Many of Nathaniel Hawthorne's works of literature focus on the issues surrounding Puritan society. ... Hawthorne writes, ""The magistrates are God-fearing gentlemen, but merciful overmuch,-that is a truth,' added a third autumnal matron. ... By expressing these notions, Hawthorne implies a feeling of dissonance in the community. ... This idea is shown across many of Hawthorne's stories. In conclusion, Nathaniel Hawthorne explores the tendency that small, tightly knit and often fundamentally religious communities have to isolate, single out and alienate nonconformist...

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In the Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne presents a number of themes but the most important and significant are guilt, alienation, and redemption. ... Hawthorne uses symbolism to show the alienation of Prynne by making her wear this bright red scarlet letter on her dress for the rest of her life. ... Hawthorne redeems his guilt by writing the Scarlet Letter. ... Hawthorne has a number of themes in the Scarlet Letter, but the most significant are guilt, alienation and redemption. The main literary device that Hawthorne used to show these themes is symbolism and there are many others....

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Vicariously, Nathaniel Hawthorne could have gone the same route exposing his Puritan attitude in the plot of the story. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne tried his hardest to present Puritan society but failed to acknowledge its true reality. ... Sin could quite be one of the useful tools Nathaniel Hawthorne used to create such associable characters. ... If this were slightly true, then why would Nathaniel Hawthorne begin to provide a public source for his past experiences? ... It is with this excerpt that many have praised the genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne's attempts to recapture an interestin...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne was an author during the Romantic Period and also the Industrial Revolution in the 1850s. ... Hawthorne firmly believed science corrupted nature and man should not have allowed technology to take over. Hawthorne thought trying to change things in the world would only lead to consequences. ... "The Birthmark" and "Rappaccini's Daughter" were well known short stories wrote by Hawthorne. ... The Romantic Period caused Hawthorne to put a pair of lovers in each other his stories. ...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne proves this point in his novel "The Scarlet Letter". ... In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlet Letter", the people of the community's true characters reveal themselves when in chapter 11 page 99, Reverend Dimmesdale confess's that he is a sinner like them. ... In chapter 5 page 56, Hawthorne describes Hester making richly embroidered clothing at all hours for public officials. ... Hawthorne describes this in chapter 7 page 72, with this "a large pewter tankard"-"frothy remnant of a recent draught ale." ... Nathaniel Hawthorne showed us tha...

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The author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, addresses sin in the book quiet frequently, this essay addresses how Hawthorne really thought about sin and it's aspects like punishment. ... As Nathaniel Hawthorne states in this novel, "In the view of Infinite Purity, we are sinners all alike." ... It seems that Hawthorne agrees with this as well. ... Hawthorne sees her as the victim and blames it on her youth. ... As Hawthorne expresses, it is clear to Puritans that they have little or no sympathy for unruly persons. ...

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In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, "The Scarlet Letter," Hester Prynne is the protagonist who commits this sin. ... Though the narrator is not Nathaniel Hawthorne him-self, his views on Puritans certainly show through the eyes of the narrator. ... Nathiel Hawthorne criticized the way Puritans lived. ... But remember Hawthorne views on the Puritans are rubbed off on the narrator. ... The narrator has almost the same feelings of Puritan society that Hawthorne has. ...

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With this precision, Nathaniel Hawthorne structured his novel, The Scarlet Letter. ... Hawthorne shows that this name has two meanings, but only one is used to describe the importance of Pearl's existence. ... Hawthorne uses Pearl's name, in this sense, to express that Hester gave all she had for her child. ... From the very beginning of the book, Hawthorne portrays this character in a shady light. ... Perhaps Hawthorne is trying to express that the names and characters within his book can serve as symbols in life. ...

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The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne What do you think about when you hear The Scarlet Letter? ... Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author of this superb novel, incorporated multiple well-known themes. ... In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, the theme with the greatest amount of emotional meaning and importance is isolation. ... In conclusion, the theme with the greatest magnitude of importance in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is isolation. ...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"" is exceedingly rich, both thematically and symbolically. Hawthorne uses these many themes and symbols to convey his story soundly and strongly. ... Hawthorne uses Pearl in a way very similar to the way he uses the embroidered A. ... Hawthorne has presented the reader with the dilemma of personal guilt. ... (Hawthorne, 285). ...

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In Nathaniel Hawthorne's book The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne uses many literary tools to accomplish the points he's trying to make. ... Hawthorne describes Dimmesdale's suffering, "This burning torture to bear upon my breast! ... So, through the symbols of hypocrisy, Christ, and The Scarlet Letter we can see that Hawthorne uses Dimmesdale as a symbolic character of Puritan society, rather than the personal character that is seen without looking into Hawthorne's use of imagery to convey characterization. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's the Scarlet Letter, Pearl, is a symbol o...

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In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Arthur Dimmesdale has a difficult time finding a way to relieve his sin. ... In The Scarlet Letter, the scaffold was viewed more as a place of judgment, "Meagre, indeed, and cold was the sympathy that a transgressor might look for from such by-standers, at the scaffold- (Hawthorne 63). ... Standing upon the platform opens oneself to God, and to the world, "They stood in the noon of that strange and solemn splendor, as if it were the light that is to reveal all secrets, and the daybreak that shall unite all who belong to one another- (Hawthor...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne strayed from this redundant theme in his story The Scarlet Letter. ... Others state Hawthorne was commenting on the laws of the Puritan communities. ... So was Hawthorne a chauvinist? ... Some critics of Hawthorne say that he overdid symbolism. ... References Hawthorne, Nathaniel. ...

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In "The Scarlet Letter," Nathaniel Hawthorne demonstrates a love that could never be with Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. ... (Hawthorne 102) Hester wouldn't even reveal the name of her daughter's father. ... (Hawthorne 125) This showed that Dimmesdale sickness was deeper than any physical problem. ... (Hawthorne 207) "Alone, Hester!" ... (Hawthorne 267) Hester asked this to Dimmesdale while he was dying. ...

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Some sins are committed out of love, like that of Hester and Dimmesdale in "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... In short, "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne has greatly affected my life, the way I speak to, think about, and judge people. ...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter, is a classic tale of human frailty and sin and the hardships that are caused by a single mistake. ... Hawthorne's ambiguity works beautifully in the novel and is first evident in the case of Mistress Hibbins. ... Hawthorne writes, "With a convulsive motion, he [Chillingworth] tore away the ministerial band from before his breast. ... Hawthorne speaks directly to the reader, writing, "The reader may chose among these theories (p. 235). ... Also, Hawthorne's figurative style and his insight into the characters is shown. ...

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"The Scarlet Letter," is one of Nathaniel Hawthorne's most eminent masterpieces. ... Hawthorne narrates a sinful woman's life in the tradition new America society. ... In addition, these actions are regarded as Hester and Hawthorne's dissatisfaction about the brutal laws in the puritan society. ... Hawthorne describes Pearl in detail until she is 7 years old. ...

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In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, each thread is an ironic element of setting, and together, they demonstrate people's tendency to seek shelter from, instead of in, society. ... In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter, he shows the lasting effect that sin has on Hester and Dimmesdale. ... (Hawthorne 50). ... (Hawthorne 103). ... (Hawthorne 141). ...

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Hawthorne's novel is a story of adultery, social judgment, and moral redemption. ... Hawthorne uses character development to show how a person can change. ... Hawthorne wrathfully compares Chillingworth with a leech: he is about to make Dimmesdale bleed to death. ... In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne is not only one of the main characters, but also the protagonist's helper. ... Hawthorne's novel brings to our moral judgment a questions of human ethics to all times and societies. ...

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The most symbolic piece of work in American Literature is Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. ... Much of Hawthorne's symbolism is very hard to find but several symbols are also obvious. In the first chapter Hawthorne describes the prison as "the black flower of civilized society". ... Nathaniel Hawthorne's use of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter shows his greatness to produce a novel of the highest possible caliber. These are the reasons why Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is American Literature's most famous symbolic novel ev...

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This is discovered to be very true by the main characters in The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne's story of a woman (Hester) who lives with the Puritans and commits adultery with the local minister (Dimmesdale). In his novel, Hawthorne shows that sin, known or unknown to the community, isolates a person from their community and from God. ... In the first chapter we see a plant which stands out, "But on one side of the portal, and rooted almost at the threshold, was a wild rosebush, covered with its delicate gems" (Hawthorne). ... In conclusion, Hawthorne effectively use...

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All of Hawthorne's work is one form or another of "handling sin". All of his stories are those of persons whom some crime, or misunderstood virtue, or misfortune, has set by themselves, or in a worse companionship of solitude (Symons 1597). The Scarlet letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne explores sin and...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne used his writing skills to appropriately show the strict intolerant ways of the disciplined Puritan America of 1850, with his novel The Scarlet Letter. ... Understanding Hawthorne's symbols by themselves is key to understanding The Scarlet Letter as a novel. ... Towards the end of her life, the letter grows to mean "Angel", and "the scarlet letter ceased to be a stigma which attracted the world's scorn and bitterness"(Hawthorne 229) and it was even "looked upon with awe, yet with reverence too." ( Hawthorne 260). ... Hawthorne frequently refers to how Pearl is ...

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First, they explain the history of Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne, born in Salem, Massachusetts, July 4, 1804 and died May 11, 1864, was the first American writer to apply artistic judgment to Puritan society. Hawthorne was heavily influenced by his Puritan heritage. ... Hawthorne married Sophia Amelia Peabody shortly after leaving Brook Farm. ... (Baym 98) "Nathaniel Hawthorne was a mystery, even to himself,"" says Claudia D. ...

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The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter are two exceptional books that deal with the issue of guilt .The Crucible portrayed to be a modern play written by Arthur Miller based on a true story, of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. On the other hand, The Scarlet Letter was an old-fashion, fiction novel writt...

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