Metaphor A beautiful puritan woman full of strong passions, Hester Prynne is the main character in the story. ... It is highly ornate and a contrast to the somber dress of the Puritan settlement. ... * Mistress Hibbens notices Dimmesdale's changed appearance before the Election Sermon and comments onYou look different - almost like a different man - when Hester and you met secretly in the forest.? ... Similarly, at the end of the novel, Dimmesdale confess his sin in the light of day for all to see. ...

• Word Count: 1015
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Hawthorne's story begins in seventeenth-century Boston, then a Puritan settlement. ... Hawthorne creates the last scene in the town during the gathering for Election Day. ... Dimmesdale was capable of such a sin as adultery; so then surely other members of the Puritan society must be vulnerable to extreme sinfulness. ...

• Word Count: 1146
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate