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 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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She continues to wear the scarlet letter there. One of the conflicts in The Scarlet Letter is one man's battle against himself. ... The Scarlet Letter is overflowing with symbolism. ... The Scarlet Letter "A" is the central symbol of the novel. ... The scarlet letter also forges a link between the characters. ...

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On the other hand, The Scarlet Letter was an old-fashion, fiction novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... 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. ... Despite the fact that The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible are very controversial books they have made a difference in the world. ...

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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 society then rejects the mother, Hester Prynne, and forces her to wear a scarlet letter, the novel's namesake. ... The writing structure in The Scarlet Letter also emphasizes this moral. ... The many sub-themes in The Scarlet Letter also add to the main discussion by clarifying the crippling effects of sin. ... The Scarlet Letter contains rich character development to illustrate the consequences of both methods of dealing with transgress...

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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. ... Concealment Secrecy, concealment, and deception almost always lead to suffering in The Scarlet Letter. ... 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. ...

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The Scarlet Letter is a story of characters that have to live and deal with the effects of sin in different ways. ... She had to wear a scarlet letter A upon her chest which was nothing compared to the shunning by all of the town and constant sermons directed towards her. ... Instead he stayed quiet, stood from the ground and watched Hester stand on the scaffold with his baby in her hands right next to the scarlet letter that was there because of him. ...

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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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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 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. ... The symbolic letter "A" upon Dimmestale's chest reveals his sin of adultery. ...

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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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Nature and Envoronment The storys The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter both have society and environmental circumstances that drives the characters to behave how they do. ... From what I see, Hester Pryne had a conflict mostly from society based on the way the town felt about her child and commitment of the sin she wears the scarlet letter for, adultry. ... The town saw the child she had as a symbol of her sin as well as the scarlet letter she wore upon her breast. ... Arthur Dimmesdale, the reverend in The Scarlet Letter, is pressured that being a minister is bad w...

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In the novel "The Scarlet Letter", the author Nathaneil Hawthorn's depiction of the two male characters, Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth, emphasizes the moral problems of the seventeenth century puritan society. ...

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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. ... 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 responsibility. ...

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This could be no further from the truth when it comes to the Scarlet Letter. The Scarlet Letter's main character is noticed in the first chapters as Arthur Dimmesdale, the man who is responsible for the scarlet letter ever happening. Dimmesdale denies his guilt about the scarlet letter and ends up in an emotional rollercoaster that puts the main focus on him and his well being. ... Although there are several characters that also face difficult struggles in their lives, only Dimmesdale was able to bring out the true essence that became the Scarlet Letter. Arthur Dimmesdale is a truly ess...

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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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In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn a woman by the name of Hester Prynne is convicted of adultery. She is sentenced to wearing the letter "A" on her chest for the rest of her life. ... Hester's punishment is wearing the letter "A" on her chest to remind her of this sin. ... Hester's sewing ability is amazing, she even made her letter "A" the most beautiful "A" there was. ... Chillingworth begins to make Dimmesdale life even worse after he thinks he sees the letter "A" on his his chest. ...

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Arthur Dimmesdale In The Scarlet Letter, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is considered a very honorable person by almost everyone in the Puritan town. ... Following the example of Hester's scarlet letter, Dimmesdale decides to make the scarlet letter appear not just in his heart, but on his chest as well. ... Whipping himself, Dimmesdale soon creates a mark on his chest that he could consider as his scarlet letter. Nevertheless, this scarlet letter is always hidden underneath a shirt. ... They also include Hester with Pearl pointing to the scarlet letter on her ches...

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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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Shame is a painful sense of having done something wrong, improper or immodest. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter, Arthur Dimmesdale struggles to overcome sin, guilt, and public shame in Puritan society. Arthur Dimmesdale reveals his guilt and shame towards the end of the novel when H...

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According to Anne Marie MacNamara, Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter goes through several stages of spiritual growth; preparation, communication, transformation and finally revelation. To further understand why Dimmesdale is so hard on himself we must first Learn a little back ground on ...

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