The Scarlet Letter One belief that people live by is that evil is the nature of mankind, yet there are others that feel man has good intentions but those intentions can be overrun by the devil. Nathaniel Hawthorne points out that the former is true of all people in the novel The Scarlet Letter. ... In the novel, Hester received a scarlet letter, "A," for her sins, which she had to wear upon her chest for the rest of her life in Boston. ... The major turning point is when we find out to what extent Chillingworth will go through to find personal information about his patient, Dimmesdale. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Literature, as a whole, would be much more appealing if authors let their readers make their own decisions about the events or characters in the story. The ambiguousness of The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne leaves many of the actions, events, and issues involving the characters up to the reader's own assumption. ... A young woman, Hester Prynne, is led from the town prison with her infant daughter, Pearl, in her arms and the scarlet letter "A" on her breast. ... But, all he had to do to eradicate all of his major problems and at least alleviate some of Hester's was to rec...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Looking Deeper Into the Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, was a well written book. ... Before the class discussion, I enjoyed the book, but did not feel there was any other symbolism than the scarlet "A" representing Hester's sin. ... That event cleared up many ties; those ties being with God, Pearl, Chillingworth, and especially Hester. ... Symbolism was a major area that I had problems with. ...

• Word Count: 702
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• Grade Level: High School