In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, the author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, draws attention to the negative qualities pertaining to the Puritan lifestyles and beliefs of the 17th century. He illustrates this by describing "the city upon a hill", materialism, and the hypocritical nature of the Puritan society. ... As a result of this, he wrote The Scarlet Letter to show that nothing benefited from puritan ideology. In the introduction to the novel, Hawthorne describes a Puritan, theoretical Utopian society. ... The hypocrisy of the Puritans is another theme Hawthorne uses to en...

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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". ... The scaffold in the town center symbolizes the harsh judgments in Puritan society. ... The scaffold is a place in the Scarlet Letter in which Puritan punishment takes its course, through the scorn that the townspeople provide to the victim on the pillory. ... In conclusion, the forest and the scaffold were two main settings in the Scarlet Letter. ...

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In the book The Scarlet Letter you read about very many views that tie directly into this sort of control. ... Once the puritan society found out that Hester Prynne had committed adultery with the reverend Dimsdale they scared her by making her where letter A on her garments. ... Since the Society in The Scarlet Letter was a puritan society the people were highly subjected to this concept. ... Hester prynn was a great example, in the scarlet letter, of how strict the puritan belief was at that time. ... They did this by marking her with the Letter A. ...

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To the Puritan society, adultery was an unforgivable sin. ... The punishment was to wear the letter "A" on her upper torso for her entire life, also known as the scarlet letter. ... (The Scarlet Letter) The author describes the scarlet letter as elaborate and ornate, even though it's supposed to be punishment. ... The scarlet letter is a reflection upon her which makes her more beautiful. ... The narrator has almost the same feelings of Puritan society that Hawthorne has. ...

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Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter Pearl is a great example of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter. ... According to chuckii.com "Hester's child, is symbolic of changing Puritan society." Pearl changes the puritan society because she is the outcome of the scarlet letter, and was rebellious to the Puritan way of life but not evil. ... On page 41 of The Scarlet Letter, when Rev. ... Hester and Arthur are sinners but not as bad as Chillinworth, because he has "violated in cold blood" which, is according to Puritan society (Encarta) is an unpardonable sin. ...

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She becomes a social outcast of the Puritan society and lives in isolation on the outskirts of town. ... Since their sin is committed in the strict, moralistic Puritan society, their suffering is made even greater. ... PURITANISM IN THE NOVEL Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is set in the seventeenth century New England town of Boston, a staunch Puritanical town. ... To Pearl, the scarlet letter is simply part of her mother. ... The significance of the scarlet letter in the life of Dimmesdale, whose guilt remains hidden, is suggested by a hidden scarlet letter on his hea...

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In 1666, there was a puritan colony in Massachusetts where The Scarlet Letter took place; this was a time of new English settlement. ... " (The Scarlet Letter). ... " (The Scarlet Letter). ... " (The Scarlet Letter). ... Faith was central to the puritan experience; it was a source from which all other aspects of their society and values emerged (Gundersen, J.R., 2014). ...

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The character of Hester Prynne changed significantly throughout the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... She has gone against the Puritan ways, committing adultery. ... Not only Hester, but the physical scarlet letter, a Puritanical sign of disownment, is shown through the author's tone and diction as a beautiful, gold and colorful piece. ... She is punished by Puritan society by wearing the scarlet letter "A" on the bosom of her dress and standing on the scaffold for three hours. ... Her vulnerability to the crowd of Puritan observers is challenging, and Hester holds th...

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Secret Sin Leads to Guilt In "The Scarlet Letter", Hawthorne depicts a way of life that no longer exists in today's society. It was a society of fear in a strict moral code. ... Hester cannot even bring herself to tell her own daughter the true reason for the scarlet letter, which seems everyone but Pearl knows. ... Many of these secrets are somewhat acceptable in our society, which contrasts the different generations. ... Almost everyone in the puritan society lived by the bible or was terribly ridiculed for not doing so. ...

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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. Upon closer examination, The Scarlet Letter is really filled with obsession, guilt, and morals. ... Hawthorne's ultimate theme in The Scarlet Letter is vengeance amongst all of mankind. ... "It was whispered, by those who peered after her, that the scarlet letter threw a lurid gleam along the dark passage-way of the interior"(48). ... Pearl was just a smaller version of the scarlet letter. ...

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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. Upon closer examination, The Scarlet Letter is really filled with obsession, guilt, and morals. ... Hawthorne's ultimate theme in The Scarlet Letter is vengeance amongst all of mankind. ... "It was whispered, by those who peered after her, that the scarlet letter threw a lurid gleam along the dark passage-way of the interior"(48). ... Pearl was just a smaller version of the scarlet letter. ...

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Hester is plagued with more than just a letter "A"; she is given a child from her affair who is just as much a reminder of her sin as the scarlet letter. ... Pearl is "the scarlet letter, only capable of being loved, and so endowed with a millionfold the power of retribution- (p64) As a symbol of her sin, Hester dresses up Pearl to look nice just like she does to the scarlet letter itself. ... Many people in the Puritan community "refused to interpret the scarlet A by its original signification. ... (p113) Pearl grows in her understanding of life in the Puritan society and in her understanding...

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