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. ...
Secret sin is one of the themes most focused on in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. ... Although Hester is protagonist, and her sin is very influential, Dimmesdale's sin is probably the most important sin in The Scarlet Letter because it started the whole story. ... Chillingworth's view of confession, which is that each sinner must confess his sin and that if someone does confess his or her sins, that person would be physically healthier, is ironic because his sin is the most severe of all the sins discussed in The Scarlet Letter. ... Even though secret sin is a main...
Both Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter, show that one person with his or her own views may contradict a society. ... Not many people would go out of their way to help someone else and that is illustrated in the novel The Scarlet Letter. ... As of this, Hester wore the Letter A, which symbolized adultery. ...
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 ...
