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! Pearl punishes me, too! ... Identify a major theme of The Scarlet Letter. ... It was a good, well-detailed story, which made me think about some of the secrets that I keep inside and if I should tell others about my secrets? I learned that I shouldn't let my secrets eat me form the inside, I should share them and ask others to help me to concur them....

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So the question that is begging to be answered is why did Georgiana give her consent to her husband Aylmer which endangered her life to remove her beauty mark for him? ... The theme of the story is that to achieve such perfection is essentially impossible because man cannot control nature. ... Her misguided decision is a lesson about how extremely perilous when a person gives undivided attention to her vanity. Also, this story inspires me to love myself the way I am regardless of my looks. Basically, I accept myself the way I am and nobody has the right to tell me to change myself....

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Goodman Brown, for me, is mostly characterized by the title of the short story and in the beginning of the story during the conversation between him and his wife. The title containd the words "young" and "Goodman" telling me that he must have obviously been not too old of age. ... I think that Nathaniel Hawthorne does not give Goodman Brown a very specific physical description because Hwathorne wants to make his short story more breathtaking and more interesting to the reader by giving the reader a chance to "experiment" with the protagonist's character. 3. ... The theme of the story i...

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So, I don't see that there is anything left for me but to be an author (qt. in "Nathaniel Hawthorne - Biography")." ... Embarrassed by his failure, Hawthorne continued to write many short stories, several of which were published in newspapers but always anonymously. Finally, in 1837, Hawthorne decided to use his own name and published Twice-Told Tales, a collection of his short stories, many of which had previously been published anonymously. ... He was not fond of the job and was relieved in 1848 when he was fired, giving him time to write his most famous work The Scarlet Letter, publis...

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In this twisted story of deception and adultery set in the Puritan era, Hawthorne introduces Dimmesdale as a weak and cowardly man who refuses to take responsibility for his actions. ... Throughout the story, Dimmesdale desperately tries to confess, envying Hester, for her courage, he says, "Happy are you Hester, that wear the scarlet letter openly upon your bosom! ... Innocent little Pearl wonders why Dimmesdale is so afraid of public displays of affection, yet when they are alone, he takes notice of her and Hester; talking to him, Pearl asks" 'Wilt thou stand here with Mot...

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• Grade Level: High School

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). ... It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on your bosom Stand you here, and let me run and catch it' Pearl did actually catch the sunshine, and stood laughing in the midst of it until her mother had drawn almost nigh enough to step into the magic circle too As she attempted to do so, the sunshine vanished" (Hawthorne). ... Their...

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• Grade Level: High School