Chapter I: The Prison-Door In this chapter all the town's people are gathered outside the prison. ... Chapter VI: Pearl Pearl is what keeps Hester from giving up from day to day. ... Michael Friedhaber Chapter VII: The Governor's Hall Pearl must go to Governor Bellingham's mansion to give him a pair of ornate gloves she made for him. ... The next day in church one of the people give Dimmesdale his glove which he had left on the scaffold. ... Chapter XVII: The Pastor and His Parishioner Hester is in the woods and finds Dimmesdale alone, and this...

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Chapter Two, The Market-Place (2.) Chapter Thirteen, Another View of Hester (3.) Chapter Seventeen, The Pastor and His Parishioner. ... Then we see in the seventeenth chapter, The Pastor and His Parishioner, the novel beginning to come to an end. ... Exchange this false life of thine for a true one Give up this name of Arthur Dimmesdale, and make thyself another, and a high one, such as thou canst wear without fear or shame. ...

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Right at the end of chapter 2, Hawthorne writes, "Could it be true? ... In chapter 5, Hawthorne writes, "Another peculiar torture was felt in the gaze of a new eye. ... " (Pg 57) Hester admits Pearl is her torture in chapter 6, Hawthorne writes, "So infinite was the torture inflected by the intelligent touch of Pearl's baby-hand.... Her helpfulness causes people to give the meaning "able" to the letter, rather than "adulteress," as it's supposed to mean. ... At the end of chapter 15, Hawthorne writes, "In all the seven bygone years, Hester...

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The first scaffold scene occurred in the beginning of the story which was about Hester and the second scaffold scene happened in chapter 12 which was about Dimmsdale. ... Nobody was aware of Dimmsdale's crime in this chapter. ... It's giving him pain and making him sick and weak inside. ... 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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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!"... Chillingworth had suspected Dimmesdale of being Pearl's father for a long time but he knows it for sure at the end of chapter 10, when he finds the minister fallen asleep in his room and sees the scratch on the form of the letter A. ... In Chapter 17 she talks to Dimmesdale and confesses Chillingworth's identity to him. ... Hester gives him hope and courage to regain his lost power back. ... Chapter 23 he brings...

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By the second chapter of The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is deemed a criminal and ostracized from the community. ... Later, in chapter thirteen, we get another view of Hester Prynne. ... This chapter, which occurs years after chapter five, contains a description of Hester's actions. ... However, in this chapter we see that "the scarlet letter had not done its office" (Hawthorne 114). ... Throughout Dimmesdale's life, he chose to give up all aspects of his personal livelihood in order to serve the members of community, acting as the holy minister the community needed. ...

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In chapter six when Hester is talking about her daughter Pearl, of The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne says, "in giving her existence a great law had been broken." ... Also, in chapter six. it shows Pearl's fascination of the scarlet letter and seems to torture her mother by playing with it. ...

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Chapter Three states that he showed, nervous sensibility and a vast power of self restraint. While this seems to give Dimmesdale great strength, it is also his largest flaw. ... On the scaffold in the chapter 23 the true sign of strength ids revealed. ...

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Chapter One: The Prison Door Summary A large crowd of Puritans stands outside of the prison, waiting for the door to open. ... Chapter Two: The Market Place Summary The crowd in front of the jail is a mixture of men and women, all maintaining severe looks of disapproval. ... Chapter Three: The Recognition Summary On the edge of the crowd Hester notices an Indian accompanied by a white man. ... Chapter Four: The Interview Summary After Hester returns to her prison cell, she remains agitated by the day's events. ... Chapter Six: Pearl Summary Hawthorne discusses the choice of the...

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She begins the story as the "bad guy" and bends everyone in the towns" perception into viewing her as "able" and giving her much respect. ... She not only established the plot, but also aided in its transformation from chapter to chapter. ...

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The Scarlet Letter defines the American Romanticist movement while using symbolic characters and places that give the book seemingly two different stories. ... A large occurrence of this comes in the first chapter of the book. The chapter mentions a rose bush outside of the prison. ... Hester proves she has complete and utter pride in chapter fourteen when Chillingworth tells her of the town councils discussion on removing the letter from her chest. ... Proof that his sickness is, at least partly, caused by the guilt and shown in chapter 18, when after discussing plans to run away with Hester ...

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The Scarlet Letter is a classic novel in American history. Nathaniel Hawthorne writes a short book that conveys his point. However The Scarlet Letter also has many problems. It lacks details, is too complicated, and has an unclear language. Throughout the story The Scarlet Letter it lacks 1 key...

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As for Dimmesdale, the burden of his sin gives him "sympathies so intimate with the sinful brotherhood of mankind, so that his heart vibrates in unison with theirs." ... The narrator points out in the novel's last chapter, both emotions depend upon "a high degree of intimacy and heart-knowledge; each renders one individual dependent upon another." ...

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The symbolism of the scarlet letter is expanded in Chapter Five, Hester at Her Needle. ... Preachers will stop in the street and give sermons when they see Hester. ... Throughout the beginning chapters Hester is isolated and looked down upon by the Puritans. ... By apparently giving the letter the meaning "adulteress," the reader observes that Hawthorne views Hester as a victim, emphasizing that she is a victim of her society and her passion, which ultimately stands as her biggest downfall as well as her largest asset. ...

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(p. 187) If we look at the title of this chapter, the meaning becomes much clearer. ... We recognize her as the Hester from chapter 1. ... Hawthorne created the forest to give the characters a place to escape and express their true thoughts, beliefs, and emotions. ...

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Our research paper is composed of two chapters. ... In the second chapter, we have selected an author-oriented approach, referring to the author's biography. ... In brief, both chapters deal with symbols found in characters, settings, objects and some proper nouns. ... On the other hand, the second chapter deals with symbols in relation to Nathaniel Hawthorne's life. ... He places her in an enclosed garden where she is surrounded by poisonous plants; those provide her with breath and give her life. ...

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In chapter five, Hawthorne writes "Another peculiar torture was felt in the gaze of a new eye. ... Even though her very existence is a direct indication of Hester's affair, Pearl gives Hester a reason to be a better and more responsible person, thereby giving the child a place in the community.  ...

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In chapter 17, when she is finally reunited with Dimmesdale she says: "What we did had a consecration of its own. ... She gives to the poor and is a living representation of the strength of women in her community. ...

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The embrace that she gives her baby is, thus, her own embrace of her sin. ... According to The Scarlet Letter: A Student Casebook , however, " The Minister's Vigil' (Chapter 12) takes place at night when the purpose of the scaffold is controverted, becoming a place of concealment rather than exposure. ... The girl has now transformed from the fairy-like sprite of earlier chapters, into a human capable of compassion and emotion. ...

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In Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Man, His Tales and Romances, published by the Continuum in 1989, Edward Wagenknecht gives the following analysis of The Scarlet Letter: "Because Hawthorne did not believe that law can deal with sin as distinct from crime, he makes a whole paragraph of the sentence: "The scarlet letter had not done its office." ... He says that the punishment given to Hester Prynne by the Puritan people was not the punishment of God, that it was not the responsibility of Chillingworth and those who punished Hester to give punishment to a sinner, and that Hester saved herself from ...

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Like Hawthorne, I believe that evil is the nature of man but that there are different magnitudes of evil; some choose to fight it, like Hester, and some choose to give in, like Chillingworth. ... Finally, we get to the deformed scholar, whose intellect gives him the title of the most evil and sinful person in the book, Roger Chillingworth. ... By chapter 14, Chillingworth's transformation seems to be complete, and Chillingworth becomes aware of what has happened. ...

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Hawthorne wrote in a biography of Anne Hutchinson that "Woman's intellect should never give the tone to that of man; and even her morality is not exactly the material for masculine virtue" (qtd. in Murfin, 275). ... 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. ... The reason why I feel empowered by Hester after reading The Scarlet Letter comes from the chapter titled "The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter". ...

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These situations add drama to the novel, giving the novel life. ... Hester simply responds, "I have none to give thee." (Hawthorne, chapter 4) Hester has no sunlight to give thee because she has committed the sin of adultery. ...

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After Hester moves away from the village, the Puritans give her the job of making fine clothing for the upper class. ... The scaffold scene in the beginning chapters of the novel signifies that Hester will not reveal the identity of Pearl's father. ... Consequently, she gives her extra money to charity. ... 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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In Chapter 10 of the novel, Chillingworth discovers what is believed to be an "A" carved into Dimmesdale's chest. ... The most difficult thing that Dimmesdale must do every week is to preach and give sermons. ...

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