"Rappaccini's Daughter" was about a scientist named Dr. Rappaccini who created a Garden of Eden, made his daughter poisonous, and lured a man in to be her husband. ... Rappaccini was prideful in the creation of his daughter and at the same time the creation of a new flower. He took pride of his plant experimentation and in trying to create the perfect Garden of Eden for his daughter. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne was a great author of his time....

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"Rappaccini's Daughter" was about a scientist named Dr. Rappaccini who created a Garden of Eden, made his daughter poisonous, and lured a man in to be her husband. ... Rappaccini was prideful in the creation of his daughter and at the same time the creation of a new flower. He took pride of his plant experimentation and in trying to create the perfect Garden of Eden for his daughter. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne was a great author of his time. ...

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Her daughter is also forced to suffer because of her decision. ... She also designs decorative outfits for her daughter as well. ... Many women at this time would not have the strength to be so rebellious, but Hester is not every woman. ... Chillingworth, Hester's husband, has disguised himself as a doctor and if putting all his time and effort towards hurting Dimmesdale. ... The community shunned her and all she had was her daughter. ...

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However, as time goes on, this same symbol becomes to Hester more than something she wears on her person externally. ... Early adulthood is a time when we begin to form an identity that is unique. ... Hester was afforded this time of self reflection in the years following her sentence. ... Her own daughter Pearl does not acknowledge Hester when she takes the symbol off her dress as she sits and converses with Arthur Dimmesdale in the forest. ... Hester and her daughter Pearl leave the town and move to England. ...

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Hester's perseverance, self-reliance, and strength helped her survive the alienation from the town, but the long period of time without another human's affection besides Pearl's made her callous. ... She could not hide her sin due to the fact that she wore the "A " on her chest, but she tried to try to protect her daughter as much as possible from living an unhappy life. ... She now has to take responsibility for her actions and take care of her daughter and learn to adapt to the society with isolation. ... Not only is Hester proud of who she is and accepts the fact that she is ...

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Pearl, her lively and uncontrollable daughter, is the daily living proof of Hester's sin. With pride, she dresses her daughter in brightly colored clothing and holds her on head up high. ... Hester is more pained by a second symbol of her adultery, her daughter Pearl, who becomes a living symbol of the scarlet "A" on her chest. ... Hester and Pearl leave Boston for a period of time. ...

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Hester shows care towards Pearl, her daughter, which is a clear indication of the kindness in Hester's heart. ... This is an act of motherly affection, showing that Hester loves her daughter. ... By upholding her morals, she keeps her daughter and moves to an isolated cottage away from society. ... Hester donates every bit of money, time, and effort to charity if she has the ability to do so. ... Hester never ceases giving all she has for those because she believes she does not deserve any extra time, money, or effort. ...

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The time period is very important in both pieces, because it is a time of religious intolerance and a conservative attitude pervades in New England, where both works of literature take place. ... The reason behind the townspeople persecuting sinners is because of the Puritan beliefs of the time period. ... The people in Reverend Parris home while his daughter is sick, and the people in court in The Crucible are similar to the townspeople in The Scarlet Letter. ... He does not want people to think his daughter actually signs the Black Manbook, and wants to hide her mysterious illnes...

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After Hester's ignominy the first time she had a chance to properly talked to Dimmesdale was in the forest where not prying eyes could see them. ... She endured years of social rejection and derogatory treatment yet she maintains a strong front which her daughter and Dimmesdale can rely on. ... Instead, she had to beg another man, who had power, to save her daughter for her. ...

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Her love for Arthur Dimmesdale, their minister, and the creation of Pearl, her daughter, has forced her to live in seclusion. ... Pearl suffers a loss of identity and her mother's refusal to tell the truth keeps her daughter in the dark, not knowing of her illicit birth and her origins. ... During their time in the forest, Hester and Pearl both have different experiences. ... The woods at that time were very dangerous and the Puritans thought that people went in and then came out corrupted. ...

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The reactions of the sin affects the lives of many, but over time it will be forgotten. ... Puritans began to criticize her and say Pearl was the daughter of the devil. ... The figure of the wife ideally contains the biological female, the obedient daughter, the faithful mate, the responsible mother, and the believing Christian, and harmonizes all the patterns that bestow upon her differing identities. ...

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Over time, Dimmesdale's health worsened signifying the level of emotional and mental torture he was undergoing. ... The magistrates informed Hester that she could at any time remove the "A" of her chest, yet Hester chose to continue flaunting it. ... The last and biggest way Hester inflicted revenge was through her daughter, Pearl. ... For the next couple of years he does not even make an effort to see her, let alone give her any financial help for their daughter. ...

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Over time, Dimmesdale's health worsened signifying the level of emotional and mental torture he was undergoing. ... The magistrates informed Hester that she could at any time remove the "A" of her chest, yet Hester chose to continue flaunting it. ... The last and biggest way Hester inflicted revenge was through her daughter, Pearl. ... For the next couple of years he does not even make an effort to see her, let alone give her any financial help for their daughter. ...

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This book reflected much of what Hawthorne believed about people and society in the time period during which he lived. ... Hawthorne's forefathers were strict puritans and his writing reflected the way in which people lived during that time. During this time period, the church was highly involved with the livelihood of others. ... When the people found that Hester had Pearl, her daughter, out of wedlock, Hawthorne wrote that the village "scorned them in their hearts and reviled them with their tongue" (Hawthorne 86), proving that the Puritans discriminated people who did not fol...

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Dimmesdale in the first scaffold scene seems fairly normal and has not begun to transform himself but by the next time we see him at the scaffold he is taken a turn for the worst. ... (Page 147) Dimmesdale at this point has invited Hester and her daughter Pearl up on the scaffold, Pearl asked if the three of them can stand together he tells her no but someday. ... In this scaffold scene he has become so off the wall he does not know what is going on but by the third and final scaffold scene Dimmesdale will have changed for a third and final time. ... In this time a lot of major events will...

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In the first instance, maybe you didn't want to see someone you know because you didn't have the time to deal with them. ... The type of shunning that is done by the townspeople against Hester in centuries past by communities is based off of what were considered immoral to society during this particular time period. ... It was known at the time that the two had gotten into a fight at the Revel Casino though details of the altercation were not clear. ... In comparison to Ray rice, a football player who was well liked by many people before the incident with his wife, Hester was describ...

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The Puritan community was a dark, strict society, feeling indifferent to the humanity of the woman standing before them on the scaffold, with her infant daughter against her chest. ... The single time in the novel that Hester removed the letter from her bosom she seemed to explode with youth, freedom, and passion. ...

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We would often breakdown under the heavy burden of guilt, however, and we would realize the relative ease of time in our room. ... By the time the second scaffold scene has arrived, these seeds are in full bloom.Chillingworth has reached the peak of his malice, as we see through the suffering of Dimmesdale. ... By the time Hester and her daughter arrive at the scene, Dimmesdale is a nervous reck. ... A short time after the confession, we later learn, Chillingworth's " strength and energy "all his vital and intellectual force "seemed at once to desert him; insomuch a way that...

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Beauty; the unattainable possession Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of literature's greatest and also most well known American writer's of his time. ... Being a lonely child while living in Salem, Massachusetts Hawthorne devoted a lot of his time to writing and he eventually graduated from Bowdoin College. ... Owen, however, is in love with the old watchmaker's daughter, Annie. ... Every time there was a mistake in his mind or something happened to the butterfly, Owen would stop working on his project. ... The butterfly flew from the old watchmaker to Roger Danforth and during t...

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The scarlet letter is a symbol of an immoral sin that manifests many forms and has literal, natural, supernatural and physical manifestations, to different characters, that change over the course of time. The literal meaning of the scarlet letter changes from adultery to able from the time that Hester Prynne fashioned it up until when Nathanial Hawthorne found it in the customhouse. ... Over time though as people start to forget the actual meaning of the scarlet letter, its meaning begins to change. ... The scarlet letter is brought to life by Hester's daughter, Pearl, who is also a sym...

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Twain portrays Huck as an average boy of his time, mischievous, adventurous and funny. ... Ole missus - dat's Miss Watson - she packs on me all de time, en treats me pooty rough, but she alwuz said she wouln" sell me down to Orleans. ... Problems transpire contiguously as Grandma and Grandpa Joad die, their vehicle breaks down, money becomes a non-existent necessity, Tom gets into trouble after killing Casy's murderer, and the sickly, whiny daughter, Rose of Sharon, gives birth to a dead baby because of malnutrition. ...

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She is a young child that has not sinned but is still treated by other in a condescending matter just because she is the daughter of an adulterer. ... Another time is when Pearl makes the letter A on the beach out of things she finds around. ...

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Hester begs them to let her have Pearl and the men decide to let her raise her daughter. ... He wants Dimmesdale to confess to his crime but at the same time does not want Dimmesdale to think anything is going on. ... Chapter XIII: Another View of Hester Hester sees the changes in Dimmesdale over time. ...

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"The Scarlet Letter" Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote "The Scarlet Letter" in 1850 in the highly religious area of New England. When it was written many people judged the novel solely on its story telling, whereas ignoring the loads of hidden themes that Hawthorne placed in the novel. "The Sc...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne used his writing skills to appropriately show the strict intolerant ways of the disciplined Puritan America of 1850, with his novel The Scarlet Letter. This novel has become a classic, because of the accurate portrayal of the conservative Puritan ways. His novel is one of few to tell of the true Puritan lifestyle. The Scarlet Letter is a novel that is set in Salem, Massachusetts, the Puritan New England of the seventeenth century. The book begins by explaining that Hester Prynne has committed adultery and has a child with a man that is not her husband. ...

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