The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter is a story that shows a love that cannot be. "Mother," said little Pearl, "the sunshine does not love you. ... Hester wears the scarlet letter, so Arthur can't be with her or it might destroy his reputation. ... Because of all these reasons, The Scarlet Letter is a story about a love that could not be. In a more perfect world, Arthur, Hester, and Little Pearl would have left Boston and made a new life for themselves in England. ...

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One work of literature that I feel truly does illuminate several of these great quests is The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... The fruit of this sin however was her little daughter Pearl; a strange, but gentle child. ... In the meantime there was a priest named Arthur Dimmesdale who was secretly living in shame; for he was the father to little Pearl. ... Little to the old priests knowledge, Roger Chillingworth, the doctor who was living at the church with him, turned out to be Hester's ex husband who knew of his sin. ... The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is undeniabl...

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The Scarlet Letter is a book revealing lives of sin, social identity, and humanity. ... A writhing horror twisted itself across his features, like a snake gliding swiftly over them, and making one little pause, with all its wreathed interpolations in open sight. ... Pearl delights in the scarlet letter and enjoys emphasizing the symbol on her mother's breast. ... Hester agrees: "She silently ascended the steps, and stood on the platform, holding little Pearl by the hand. ... "And there stood the minister, with his hand over his heart; and Hester Prynne, with the embroidered letter glimmer...

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The Scarlet Letter is a wonderful piece of literary work. ... The various types of characters in The Scarlet Letter help create a dim feeling to readers. ... " Hester Prynne, leading along little Pearl, in her scarlet grab, and pointing her forefinger, first at the scarlet letter on the bosom, and then at the clergyman's own breast."" (134) The dreams Dimmesdale had because of his guilt with having a relationship with Hester led him to have powerful dreams. ... The Scarlet Letter was a book that met all guidelines and does not require any editing. The Scarlet Letter was a novel t...

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The Scarlet Letter is a novel that's deals with the topic of sin in Puritan society. ... The Scarlet Letter is a novel that deals with the theme of sin. ... Some people feel that sinners should be harshly punished no matter how little the wrongdoing was. ... When the townspeople become aware of what Hester has done, they forced her to wear an ultimate sign of punishment, the scarlet letter. ... As Hawthorne expresses, it is clear to Puritans that they have little or no sympathy for unruly persons. ...

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Scarlet Letter Summary: The story revolves around Hester, a bearer of the scarlet letter. ... Important Passage: "Mother," said little Pearl, "the sunshine does not love you. ... It is an explanation on the significance of the scarlet letter as a symbol and the bridge of the connection between sin and humanness. ... "Hold thy peace, dear little Pearl!" ... She resumes wearing the scarlet letter because her past is an important part of her identity; it is not something that should be erased or denied because someone else has decided it is shameful. ...

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The Effects Of Sin In The Scarlet Letter It is a fact that in time, we all have committed sins. ... Some people feel that sinners should be punished severely no matter how little the sin was. ... The Scarlet Letter is a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne which revolves around the theme of sin. ... When the townspeople became aware of what Hester has done, they forced her to wear a sign of punishment, the scarlet letter. ... The theme of The Scarlet Letter is interesting because it can be put into terms in today's world. ...

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Hester's Isolation and Alienation in The Scarlet Letter In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale have committed adultery, an unacceptable sin during the Puritan times. ... Having a heart blinded by love Hester choose to stay in the town and wear the scarlet letter "A" instead of revealing the other adulterer. ... Assuming the encounters with the scarlet letter would have some kind of effect of immunity was quite the opposite of what truly happened. ... Small children would sneak up to catch a glimpse of the sca...

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This feeling stands as a prominent symbol in the novel The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... Pearl symbolizes the scarlet letter on Hester's chest. ... This happens when she throws little flowers at the letter, points at it in the reflection of the armor suit and even makes her own out of seaweed. Pearl plays as a direct symbol of the scarlet letter, which is a way of penance. ... In times like these her Scarlet letter was not a signal for the start of mockery and ridicule. ...

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Symbolism in "The Scarlet Letter", whoa just gave one away! ... Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" contains many symbols, including the forest, Pearl, and the scarlet letter itself, which all contribute to the main theme of sin and its consequences. ... " A squirrel, from the lofty depths of his domestic tree, chattered either in anger or merriment, -- for the squirrel is such a choleric and humorous little personage, that it is hard to distinguish between his moods, -- so he chattered at the child, and flung down a nut upon her head. ... In the begi...

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The scaffold scenes are one of the most important events in "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... The first scaffold scene in the scarlet letter focuses on Hester Prynne. ... " and also that, "He would consider taking the scarlet letter off of Hester, Chillingworth gestured not to say anything about her husband and Hester didn't. ... He had the scarlet letter on his chest. ... He gives a little shriek, trying to rouse people to come shame him, but the only people who stir are Governor Bellingham and his sister". ...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne utilizes characterization techniques of morality throughout the novel The Scarlet Letter. ... This is apparent in The Scarlet Letter because Hester's life becomes unbearable through her trials as a sinner in the Puritan society. ... Hester takes the scarlet letter off her breast, and throws her ignominy into the dirt. ... Pearl has never seen Hester without the scarlet letter, and no matter how much Hester wants the letter to be her history, she knows that the scornful object will be her destiny. " I must bear its torture yet a little longer- (Hawthorne 207). ... Art...

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Secret Sin Leads to Guilt In "The Scarlet Letter", Hawthorne depicts a way of life that no longer exists in today's society. ... Hester cannot even bring herself to tell her own daughter the true reason for the scarlet letter, which seems everyone but Pearl knows. ... shows how little the distinction between sinning and breaking the law was (Hawthorne 238). ...

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Dimmesdale: The Bearer of the Scarlet letter Who should bear the stigma of sin? ... Hester cannot hide the consequences of her mistake, so she is exposed to public judgment and forced to wear the scarlet letter. ... They were degraded by everybody, starting at a young age children were taught to prevent contact with those sinners, "As the two wayfares came within the precincts of the town, the children of the puritans looked up from their play, - or what passed for play with those sombre little urchins, - and spake gravely o...

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In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author attempts to show the way society casts out individuals simply because their ideas and deeds differ from the common values. ... "Thus the young and pure would be taught to look at her, with the scarlet letter flaming on her breast as the figure, the body, the reality of sin" (83). ... She barely gets by with the money she gets from her sewing skills, but still she shares what little she has with the indigent. ... "It was debated whether or not the scarlet letter was to be taken off her bosom" (163). ... "Such helpfulness was f...

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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. ... At the same time, The Scarlet Letter, tells the story of one woman's struggle to find meaning in living after disobeying the highly regarded word of God. ... The Scarlet Letter uses dark romanticism as Hawthorne attempts to explain the sinfulness of human nature and why people act as they do. ... Even little Pearl represents the "connecting link between the two [Hester and Dimmesdale]." ...

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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. ... Well he goes a little further into the same sin. ...

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She is sentenced to the scarlet letter 'A' which is known for "adulterer." ... The scarlet letter "was her passport into regions where other woman dared not to tread. ... He is "considered by his more fervent admirers as little less than a Heaven ­ordained apostle" (109). ... Through his internal suffering, it is believed that his own scarlet letter is formed. ... She portrays this when she sees that Hester has removed her scarlet letter. ...

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For example the hippies, one could say without looking deep within were much different then the puritans but if you look a little deeper you find that they were both tryig to achieve the same goal. ... In the book The Scarlet Letter you read about very many views that tie directly into this sort of control. ... Since the Society in The Scarlet Letter was a puritan society the people were highly subjected to this concept. ... Hester prynn was a great example, in the scarlet letter, of how strict the puritan belief was at that time. ...

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Hester prynne comes from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. ... The scarlet letter is an "A" embroidered on Hester's clothes with gold thread, which signifies that she is an adulterer. ... "The truth was, that the little puritans, being of the most intolerant brood that ever lived, had got a vague idea of something outlandish, unearthly, or at variance with ordinary fashions, in the mother and child; and therefore scorned them in their hearts, and not infrequently reviled them with their tongues" (Hawthorne 94). ... The reason for her scarlet letter has faded. ...

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The scarlet letter is a symbol which demonstrates that even when sins are committed, they can be confessed and forgiven. ... Pearl is the living scarlet letter that was created by sin and to her, the letter worn around Hester's neck, is Pearl's way of saying that what Hester did was wrong. ... In that remarkable forest scene in The Scarlet Letter, the long repressed/suppressed sexuality of Hester is suddenly exposed when she releases her hair. ... The scarlet letter had taken over her appearance."Mother," said little Pearl, "the sunshine does not love you. ...

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Demonic Child In Hawthorne's novel the Scarlet Letter the character Pearl is the product of sin. ... For example when the government tried taking little Pearl from Hester one reason she was able to stay because every time Hester looked at her she was reminded of her sin. ...

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Throughout the novel Dimmesdale becomes increasingly hurt, as he bears his own scarlet letter within his heart. ... This sermon is like a slap on the face to the Puritans by showing their unbeknownst hypocrisy where they shuddered at Hester's scarlet letter yet, Dimmesdale's letter received no recognition. ... We do not choose who we love, and it is not wrong to have love for more than one person, the puritans I know believe have just realized this in this little epiphany. ... When the townsfolk claim to have seen a scarlet letter imprinted on the chest of Dimmesdale (pg 176). ...

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According to Anne Marie MacNamara, Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter goes through several stages of spiritual growth; preparation, communication, transformation and finally revelation. To further understand why Dimmesdale is so hard on himself we must first Learn a little back ground on Puritanism. ... Then he started to become a little more confident and was able to talk to the people of the town and see how they felt they felt about the whole ordeal. ... Dimmesdale now had a little stronger confidence and was able to talk to the people of the town (Gross 70). ... So through this ...

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