Purity: a noun, meaning, to be pure; to have Freedom from sin or guilt; innocence; chastity; or a quantitative assessment of homogeneity or uniformity. Something that is sought out by everyone, tried and duplicated by many, and yet succeeded by much less. The puritans believed that the way to achieve this was through strict practicing of their moral beliefs. This included not only following it themselves, but also making sure that others in their community were living by the same morals and standards. We as a society today have very similar views without even noticing it. For example the hippies, one could say without looking deep within were much different then the puritans but if you look a little deeper you find that they were both tryig to achieve the same goal.
The puritans thought that by controlling themselves and controlling their neighbor that they would be able to maintain stability with in their society. They would in a sense spy on their neighbor making sure that at the first site of wrong they would be apprehended and taking care of. Even though that this ideology, which is covenant theology, seems very discouraging we can find strands of it still existing in our society today. In the book The Scarlet Letter you read about very many views that tie directly into this sort of control. One main view about the book is on adultery and how the puritans reacted to it. 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. This was so that everyone would remember what she has done and to sort of pre judge her.
Covenant Theology is the idea that we should all be our brother's keepers. That we should all look out for others that if suspected of doing wrong be brought out into the open to the judged. Since the Society in The Scarlet Letter was a puritan society the people were highly subjected to this concept.
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. ... Pearl is always drawing or crafting the letter "A- in the sand, with seaweed, flowers and brambles. ... A letter "the letter A "but freshly green instead of scarlet.""... 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. ... Pearl is always drawing or crafting the letter "A- in the sand, with seaweed, flowers and brambles. ... A letter "the letter A "but freshly green instead of scarlet.""... But with what a wild look of wonder, joy, and honor!...
In the book, "The Scarlet Letter," Nathaniel Hawthorne creates a character who is so loving, passionate, and mistreated that the reader cannot help but feel badly for her. ... She is reminded of her sin every day with her child, Pearl, and the scarlet letter. ... The first scene of "The Scarlet Letter" is described as "A throng of bearded men, in sad colored garments and gray... assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which was heavily timbered with oak, and studded with spikes" "(Hawthorne 33). ... "Hester is able to contemplate what she has known as right and wrong and thus come ...
Scarlet Letter's Use Of Symbolism To Show Psychological Effects Of Sin "The act gross and brief, and brings loathing after it." ... This is discovered to be very true by the main characters in The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne's story of a woman (Hester) who lives with the Puritans and commits adultery with the local minister (Dimmesdale). ... 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. ... In a moment of joy, Hester removes the scarlet letter and tosses it aw...
Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter Pearl is a great example of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter. ... Also, in chapter six. it shows Pearl's fascination of the scarlet letter and seems to torture her mother by playing with it. ... On page 61 in The Scarlet Letter, when Pearl is being explained as an innocent child, Hawthorne writes "a lovely and immortal flower." ... On page 41 of The Scarlet Letter, when Rev. ... Also on page 179, when Hester and Rev. ...
Hawthorne uses symbolism in The Scarlet Letter to offer a hidden meaning, or a deeper insight into his characters. ... Pearl symbolizes many things in The Scarlet Letter. ... With Pearl, Hester's life was ruined with constant nagging about odd questions about the scarlet letter. ... The Black Man roams the forest trying to get people, "to write their names with their own blood in a big heavy book, with iron clasp to fasten its pages shut."" ... In The Scarlet Letter, there is a lot of symbolism. ...
The Scarlet Letter Thresholds- Doors, Steps, and Scaffolding Throughout the novel "The Scarlet Letter" I was to examine and discuss some of the various symbols. ... These are the chapters, pages and context in which I found the word door: Chapter 1, page 33: " in front of a wooded edifice, the door of which was heavily timbered with oak and studded with iron spikes." ... Chapter 12, page 103: " an arched door of oak, with an iron knocker, and a rough log for the door-step." ... Hester is now on her own, alone in the world with a child, and a Scarlet letter on her chest telling the w...
Scarlet Letter "The door of the jail being flung open from within, there appeared, in the first place, like a black shadow emerging into sunshine, the grim and grisly presence of the town beadle, with a sword by his side, and his staff of office in his hand. ... They see her learn to use the scarlet letter to her advantage, and respect it. ... Pearl (The human embodiment of the scarlet letter, and her parents' sin.) ... Hawthorne kept The Scarlet Letter with a very optimistic tone. ... As a critic, I thoroughly enjoyed The Scarlet Letter. ...
The Pariah " The talk of the neighboring townspeople, who, seeking vainly elsewhere for the child's paternity, and observing some of her odd attributes, had given out that poor little Pearl was a demon offspring- - page 95 of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. ... Teasing pertains to Pearl because she is teased unmercifully by the Puritan children. " The children of the Puritans looked up from their play and spoke gravely one to another: "Behold, verily, there is the woman of the scarlet letter, and, of a truth, moreover, there is the likeness of the scarlet letter runni...