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 by Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the great novels in American Literature. ... "The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. ... It is on the armor breastplate in Governor Bellingham's garden, in the sky on the night of Dimmesdale's scaffold vigil, continually little Pearl is pictured to be the scarlet letter personified, and the most dramatic of the "A"'s is that which is on Dimmesdale's chest when he reveals his chest and sin. ... Instead of signaling sin the scarlet letter now expresses Hester's kind existe...

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"The Scarlet Letter" Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote "The Scarlet Letter" in 1850 in the highly religious area of New England. ... The Scarlet Letter is chock full of symbolism. ... Not only Hester, but also the physical scarlet letter, the badge of shame, is shown through the author's tone and word choice as a beautiful, gold and colorful piece attached with gold thread, thus giving the scarlet letter A a majestic tone when Hester wears it. ... The Scarlet Letter is wrapped in a deluge of allegorical theories and philosophies. ... Forth peeped at her, out of the pool, with dark gl...

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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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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. ... From the moment Hester Prynne is introduced into the plot of The Scarlet Letter in chapter 2, "The Marketplace", the reader realizes she is very prideful and strong. ... Hester exhibits great courage all throughout The Scarlet Letter. ... "I can teach my little Pearl what I have learned from this!" ... From the outside, the scarlet A on her chest would seem like it did not do anything to hurt her pride. ...

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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. ... From the moment Hester Prynne is introduced into the plot of The Scarlet Letter in chapter 2, "The Marketplace", the reader realizes she is very prideful and strong. ... Hester exhibits great courage all throughout The Scarlet Letter. ... "I can teach my little Pearl what I have learned from this!" ... From the outside, the scarlet A on her chest would seem like it did not do anything ...

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