Everyone has committed a sin either knowingly or by accident. Some sins are committed out of love, like that of Hester and Dimmesdale in "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. While others commit the sin of hate just like Chillingworth. Hester was forced to bear the letter "A" (adultery) as punishment for committing her sin and for salvation. On the other hand, I must bear "H" (hate) in order to transform myself into a better person and to gain more knowledge of things that I wouldn't be able to see for myself without my Scarlet Letter.
Hate is such a strong word, but it is also a strong sin. Hate means to have evil thoughts or thoughts of inflicting pain on another person by your own will. I have had those thoughts before and they are the cause for which I must bear the "H" for all to see. The "H" represents the side of me no one has seen or should see. As I walk through the hall of Hialeah Miami Lakes I can see scattered stares and hear secrets whispered. Little did they know I could hear what they were saying by just looking into their eyes. I felt the pain of Hester and the guilt of Dimmesdale when I first entered the school. I have also learned from the "H" that people place judgment on what they see and hear. They don't take the time to realize that all have committed sin. I just chose to change myself unlike them. The truthful sinner would always be looked up upon while the secretive saint plays in the shadows. However, that "H" does give me the same burning sensation when I"m .
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in the center of those whispers and stares. The exposure of a sin can really wear you down in life. Who would have known that a single letter would ruin one's life?.
Today's society doesn't really follow the Supremacy of Divine Will. The Supremacy of Divine Will is the belief that God wills his world. The world must be governed by his morality. The Puritans believed that the public abasement of the sinner or criminal would not only punish them but also grant them salvation.
Hawthorne finds that the scarlet letter was wrapped up around a letter, after he drops it, written by a Surveyor detailing the whole affair of the scarlet letter. ... A letter "the letter A "but freshly green instead of scarlet.""... Pearl notices that her mother is not wearing the letter on her bosom and will not obey her mother's call. ... The Scarlet Letter. ... "The Scarlet Letter, Nathanial Hawthorne 1850."" ...
When Hester first fashions the scarlet letter has a meaning of adulterer. ... Hawthorne finds that the scarlet letter was wrapped up around a letter, after he drops it, written by a Surveyor detailing the whole affair of the scarlet letter. ... A letter "the letter A "but freshly green instead of scarlet.""... Pearl notices that her mother is not wearing the letter on her bosom and will not obey her mother's call. ... The themes in The Scarlet Letter still have relevance to today's life....
Scarlet Letter's Use Of Symbolism To Show Psychological Effects Of Sin "The act gross and brief, and brings loathing after it." ... She wears her scarlet letter among the solemnly dressed Puritans as this rosebush wears its scarlet blossoms amidst a small plot of grass and weeds. ... Hester has already been discovered and is receiving her punishment by wearing the scarlet letter branding her as an adulteress and keeping her socially isolated. ... In a moment of joy, Hester removes the scarlet letter and tosses it away from herself. ... We later see this is true as she lives...
Hester Prynne's punishment was a short period in jail, three hours of public humiliation on the scaffold, and the requirement of wearing a scarlet letter "A" on her chest for the rest of her life, serving as "a living sermon against sin" (Hawthorne 69). ... The scarlet letter had the effect of the cross on a nun's bosom." (148) Due to Hester's caring and considerate virtues, the scarlet letter no longer stood for adultery and alienation. ... Wearing the scarlet letter had the long-term effect of helping Hester surmount her guilt, gather her strength and bravery, and move on wi...
Throughout The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne embeds a variety of signs and symbols in the letter "A." ... Because Hester Prynne was punished by wearing the scarlet letter on her chest every moment of the day, the symbol reminded her of her guilt and sin she had committed many years past. ... Pearl is the "the animate letter, the child dressed in gold-embroidered scarlet" and "the scarlet letter in another form, the scarlet letter endowed with life.... Pearl's attire of the same deep, scarlet color and its same stitching, very much alike Hester Prynne's own ...
THEME The Scarlet Letter centers round the consequences of sin, especially shame and guilt. ... When Hester pulls off the scarlet letter in the forest and tosses it beside the brook, Pearl grows hysterical; she refuses to come to her mother until the "A" has been replaced on her dress, the child has never seen Hester not wearing it. 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 heart. ... She still wears the scarlet letter, ev...
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel that is full of symbols and imagery. ... The punishment that went along with Hester wearing the scarlet letter was for her to embroider it herself. ... "The scarlet letter had the effect of a cross on a nun's bosom." (179). ... Dimsdale himself had been wearing an 'A' the entire time as well. ... Hester later rips off the scarlet letter 'A' and is seen in another light. ...
Perhaps one of the most influential American novels dealing with the Puritan period is the Scarlet letter. ... he keeps his identity a secret but demands to know who is the father of hesters baby, however she is blinded by love and refuses to tell. her loyalty to her man lands her in prision where baby Pearl is born. hester is made to go about the town wearing a scarlet letter A on her chest and bring her child with her to share in such pain and mockery while everyone spits on her. this fiction account of puritan society is not very far from the truth, for these people were quite vicious in t...
The book entitled, The Scarlet Letter, revolves around three main scaffold scenes. ... This quote immediately tells the reader that Hester is wearing this scarlet letter because she did something she was not supposed to. ... The first scaffold scene acts as a simple but vital introduction to The Scarlet Letter. ... That, and thy repentance, may avail to take the scarlet letter off thy breast" (59). ... The Scarlet Letter is revolved around three main scaffold scenes, the most important is the first. ...
She is forced to sew a scarlet-colored letter on the front of her dress in plain view of anyone who might encounter her. ... Hester derives her sense of self-identity from the Scarlet Letter. ... Her fabrication of the Scarlet Letter evokes indignation and resentment from the townspeople. ... Wearing the symbol of the Scarlet Letter became an integral part of who Hester believed herself to be as a person. ... Why did she not leave and begin her life anew without the stigma of the Scarlet Letter? ...