The Scarlet Letter is a wonderful piece of literary work. ... The various types of characters in The Scarlet Letter help create a dim feeling to readers. ... Having Pearl point to the scarlet letter and then toward the heart of Dimmesdale illustrates the significance of his sin to the public eye of the Puritans. ... The Scarlet Letter was a book that met all guidelines and does not require any editing. The Scarlet Letter was a novel that can be beneficial to students in the future. ...

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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. ... Pearl's role in the story, I felt, was the scarlet letter come to life. ... The ending to The Scarlet Letter sends a message of how great the power of confession and unburdening the soul is. ... Bibliography The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorn ...

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In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the letter A is given to the characters Hester and Dimmesdale. ... For Hester, the Scarlet Letter symbolizes her adultery and for Dimmesdale, it is a reminder of his hidden sin. ... The Scarlet Letter portrays the idea that guilt is harsher and more destructive than public punishments. ... The letter was the symbol of her calling. ... The reaction of the community was contrasting with his prediction, "'The godly youth!' ...

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The letter that Hester was forced to wear upon her bosom, the scarlet letter was not only a symbol of her adulterous sin, but of the women herself. ... Other than the scarlet letter, she was a very moral woman whose only joy in life was her daughter Pearl. ... p.46 The Scarlet Letter: A small piece of red cloth, with a capital A embroidered in gold on it. ... The scarlet letter is imposed on Hester as an act of punishment. ... * When thinking about Dimmesdale's opposite public and private reactions to her and Hester, Pearl calls Dimmesdalea strange, sad man.? ...

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In chapters 1-3, Hester Prynne and her daughter Pearl are on the scaffold enduring public persecution and humiliation. This is Hester's first public appearance with her child and the scarlet letter on her bosom. ... Dimmesdale says she may remove the scarlet letter she bears upon her chest if she confesses. ... Her statement signifies an early attachment to the letter and declares her plans to willingly endure her punishment. ... " Meanwhile, Pearl and Hester stay by his side, enduring the stunned reactions of the crowd together. ...

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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. ... 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. ... The novel, The Scarlet Letter, provides numerous examples that demonstrates issues of American identity. ...

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He can no longer hide behind his secret guilt, but must make public what he did seven years ago. ... Whatever he does, whether he goes on the scaffold and professes his sin, or moves to England with Hester and Pearl, this relationship can not work because in so many ways, Dimmesdale rejects the Scarlet Letter, in both human and supernatural forms, it now rejects him, evidenced by the reactions of Pearl in the last chapter, when she runs to the brook to was her head after she Dimmesdale kisses her. ... Laced between the lines of Hawthorne, among the paths and the scarlet letter, the town and ...

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The first few chapters introduce the theme of sin, when they tell the reader about the prison, the scaffold, and how Hester is being publicly condemned for adultery. ... The women of the town criticize her for embroidering the scarlet letter, the symbol of her shame, with such care and in such a flashy manner. ...

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They were also very strict in their obedience to laws, which will later be addressed in reference to society's treatment of the young woman in the novel, The Scarlet Letter. ... In most of his novels and stories, there is a strong display of the Puritan society's reaction to a certain primary character's struggle. ... In The Scarlet Letter, a young woman has committed adultery. ... He made them the villains in The Scarlet Letter and created in Hester a somewhat Transcendental heroine (Waggoner 14). ... "Young Goodman Brown" is a short story that demonstrates hypocrisy i...

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The act of Shunning is viewed in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter when the protagonist Hester Prynne commits adultery in the puritan society. ... This can be directly linked to how Hester was treated for what she did in puritan society in The Scarlet Letter. ... Dimmesdale was shunned by all of Puritan society in the Massachusetts Bay colony. she was forced to stand on a scaffold in front of the townspeople for three hours wearing an embroided Scarlet letter "A" which stood for "Adultery" at that point in the novel. ... In comparison to Ray rice, a football player who was well li...

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The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a novel which portrays the message of sin and punishment, through the outcome of an adulterous relationship between Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale. ... When Dimmesdale said, "...methinks, it must needs be better for the sufferer to be free to show his pain, as this poor woman Hester is, than to cover it all up in his heart", he delineates the contrasts between the fact that Hester can deal with her pain publicly, while he is forced to keep all of his emotions inside. ... His reaction, however, is not to palliate his suffering by confessin...

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Sin can be felt at unnamable frequencies personally or publicly. ... Similarly, eloquently within the folds of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Pearl subtly becomes the epitome of sin and the embodiment of unrelenting evil, using her actions and impish notions as a medium. ... The "elf child" as she is referred to in The Scarlet Letter, is by default and meaning, doomed to sin. ... Only an atrocity bred of evil could fathom such a heartless reaction at an age without knowledge. ...

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