The actions of Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne were done for the soulful purpose of love; however Puritan's society looked down upon Hester Prynne for the actions of her sins. ... - Within the thirteenth chapter, Another View Of Hester, we the reader begin to learn that the once accusers of Hester Prynne's sin are now changing the contextual meaning of the letter A' that stands on the bosom of Hester Prynne's clothing. ... They said that it meant Able; so strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman's strength."" ... This also leads we, the reader, to ...

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John Proctor and Hester Prynne, two characters derived from a seventeenth century, puritan community have interesting views on life. ... Hester prynne comes from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. ... Although sharing these occurrences, John Proctor and Hester Prynne demonstrate their different outlooks on life. ... Hester cares for the poor by bringing them food and clothing. ... John Proctor and Hester Prynne are characters ahead of their time. ...

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In the beginning of the book Hester Prynne is publicly humiliated as a punishment for breaking a Puritan belief and one of the Ten Commandments; adultery. ... Fear was the motivation that drove the Puritans to exclude Hester Prynne from society. ... When the community banished Hester Prynne they succeeded in upholding their morality but lost an individual. ... This closed mindedness could only see hatred for Hester Prynne and the need to identify her with the letter "A". ... They said that it meant "Able": so strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman's strength" (156). ...

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They all think that they live with such perfect values that they all jump on Hester Prynne for having this baby out of wedlock. ... The greatest amount of distortion goes to Hester Prynne's Scarlet Letter, which is her burden for her sin. ... They almost seem to be jealous of Hester Prynne's beauty. ... However, seven years later Hester Prynne was viewed as being very different. ... They Said that it meant "Able-; so strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman's strength.""...

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"The Scarlet Letter" tells the story of Hester Prynne's sin and all that came about from her daughter's being born because of adultery. The Puritan society, Dimmesdale's, and Hester's story takes place in a strict, hypocritical, and judgmental one. Their adulterous sin was one the puritans believed should have been punished by death. ... Hester was forced to wear a scarlet letter "A" on all her clothing, as a symbol for her sin and shame. ... He carves an "A" on his chest, just like the one Hester is forced to wear on her clothing. ...

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Hester Prynne was the poor soul who fell victim to this sin of unforgiveness and paid dearly for her acts of passion, but Hester was not alone in this act of sin. Hester Prynne had a significant other whose name was kept secret, because of the high social status he held in the community. ... (p.1368) The Puritans because of Dimmesdale's education put him on a pedestal so high that there was no room for error. ... (p.1369) Dimmesdale had the Puritans crowd at such awe that even the baby couldn't resist his intellectually prepared speeches. ... Next Hawthorne portrays Dimmesdale ...

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The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is a story about Hester Prynne, a woman who commits a sin. ... Hester Prynne's sin is adultery. ... This sin is regarded very seriously by the Puritans and is often punishable by death. ... Pearl the product of Hester's sin, is usually dressed in red clothing, representing sin. ... The Puritan's describe Satan as the Black Man in the forest. ...

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The only "crime" she commits is one that is based on the laws and morals of the Puritan society. Although adultery, in the eyes of Puritans, is seen as a horrendous crime, if it is out of love it contradicts the actual crime, which is to go against one's spouse as an act of spite. ... They said that it meant "Able"; so strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman's strength" (p.145). ... She always dresses Pearl in the most colorful clothing of very fine cloth. ... Hester takes no shame in her actions. ...

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Americans started to shift there focus from a very strict religion known as Puritanism and started looking at the things of nature and how they related to religion and the unknown. ... One of the most complex and elaborate characters in The Scarlet Letter is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. ... Hester dresses Pearl in clothing that is made of a fine crimson red velvet. ... Hester shows how she is trying to conform to the Puritan way of thinking and seeing Pearl as a symbol of the guilt she should feel and how she should see what Pearl really is(Baym 93). ... At one p...

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The characters who are affected by the letter are Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth, Pearl, and Hester Prynne (Schneider). The scarlet letter is a sign by which the colonial authority seeks to fix the crime of adultery and the criminal, Hester Prynne. The "A" both indicates, yet hinders the Puritan community's authority over Hester's identity. ... (Bloom 13-14, 97, 100) The person that is affected most by the scarlet letter is Hester Prynne, for many very obvious reasons. ... The only times she even comes into the city is to sell her very well-crafted clothing. ...

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Chapter One: The Prison Door Summary A large crowd of Puritans stands outside of the prison, waiting for the door to open. ... Several of the women begin to discuss Hester Prynne, and soon vow that Hester would not have received such a light sentence for her crime if they had been the judges. ... Hester spends hours clothing Pearl in the richest garments she can find, even though Hawthorne comments that Pearl would appear just as beautiful in any garment. ... Having been scorned by the Puritans all her young life, Pearl is positively wrathful when other children approach her, going so far a...

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She defends Hester and does all she can to help her. ... Hester We find out that Hester Prynne has committed the sin of adultery and is condemned to wear the scarlet letter A on her clothing. ... She was terror-stricken by the revelations that were thus made" Hester realizes that others in the Puritan society most likely have committed terrible sins as well but does not confess them in fear of shunning. ... He used to be a wise and morally scholar but in the Puritan society he is a Leech. When he first came into the village he came with an Indian who were regarded by the puritans as the d...

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