She soon gave up because it "grieved her to have done harm- to something that was as wild as she. ... Sure enough, when she came to Hester's call, her mother says that the child has no intention or need to wear the letter and asks the child why she wears the scarlet letter. ... She then questions that if Pearl is so, she can probably confide in Pearl, who can then console Hester's pain. ... Pearl soon loses her earnestness that was present before, though she would not stop asking the questions. On their walk home, during supper, and while being tucked into bed, Pearl asks her mother...

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But with what a wild look of wonder, joy, and horror!... "'Why, know you not, cried the shipmaster, that this physician here Chillingworth, he calls himself is minded to try my cabin fare with you?'... Hester's doubt about her promise to Chillingworth in not to reveal the name of her husband led Hester to ask such a question. ... "he whom they call Roger Chillingworth! ...

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The argument for Dimmesdale as a protagonist lies in the answers to the following questions. ... In Chapter 17 Hester tells Dimmesdale about his so-called friend "Thou hast long had such an enemy, and dwellest with him, under the same roof!"... But, with what a wild look of wonder, joy, and horror!" ... Hawthorne's novel brings to our moral judgment a questions of human ethics to all times and societies. ...

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The literary sensation "The Scarlet Letter" written in 1850, by Hawthorne was a descriptive novel that takes back the reader to time where Puritans governed the land and sin was not tolerated, especially the hellish sin called adultery. ... Dimmesdale, "a young clergyman, who had come from one of the great English universities, bringing all the learning of the age into our wild forest-land. ... (p. 1369) Dimmesdale stood up there and tore into Hester with these questions to which he knew all the answers to. ... Hester now would be able to live her life without the burden of carrying the A o...

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Her minister, Dimmesdale repeatedly questions her and tells her to confess the name of her lover because hiding it does no good. ... It is hard for her to do this because Pearl is a wild child and is a basically the scarlet letter in the flesh. ... She calls Dimmesdale a "strange sad man" because she is not allowed to greet him outside of the forest. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He also comments that in spite of her excellent needlework, she was never called upon to make a bridal gown due to her reputation. ... Hester is unable to answer her question and remains silent, thinking about the fact that some Puritans think Pearl is the child of a demon. ...

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• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School