Suffering is a major theme in The Scarlet Letter; all the characters are affected by their own agony. ... The guilt is illustrated in the quote; "She never battled with the public, but submitted uncomplainingly to its worst usage- (127). ... She illustrates this in the making of her scarlet letter, " fantastically embroidered with gold thread, upon her bosom!" ... He finds the father when he " laid his hand upon his bosom, and thrust aside the vestment..." seeing a symbol on Dimmesdale's chest that constitutes the sin of the scarlet letter. ... The novel, The Scarlet Letter, exhibits man...

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The Scarlet Letter One belief that people live by is that evil is the nature of mankind, yet there are others that feel man has good intentions but those intentions can be overrun by the devil. Nathaniel Hawthorne points out that the former is true of all people in the novel The Scarlet Letter. ... In the novel, Hester received a scarlet letter, "A," for her sins, which she had to wear upon her chest for the rest of her life in Boston. ... The quote that brings the whole book together is one where Hester and Reverend Dimmesdale are in the woods and they are discussing the magnitude of t...

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This quote clearly reminds a reader of a main character in the novel The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This quote talks about one sinner and it emphasis Roger Chillingworth. ... He is the worst sinner of all characters in The Scarlett Letter. There is a quote that makes the whole book together, when Hester and Dimmesdale comments to Hester, "We are not, Hester, the worst sinners in the world. ...

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(Buddha) This is a perfect quote to explain what happened to Roger Chillingworth throughout the book "The Scarlet Letter". ... Chillingworth was a symbol in the Scarlet Letter to represent the power of uncontrollable evil as well as the self-destructiveness of obsession and revenge....

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Before Roger makes the decision he is best by this quote, "Old Roger Chillingworth, throughout life, had been calm in temperament, kindly, though not of warm affections, but ever, and in all his relations with the world, a pure and upright man" (113; ch.10). ... " In whom he hoped to find embodied the warmth and cheerfulness of home," (113;ch.10) this quote shows that he was a good man who just wanted to make a home and be happy. ... In chapter twelve when the scarlet letter shoots throughout the sky if the light would have reached Roger, Dimmesdale would have seen the hate there because Ro...

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• Grade Level: High School