from their thoughts, laws, and standards. However, the townspeople themselves are not without ... Read More

Comparison between Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (1616 words, 2 pages)

Comparing The Scarlet Letter to The Crucible Adultery, betrayal, promiscuity, subterfuge, and intrigue, all of which would make an excellent coming attraction on the Hollywood scene and probably a pretty good book. Add narration, mass-hysteria and witch trials and the end result would be The Crucible, but if you added ... Read More

Romanticism and Symbolism in the Scarlet Letter, a Romantic Work of Fiction in a Historical Setting by Nathaniel Hawthorne (766 words, 1 pages)

Romanticism, the biggest theme in The Scarlet Letter, can be seen in every page that is turned throughout the novel. Examples of romanticism can be found from the beginning with the air of authenticity to the end with the element of a moral. Nathaniel Hawthorne is hands down the most ... Read More

A Character Condemned for Adultery in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1219 words, 2 pages)

Pearl in the Scarlet Letter What is the greatest sin that can be committed by a human being? Is it murder, robbery, or something else? There is no exact answer to this question it depends on one's own view of sin. In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a woman ... Read More

The Mistakes and Shameful History of Hester Prynne in the Puritanical Novel “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne (911 words, 2 pages)

No one person is perfect. Mistakes, just like water, are an essential part of life. It's not for our faults that we should be judged rather it's the way we learn to accept our human nature and change for the better. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's Puritanical novel, The Scarlet Letter, the ... Read More

The Potential of Nuclear Energy As An Alternative for The Scarcity of Petroleum Reserves (1154 words, 2 pages)

Limited Petroleum Reserves Is Nuclear Energy an Alternative The twentieth century has been the age of petroleum. Oil in its various refined derivative forms, such as gasoline, kerosene, and diesel fuel, has a unique combination of many desirable and useful characteristics. These include a current availability in abundance, a currently ... Read More

An Individual against Society in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (772 words, 1 pages)

In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the theme of the individual versus society is prevalent. One of the most intriguing characters in the novel is Hester Prynne, who is ostracized by the society around her. Hawthorne uses symbols to accentuate how Hester chooses to accept her branded punishment as ... Read More

The Sins of Puritan Women in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Crucible by Arthur Millers (668 words, 1 pages)

The Sins of Puritan Women American literature often examines people and motives. In Nathaniel Hawthornes novel, The Scarlet Letter, and in Aruthur Millers modern dramatic masterpiece, The Crucible, people and motives often depict patters of Puritans struggling for life during a shaky time. Two main characters from both pieces of ... Read More

The Four Categories of Sin in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (502 words, 2 pages)

The Four Sins in The Scarlet Letter Sin is a word that is definetely not universally defined. Sin is relative to a persons religion, or lack there of. Sin also provokes punishment, be direct (by law) or by a moral lesson. Severity in punishment is also conditional to the society ... Read More

The Themes of Guilt and Adultery in the Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne (2741 words, 4 pages)

Guilt in The Scarlet Letter Generally, guilt would be expected to weaken ones character however, in some cases, it can actually strengthen ones character. In The Scarlet Letter, Hester and Dimmesdale both experience guilt for their sin of adultery. An illegitimate child results from their sin, and since Hesters husband ... Read More

The Effect of Sin in Puritan Society in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1207 words, 2 pages)

The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a highly acclaimed work which centerpiece is the focus on the effects of sin in Puritan society. Hawthorne carried a heavy burden of truth hidden within the Puritan code, which has in turn created frenzy for his book since its publication in ... Read More

The Guilt of Adultery in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (635 words, 1 pages)

Student Nguy7877n Th7883 Thanh H7857ng Class 02G Student code 0271119 The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne Question Do you think that Dimmesdale suffers more than Hester in the consequences of their sin? Why or why not? Give your explanation. Being sinners of adultery, both Hester and Dimmesdale - the two main ... Read More

The Notion of Justice in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter (933 words, 2 pages)

by Hooman Keshavarz Hedayati Hooman667675yahoo.com Five hundred years ago when a group of hard working people, who mostly left their homeland because of injustices and in equanimity they experienced by the Church of England migrated to America to start a new life with justice and freedom of religion. This group ... Read More

Conflicts in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (477 words, 1 pages)

Throughout The Scarlet Letter many conflicts unfolded and many where told about, but still keep in the dark. Mr. Hawthorne Beautifully wove a bountiful amount of conflicts into his classic work of literature. One character that was confronted with numerous conflicts was Arthur Dimmesdale. He was involved with conflicts between ... Read More

A Comparison of the Characters of Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter and John Proctor from The Crucible (366 words, 1 pages)

Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter and John Proctor from The Crucible might not have been similar physically, but they shared the same attributes and feelings towards things that effected their reputations. Both characters from the novels lived in the Puritan colonies of Massachusetts during a time in our history ... Read More

The Dynamic Character of Pearl in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1166 words, 3 pages)

One of the most complex and elaborate characters in The Scarlet Letter is Pearl, the misbegotten offspring of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. Throughout the story Pearl, becomes quite the dynamic little individual, as well as an extremely important symbol- one who is constantly changing. Pearls involvement in the complex ... Read More

The Effects of Internal and External Punishment in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (708 words, 1 pages)

Which is worse to take a crime and hide it from the world or to confess it openly unto the world and take the consequences good or bad? Does the guilt eat away at you and you eventually tell anyway or not? If so why tell to begin with? In ... Read More

Ambiguity in Hawthorne’s Novel The Scarlet Letter (1790 words, 2 pages)

Ambiguity and The Scarlet Letter go better together than two people that have been happily married for 75 years. There is no exemption in Hawthornes exquisite symbolism of one of his main characters, Pearl. The Scarlet Letter A, worn by Hester Prynne, was a punishment for the immoral sin of ... Read More

Alienation of Hester Prynne in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1179 words, 2 pages)

"A" for Alienation Alienation is a common theme in all writing however, in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, never has alienation been so vividly accounted. The Scarlet Letter is a story about Hester Prynne, a woman who commits adultery against her husband named Roger Chillingworth, with the local reverend ... Read More

Main Characters in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1399 words, 2 pages)

Jane Manwelyan Bewilderment at the Hands of Sin "No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude without finally becoming bewildered as to which may be true. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, this quote applies to the two main characters of ... Read More

The Symbols of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (582 words, 1 pages)

Symbols of The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter, a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, takes place in Boston, Massachusetts (Massachusetts Bay Colony), in 1642, during the time of American Puritanism. This is a time where punishments were more harsh than what we have today. Hester Prynne commits adultery, and her punishment ... Read More

The Theme of Hypocrisy of Puritan Society in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (549 words, 1 pages)

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter, Dimmesdale serves as both the protagonist and villain to display the hypocrisy of Puritan society as well as the pain that hypocrisy causes. Hawthorne, who was so disgusted with his Puritan ancestors that he changed his own last name (by adding a "w"), ... Read More

Characteristics of Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (588 words, 1 pages)

Arthur Dimmesdale, in the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a character whose mind is torn between two desires. The quarrel between Arthur Dimmesdale's sense of duty and passion for his lover creates two compelling forces that drive him to the brink of insanity and a dismal death. ... Read More

A Mothers Undying Love in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1162 words, 2 pages)

The Level of Punishment in The Scarlet Letter (536 words, 1 pages)

Hester Pyrnne committed adultery with reverend Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter this fact is not disputed. However, such an act did not warrant a lifetime of disgrace. Hester should have been punished for her sin, but wearing the Scarlet "A" for the rest of her life was too harsh of ... Read More

The Symbolism of Pearl in the Novel The Scarlet Letter (603 words, 1 pages)

The Scarlet Letter is a book of much symbolism. One of the most complex and misunderstood symbols in the book is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne. Throughout the story Pearl develops into a prominent symbol of the "A". In this essay the example of symbolism Pearl comes to represent ... Read More

Nathaniel Hawthorne's two stories, "The Birthmark" and "The Scarlet Letter", have very similar themes and plots. The two stories were written in the 1800's when Europeans, that practised the Puritan religion, started to move to America. The two stories share similar themes of sin and desire with underlying Puritan values. ... Read More

The Affection between the Characters of Hester and Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter (739 words, 1 pages)

The hundreds of pages in a typical novel come together to form an intricate web, whose many strands may be united in the minds of readers to form infinitely different interpretations. In many cases, the authors' representation of their pet issues or most relevant commentaries are depicted by the style ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013