"The Birthmark" and "Rappaccini's Daughter" were well known short stories wrote by Hawthorne. ... Beatrice had poison breath and touch in "Rappaccini's Daughter". ... She spent most of her time in a garden built by her father. ... Rappaccini was so involved in science that he made his daughter a science experiment in "Rappaccini's Daughter". ... Rappaccini's love for science, in "Rappaccini's Daughter", went too far when he gave his daughter poison breath and touch as a science experiment which caused her to be isolated from the world and ended up resulting in h...

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"Rappaccini's Daughter" was about a scientist named Dr. Rappaccini who created a Garden of Eden, made his daughter poisonous, and lured a man in to be her husband. ... Rappaccini was prideful in the creation of his daughter and at the same time the creation of a new flower. He took pride of his plant experimentation and in trying to create the perfect Garden of Eden for his daughter. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne was a great author of his time....

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"Rappaccini's Daughter" was about a scientist named Dr. Rappaccini who created a Garden of Eden, made his daughter poisonous, and lured a man in to be her husband. ... Rappaccini was prideful in the creation of his daughter and at the same time the creation of a new flower. He took pride of his plant experimentation and in trying to create the perfect Garden of Eden for his daughter. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne was a great author of his time. ...

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Her daughter is also forced to suffer because of her decision. ... She also designs decorative outfits for her daughter as well. ... Many women at this time would not have the strength to be so rebellious, but Hester is not every woman. ... Chillingworth, Hester's husband, has disguised himself as a doctor and if putting all his time and effort towards hurting Dimmesdale. ... The community shunned her and all she had was her daughter. ...

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The corruption of Religion is seen a second time in the townsfolk of Boston, who condemn Hester for her sins instead of forgiving her for her mistakes. ... Religions evils are seen a final time in both Governor Bellingham and Reverend Wilson when it inspires them to try and separate Hester from her daughter Pearl. ... They claim that Hester and her daughter Pearl should be separated because of the sin Hester committed in the past. They confront Hester and Pearl in Governor Bellinghams mansion one night where they try to decide if Hester will keep her daughter. ... Religion is seen as a cause o...

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However, as time goes on, this same symbol becomes to Hester more than something she wears on her person externally. ... Early adulthood is a time when we begin to form an identity that is unique. ... Hester was afforded this time of self reflection in the years following her sentence. ... Her own daughter Pearl does not acknowledge Hester when she takes the symbol off her dress as she sits and converses with Arthur Dimmesdale in the forest. ... Hester and her daughter Pearl leave the town and move to England. ...

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Identify and describe both the time and place of The Scarlet Letter. The time and place of The Scarlet Letter is in, " the good town of Boston," Massachusetts, in the year 1850 (105). ... The time, however, cannot be changed because the story deals with the beliefs of people from the 1850's. ... She is willing to fight for her daughter, Pearl. ... Bellingham house, to deliver gloves, and when she is told that she has to give up her daughter, she says, "Pearl keeps me here in life! ...

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Later in the book, when asked of where she came by the governor, Pearl says she was "plucked off the bush of wild roses that grew by the prison door-, as if the bush represented her mother's only salvation from the harsh prison, or even a physical manifestation of Hester's love for her daughter. ... A third symbol Hawthorne uses in The Scarlet Letter is Pearl, Hester's daughter. ... He arrives in Boston while Hester is on the scaffold for the first time. ... Even when Dimmesdale admits to being the father, Chillingsworth is not satisfied that he did not get to execute his r...

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Her husband, however, never reached the town in time, and the town's consensus is that he has been lost at sea. ... The new stranger in town, the deformed man, enters the cell and opts to help Hester and her daughter. Hester refuses, for fear that he might poison her daughter or her, because, as it turns out, the deformed stranger is in fact her old husband. ... Hester's daughter Pearl grows up into a capricious, precocious, and very observant child. ...

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Pearl, her lively and uncontrollable daughter, is the daily living proof of Hester's sin. With pride, she dresses her daughter in brightly colored clothing and holds her on head up high. ... Hester is more pained by a second symbol of her adultery, her daughter Pearl, who becomes a living symbol of the scarlet "A" on her chest. ... Hester and Pearl leave Boston for a period of time. ...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote in a time of great change in America. ... One of the most complex and elaborate characters in The Scarlet Letter is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. ... Hester displays her feelings towards Pearl by the way she dresses Pearl, and the way she treats her daughter with ambivalence. ...

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Symbolism is very evident throughout The Scarlet Letter. The most apparent use of symbolism is the scarlet letter itself. It signifies a number of different things, most obviously adultery and ability. The forest and the things that occur in the forest are symbols too. Pearl is also a symbol; sh...

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From Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, One of the most complex and misunderstood symbols in the book is Pearl, the illegitimate daughter of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmsdale. ... Hawthorne presents symbolism from three main time periods of Pearl's life, birth, age three and age seven. ... Hester earns money by doing stitch work for local dignitaries, and spends some time helping the poor and sick. ...

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Hester shows care towards Pearl, her daughter, which is a clear indication of the kindness in Hester's heart. ... This is an act of motherly affection, showing that Hester loves her daughter. ... By upholding her morals, she keeps her daughter and moves to an isolated cottage away from society. ... Hester donates every bit of money, time, and effort to charity if she has the ability to do so. ... Hester never ceases giving all she has for those because she believes she does not deserve any extra time, money, or effort. ...

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The time period is very important in both pieces, because it is a time of religious intolerance and a conservative attitude pervades in New England, where both works of literature take place. ... The reason behind the townspeople persecuting sinners is because of the Puritan beliefs of the time period. ... The people in Reverend Parris home while his daughter is sick, and the people in court in The Crucible are similar to the townspeople in The Scarlet Letter. ... He does not want people to think his daughter actually signs the Black Manbook, and wants to hide her mysterious illnes...

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She holds her daughter, Pearl, in her arms as she stands on the scaffold. ... Hester and Pearl climb the scaffold once again, but this time Reverend Dimmesdale asks them to join him on the scaffold so he can confess. ...

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After Hester's ignominy the first time she had a chance to properly talked to Dimmesdale was in the forest where not prying eyes could see them. ... She endured years of social rejection and derogatory treatment yet she maintains a strong front which her daughter and Dimmesdale can rely on. ... Instead, she had to beg another man, who had power, to save her daughter for her. ...

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In the time this novel was written adultery should have been condemned with murder, but some of the town's people took pity on Hester because no one knew what happened to her husband. ... She was not really meant to punish her mother, but she was evil most of the time. ... Hester Prynne had suffered a great deal in her life time. ... Hester's sin helped her to see other's pain and gave her a daughter. ... Hester survived the severity of the puritan time and succeeded in life....

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Her love for Arthur Dimmesdale, their minister, and the creation of Pearl, her daughter, has forced her to live in seclusion. ... Pearl suffers a loss of identity and her mother's refusal to tell the truth keeps her daughter in the dark, not knowing of her illicit birth and her origins. ... During their time in the forest, Hester and Pearl both have different experiences. ... The woods at that time were very dangerous and the Puritans thought that people went in and then came out corrupted. ...

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I have read The Scarlet Letter a few times and every time I am left feeling empowered by the character of Hester Prynne. ... Despite being troublesome and quite a handful, Hester manages to give Pearl what most girls at her time never caught a glimpse of the freedom to be herself. ... She spent her spare time sewing clothes for those who could not afford them. ... Matthiessen talks of Hester clinging "to the hope that her girl has capacity for strong affection, which needs only to be awakened by sympathy" (4) but Hester wants so much more for her daughter. ... Any woman who can provide tha...

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These repercussions are felt by her daughter, Pearl, as well. ... During this time, Hester refuses publicly name Pearl's father. ... This quote not only illustrates Hester's strong will, but also her immense love for her daughter, Pearl. ...

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(Hawthorne 102) Hester wouldn't even reveal the name of her daughter's father. ... As time goes by Hester gets used too wearing the letter, Pearl becomes older and Dimmesdale continues to torture himself. ... As the book progresses Dimmesdale begins to love his daughter Pearl....

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Other than the scarlet letter, she was a very moral woman whose only joy in life was her daughter Pearl. ... But the point which drew all eyes, and, as it were, transfigured the wearer-so that both men and women who had been familiarly acquainted with Hester Prynne were now impressed as if they beheld her for the first time-was that SCARLET LETTER, so fantastically embroidered and illuminated upon her bosom.?... This is especially significant because it demonstrates how much responsibility Hester has taken on, and how completely she has isolated both she and her daughter from Arthur Dimmesdale...

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After a period of time, the evil within Chillingworth can be seen through his appearance as well. ... In contrast to Hester's unconditional love for others, Pearl cannot abandon her evil behavior until recognized by Dimmesdale as his daughter. ... This desire to hurt her mother, changes with Dimmesdale's acceptance of her as his daughter. ...

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The reactions of the sin affects the lives of many, but over time it will be forgotten. ... Puritans began to criticize her and say Pearl was the daughter of the devil. ... The figure of the wife ideally contains the biological female, the obedient daughter, the faithful mate, the responsible mother, and the believing Christian, and harmonizes all the patterns that bestow upon her differing identities. ...

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