The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne remains a classic novel because it discusses the dilemma all people face of deciding how to deal with sin, which he explains through the characterization, structure, and themes in his book. In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne unveils the tale of two lovers in a Puritan society: one a minister and the other a lowly embroiderer. ... The writing structure in The Scarlet Letter also emphasizes this moral. ... These themes, scattered throughout the novel, help to emphasize the important literary message that Nathaniel Hawthorne expresses in The Sc...

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In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Arthur Dimmesdale has a difficult time finding a way to relieve his sin. The Scarlet Letter's scaffold holds more importance than just somewhere to condemn prisoners, and, for Dimmesdale, it is a place to find peace. ... In The Scarlet Letter, the scaffold was viewed more as a place of judgment, "Meagre, indeed, and cold was the sympathy that a transgressor might look for from such by-standers, at the scaffold- (Hawthorne 63). ... At one point, Dimmesdale lashes himself with a whip, and at the end of the book we find that he has inscri...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne used his writing skills to appropriately show the strict intolerant ways of the disciplined Puritan America of 1850, with his novel The Scarlet Letter. ... She continues to wear the scarlet letter there. ... The Scarlet Letter is overflowing with symbolism. Understanding Hawthorne's symbols by themselves is key to understanding The Scarlet Letter as a novel. The Scarlet Letter "A" is the central symbol of the novel. ...

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On the other hand, The Scarlet Letter was an old-fashion, fiction novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... (Hawthorne 130) This quote refers to John Proctor and Arthur Dimmesdale. ... In The Crucible, as well as in the Scarlet Letter both groups of people were told to abide by certain rules of the Puritans. ... Although The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter consist of numerous similarities, it had a few differences, as well. ... The Scarlet Letter is a fiction story of Hester and the scarlet A; there was no such thing as it. ...

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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. One of the issues posed by Hawthorne during the story is that of responsibility. ... Hawthorne's story begins in seventeenth-century Boston, then a Puritan settlement. 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. ... Hawthorne's, The Scarlet Letter, is a means of presenting an issue on not taking responsibilit...

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The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter is a story that shows a love that cannot be. ... The sunshine is the love of a man (Arthur Dimmesdale) and it does just what Pearl says - it runs and hides itself from the scarlet letter. ... Hester wears the scarlet letter, so Arthur can't be with her or it might destroy his reputation. ... Because of all these reasons, The Scarlet Letter is a story about a love that could not be. ...

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In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses three scenes on the scaffold to emphasize suffering and torment in Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. ... The three scaffold scenes in The Scarlet Letter convey the theme of sin not being tolerated whatsoever in Puritan Society. ... It is nighttime and Hester's scarlet letter is not visible, so the meteor's light reiterates the symbol. ... The original embroidered scarlet letter is the icon for Dimmesdale's future haunting. ... The haunting effect of the scarlet letter, distance from his child, and psychological torture are all t...

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The harsh rules are apt to bring on sins in the novel The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... After Hester was convicted of adultery, she is forced to wear the scarlet letter "A" upon her breast for everyone to see. ... (Hawthorne 112). ... The symbolic letter "A" upon Dimmestale's chest reveals his sin of adultery. ... (Hawthorne 71). ...

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In the novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale has committed the sin of adultery with Hester Prynne. ... She is made an outcast and to show this he was forced to wear the letter "A" for adulterer upon her chest which forced her to live with the guilt and shame openly. ... Pearl first points to the scarlet letter on Hester's chest then she points to the reverend's chest. ...

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This can be verified from the novel the Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... This is also true in the Scarlet Letter. ... The Scarlet Letter, and the tribulations of Hester, Pearl, Chillingsworth, and Dimemsdale, gives a hint at a lesson that was meant to be learned. ...

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The Metamorphosis of Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there are many characters that transform; one of them is Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. ... He also clutches his chest a lot in away that reminds Pearl of her mother, Hester's scarlet letter "A" By this point in time Hester Prynne's husband has found out about Dimmesdale's secret and has been tormenting Dimmesdale with it. ... In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Dimmesdale makes many changes - especially at the scaffold scenes. ...

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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is the story about Hester Prynne, a woman who commits adultery and is filled with many feelings, including pride, surrounding that sin. ... Lack of insight leads people to make bad choices, and there are several examples in the book, The Scarlet Letter. ... He whips himself, and he engraves a letter A on his bare chest. ... After years of helping, serving and sympathizing with the townspeople, the scarlet letter A on her chest is viewed as able rather than adulteress. "Such helpfulness was found in her,-so much...that many people refused to interpret t...

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In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter, Arthur Dimmesdale struggles to overcome sin, guilt, and public shame in Puritan society. ... When Dimmesdale is on the scaffold, it becomes clear that he is beginning to lose his mind, shown when "without any effort of his will, or power to restrain himself, he shrieked aloud" (Hawthorne 153). ... While they fight about whether or not Pearl is a devil child and should be taken away from Hester, Dimmesdale is described as, "the young minister at once came forward, pale, and holding his hand over his heart, as was his custom ...

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In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne similarly develops the concepts of guilt and the freedom gained by confession. ... Hester also reveals that this embrace covered her scarlet letter, but that " wisely judging that one token of her shame would but poorly serve to hide another, she took the baby on her arm,"with a glance that would not be abashed - (46). ... 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 expo...

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