"The test of a courageous person is the ability to bear defeat without losing heart." In many literary works there are brave characters that are put to the test. ... These two examples are true tests of a courageous person and how he beared defeats without losing heart. ... Hester is courageous in living by herself outside the community and she is proud of her lifestyle, despite the sin that was committed. ... Because Chillingworth thinks it might be the Reverend who has committed this sin with his wife, he makes it his business to track him down and find out his identity. ...

• Word Count: 830
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale has committed the sin of adultery with Hester Prynne. The story begins with Hester coming out of a jail and being put on the scaffold for the sin she has committed with the cursed child in hand. ... Ironically, Reverend Dimmesdale asks Hester "who she has committed the sin with?"... In this Roger Chillingworth is testing the Reverend. ... The reverend is tortured by this because it reminds him of the sin and to ease his mind he physically abuses himself. ...

• Word Count: 735
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Older women believe that Hester should be punished severely because the sin she commits is irreparable. ... The sin that she committed is considered to be irredeemable to the Puritan society. ... She believes that it is her fate to become a prophet to the city of Boston, but she realizes that someone of such angelic qualities does not commit herself to sin. ... She explains that a woman's love and passion is needed for the world to experience happiness by concluding, "(the angel) showing how sacred love should make us happy, by truest test of a life successful to such an end!" ... ...

• Word Count: 904
• Approx Pages: 4

While holding the high office of a minister he commits a grievous sin, the act of adultery. ... This is a great example of sin displayed in a selfish way. ... People still want to make sin attractive to justify their failures. ... When they sinned Hester's view of God was that of Hester's view of Dimmesdale. ... Although Jesus did not sin, He was willing to take the humiliation and penalty for our sin. ...

• Word Count: 2000
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

When standing on the scaffold as punishment for her sins, she stands strong and tall, although her mind wanders off at times. Ultimately Hester shows her pride despite her unforgiveable' sin. ... The best example of this courage is her willingness to stay in Boston, the town where both the sin and punishment took place. ... This is obviously because she had committed sins that were supposed to be confined to the sanctity of marriage.) Throughout the novel Hester's strength is put to the test. ...

• Word Count: 912
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

When standing on the scaffold as punishment for her sins, she stands strong and tall, although her mind wanders off at times. Ultimately Hester shows her pride despite her unforgiveable' sin. ... The best example of this courage is her willingness to stay in Boston, the town where both the sin and punishment took place. ... This is obviously because she had committed sins that were supposed to be confined to the sanctity of marriage.) Throughout the novel Hester's strength is put to the test. ...

• Word Count: 909
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Today, our ability to be freethinkers is constantly being tested; our lives are assaulted on a daily basis by relentless advertising and shameless consumerism. ... The Puritans view sin as a danger to the community, and Hester is ostracized for her sin and thus alienated from her community. ...

• Word Count: 789
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Through her generous accomplishments the community realizes she is a person who, regardless of her sin, can affect the community in a positive way. ... Their fear of sin and wickedness drove them in their quest to do what they felt was right. ... "Thus the young and pure would be taught to look at her, with the scarlet letter flaming on her breast as the figure, the body, the reality of sin" (83). ... So they used her and were willing to overlook her sins when she looked to be of value to them. ... Thus saying that within a community there will always be individuals to test the limits of soc...

• Word Count: 1521
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Pearl knows about the sin her mother committed and this is one reason she has no friends so she makes her own imaginary friends to keep her company. ... Wilson tries to test Pearl on religious topics and can see Pearls dislike towards him when she refuses to answer the questions. ...

• Word Count: 2183
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Wilson steps forward and delivers a sermon against sin, after which Hester is allowed to return to the prison. ... One of the things which Hester starts to notice is that every once in a while she receives a sympathetic glance, and feels like she has a companion in her sin. Hawthorne puts it, "it gave her a sympathetic knowledge of the hidden sin in other hearts." ... Hester is afraid that nothing good can come from her sin, and thus she fears that Pearl will in some way be retribution for her sinful passion. ...

• Word Count: 5572
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School