The Scarlet Letter Part two: Formal Literary Response 1.a. Identify and describe both the time and place of The Scarlet Letter. ... In The Scarlet Letter, the setting of Boston is surrounded by a, " vast and dismal forest" (68). ... In Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter Hester, the main character has to live with a scarlet letter on her bosom, which lets others know about her sin. ... Identify a major theme of The Scarlet Letter. ...

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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. ... The details the author used to describe this setting was marvelous. 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 vs. ... Despite their contrasting presentations The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby are both important literary works. ... For example, the time setting between the novels is spread apart, The Scarlet Letter is set in the 1800's, while The Great Gatsby is set in the 1920's, known as the Jazz age. ... For example, The Scarlet Letter is written in second person and The Great Gatsby is written in first person. ... The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby are two well written novels that portray America. ...

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Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlet Letter" was published in 1850 and when it was first released it did not do well. ... Although Hawthorne wrote many novels, none of them were as successful as "The Scarlet Letter". ... In the Scarlet Letter, there is the symbolic significance of various settings: the scaffold; the forest, which ironically becomes an oasis of freedom for Hester and Dimmesdale, though everyone else views it as the devil's territory. ... The scaffold is a place in the Scarlet Letter in which Puritan punishment takes its course, through the scorn that...

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In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, nature is extremely significant in the development of the plot, characters, themes, and main idea. Nature plays a very significant role in the plot development of the Scarlet Letter. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne also uses nature to influence the character development in the Scarlet Letter. ... The themes and main idea are portrayed and are more apparent in the Scarlet Letter by Hawthornes use of nature. ... Nature is extremely significant in the Scarlet Letter because it helps show the plot development, character development, themes, and main ideas. ...

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Two books in which the author's writings supported this quote were Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, and Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... The first literary element that Bradbury used was the setting. ... The second of the two novels was Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... The setting also would lead to the destiny caused by that one decision to have an affair. ... In both the novels Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, and Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, it helps to support the statement of Edwin Markham that, "In literature, choices are the hinges of destiny." ...

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In "The Scarlet Letter," heaven and hell can be seen as the city and forest. ... In "The Scarlet Letter," it can be seen that the forest is hell because the sinful are the ones who get kicked out of the city. ... Hester chose to live there because she was outcast from the city due to scarlet letter. ... Also, helping those in need in both the forest and the city, regarding the fact that she bore the scarlet letter. ... There were three worlds that were created by Hawthorne in, "The Scarlet Letter." ...

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That being said, Nathanial Hawthorne, in The Scarlet Letter, straddles the line between the two realms and creates a 'grey area' with characters that can exist in both realms by means of using ideas from both Romanticism and Realism. The Scarlet Letter can be considered as Romanticism in several different aspects especially when it comes to exotic settings, symbolism, and supernatural elements. ... The Scarlet Letter happens in the wilderness on the outer parts of civilised humanity. ... For example, the most frequent symbol in the novel is the scarlet letter 'A' itself,...

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They share a setting; Massachusetts Bay Colony, relative time period; early America in the 1600's and 1700's, and both have a key word coupled with them, adultery. ... In this essay, I will compare and contrast The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible in themes relating to both. ... Throughout the span of The Scarlet Letter Dimmesdale has to suffer, egged on by Chillingworth, over his terrible sin of adultery. ... The wilderness and town, the human conscience and adultery, at least in The Scarlet Letter, were critical to the structure of the novels and made the foci clear and con...

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Paragraph #1 - The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne's sets a tone by way of eloquently placed adjectives, and use if terms such as; "sad-colored garments," "throng," and "heavily timbered with oak," In The Scarlet Letter. The first paragraph of a solid piece of literature often sets the foundation for the work, as well as giving the reader valuable insight into the setting, and mood of the piece. ... This oaken portal is also shrouded with mystery; the outsiders most likely wonder what goes on within the heavily timbered doors, yet no Puritan would even think of setting f...

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His most popular book, The Scarlet Letter, earned Hawthorne international fame. ... Some of that evil is portrayed in his stories by his use of allegories -- characters, settings, and events that have a symbolic meaning. ... This is very evident in The Scarlet Letter where he uses setting and characterization to create an image of the various characters who each symbolize a different human trait. ... Terence Martin sums up the meaning of Hawthorne's best known book, The Scarlet Letter in three sentences: "Taking its form in Hawthorne's imagination, the total context of The Scarlet Le...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne's sets a tone by way of eloquently placed adjectives, and use if terms such as; "sad-colored garments," "throng," and "heavily timbered with oak," In The Scarlet Letter. The first paragraph of a solid piece of literature often sets the foundation for the work, as well as giving the reader valuable insight into the setting, and mood of the piece. ... This oaken portal is also shrouded with mystery; the outsiders most likely wonder what goes on within the heavily timbered doors, yet no Puritan would even think of setting foot inside the prison walls to find out. ...

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This was surely the case in Nathaniel Hawthorne's, The Scarlet Letter, a novel set in Puritan times that describes what guilt and sin truly are. ... This single event caused both Hester and Dimmesdale to live a life of guilt, thus setting the stage for the entire novel. ... She was presented with a scarlet A to wear upon her bosom for the rest of her life. ... Her prison-door was thrown open, and she came forth into the sunshine, which, falling on all alike, seemed, to her sick and morbid heart, as if meant for no other purpose than to reveal the scarlet letter on her breast (72). ......

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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. The novel opens with a prison setting, foreshadowing the future isolation and denunciation of Hester. ... As of this, Hester wore the Letter A, which symbolized adultery. ...

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Throughout the novel Dimmesdale becomes increasingly hurt, as he bears his own scarlet letter within his heart. ... The procession is the setting at which a sickly Dimmesdale's humanity is seen. ... This sermon is like a slap on the face to the Puritans by showing their unbeknownst hypocrisy where they shuddered at Hester's scarlet letter yet, Dimmesdale's letter received no recognition. ... When the townsfolk claim to have seen a scarlet letter imprinted on the chest of Dimmesdale (pg 176). The narrator isn't saying that there was a letter on his chest but that the townsfo...

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By the time Keller was nineteen months she was left blind and death after what was either scarlet fever or meningitis. ... In the article "Blind Rage: An Open Letter to Helen Keller" Georgina Kleege expresses her frustration towards Keller proving that she has a flaw. ... Keller's weakness was not setting the bar too low but instead it turned out to be setting the bar too high. ...

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The setting of James Baldwin's novel is 1940's Harlem, a place where the characters face much oppression, racial persecution, and social emasculation, especially Florence, who has suffered greatly and feels as though the hardships in her life are responsible for the deterioration of love, relationships, strength, and hope. ... But, going down before the scarlet cloth at the foot of the golden cross, it came to her that she had forgotten how to pray(66)." ... Florence is a survivor and her inner-strength and courage has helped her make it through tough times, but, the build-up o...

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