Hester, who has grown up in Europe, does not see eye to eye with the Puritans; they are angered by her beauty, and feel that her punishment is not sufficient for the nature of the crime. ... She believes that the sin has a consecration of its own (Hull). ... Another positive force that the sin has had on Hester is that she is now able to see the hidden sin in others. ... At the end of the story Nathaniel Hawthorne shows that sin had a positive affect on Hester when she returns to Boston, even though she does not have to do so. ... In the setting of the tale, Brown would fall under the Half...

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Hester, who has grown up in Europe, does not see eye to eye with the Puritans; they are angered by her beauty, and feel that her punishment is not sufficient for the nature of the crime. ... She believes that the sin has a consecration of its own (Hull). ... Another positive force that the sin has had on Hester is that she is now able to see the hidden sin in others. ... At the end of the story Nathaniel Hawthorne shows that sin had a positive affect on Hester when she returns to Boston, even though she does not have to do so. ... In the setting of the tale, Brown would fall under the Half...

• Word Count: 1442
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• Grade Level: High School

The Scarlet Letter is chock full of symbolism. ... Pearl's image is a reminder of Hester's sin, "Once this freakish, elvish cast came into the child's eyes while Hester was looking at her own image in them. . . . she fancied that she beheld, not her own miniature portrait, but another face, in the small black mirror of Pearl's eye. It was a face, fiendlike, full of smiling malice, yet bearing the resemblance of features that she had known full well, through seldom with a smile, and never with malice in them." ... In chapter fourteen by the ocean, Pearl "came to a full stop,...

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The Scarlet Letter To the naked eye, the story of The Scarlet Letter appears to just be a well-written love story within a puritan society full of unexpected flips and turns. ... Although the strictly religious community was full of straightedge, godly people, they also contributed to Hawthorne's theme of revenge. ... She returned an almost evil smile; proud of what she had done, taunting them. ... She was fully aware of the minister's strengths and weaknesses; therefore she knew that confessing that he was her partner would be an easy way out for him. ... She became so skil...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Scarlet Letter To the naked eye, the story of The Scarlet Letter appears to just be a well-written love story within a puritan society full of unexpected flips and turns. ... Although the strictly religious community was full of straightedge, godly people, they also contributed to Hawthorne's theme of revenge. ... She returned an almost evil smile; proud of what she had done, taunting them. ... She was fully aware of the minister's strengths and weaknesses; therefore she knew that confessing that he was her partner would be an easy way out for him. ... She became so skill...

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• Grade Level: High School

She does this just to avoid confrontations, so she can live her life peacefully as it is already hectic enough (Baym 36). ... With Pearl, Hester has to assume full responsibility, because she is responsible for the proper upbringing of this child. Hester loves Pearl because she is her daughter, but she is also a symbol of Hester's sin (Ziff 38). This is very difficult for Hester because she sees a child that she loves and then she sees the outcome of her sin. ... "No eye could see him, save that ever-wakeful one which had seen him in his closet wielding the bloody scourge. ...

• Word Count: 1828
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School