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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In the novel The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne brings you into the live of four diverse characters that go through the ups and downs with keeping a huge sin within them. ... (Hawthorne 102). ... (Hawthorne 141). ... (Hawthorne 164). ... (Hawthorne 141). ...

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Two literary works which support this quote are A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry and The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... In conclusion, the quote, "The test of a courageous person is the ability to bear defeat without losing heart", is supported by two works of literature, A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, and The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ...

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The character Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter first appears as a beautiful and defiant young woman, but as the story progresses Hester matures and becomes devoted and strong. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne gives an excellent example of how people mature and change and how their life experiences affect them. ...

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Sin, Punishment, and Redemption In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne many themes are presented .The Scarlet Letter is a very complex and can be interpreted in may ways. ... Hawthorne shows this by the harsh language the women used to talk about Hester's punishment. ...

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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 stated that in this novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is no distinction made between crimes and sins. ...

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Character Analysis: Hester Prynne The novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne was an objective description of the life of Hester Prynne, who is an adulteress. ... ˜(Hawthorne, P. 35) This quote illustrates how courageous Hester because she can escape shame and ridicule but chooses to stay and suffer. ... (P. 70, Hawthorne) Even when Hester is going head to head with the most powerful man in the community she does not back down. ... Hawthorne does not really go inside of Hester's mind so we never really know what Hester felt internally. ...

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Devin McNamara American Lit 10/30/03 Character Analysis: Hester Prynne The novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne was an objective description of the life of Hester Prynne, who is an adulteress. ... ˜(Hawthorne, P. 35) This quote illustrates how courageous Hester because she can escape shame and ridicule but chooses to stay and suffer. ... (P. 70, Hawthorne) Even when Hester is going head to head with the most powerful man in the community she does not back down. ... Hawthorne does not really go inside of Hester's mind so we never really know what Hester felt internal...

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Hester In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne gives Hester Prynne the challenge of living in a community where everyone shuns on her the committing adultery. In addition to this, Hester has another challenge of providing for herself and her child Pearl as a single parent. Throughout the no...

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The Scarlet Letter By: Nathaniel Hawthorne Period 4 Adv. English 11 November 2, 1999 The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn begins by dealing with Hester Prynne's crime and sentence. ... Bibliography The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorn ...

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THE BIGGEST SINNER In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, sin was a very evident factor throughout the novel. It heavily affected the lives of Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth, the three main characters. Though they were all sinners, Dimmesdale's sins stood out more boldly than that of...

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