When the topic of a Puritanical society is brought up, most people think of a rigorous, conservative, highly devout .
society. While this may have usually been the case, this was not always so. The Puritan society was also known not .
to act out of brotherly, Christian love, but to cruelly lash out on those who sinned or were deemed unfit for society. .
Two works of literature that display both aspects of this society very accurately are The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel .
Hawthorne, and The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. The Scarlet Letter displays a society that treats two people very .
differently who commit the sin of adultery together. The woman, Hester Prynne, admits her sin, is forced to always .
wear a scarlet letter A on her bosom, and is ostracized from society. The man, Reverend Dimmesdale, hides his sin .
from the world, is almost worshipped by the townspeople, but is filled with the shame of his action. Hawthorne .
illustrates how insensitive a Puritan society can be t! .
o those who admit their wrong doings. The Crucible is a play that tells the story of the famous witchcraft trial in .
Salem, Massachusetts. In the story, Abigail Williams, the orphaned niece of the townminister, Reverend Parris, is .
the main person who accuses people of sending their spirits on her and the other girls. What starts as children .
dancing in the woods leads to the accusation and execution of many innocent people for witchcraft. The two works .
of literature have very similar qualities, including setting, conflict, and general aspects of the characters, while there .
are also specific parallels between characters, such as Abigail and Hester, and Parris and Dimmesdale. .
The settings in both The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible are similar in many ways. The Scarlet Letter takes place .
around the 1640s, as the The Crucible occurs in 1692. 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 .
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.""... 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.""... Then Hester notices the scarlet letter lying on the bank of the stream. ... The themes in The Scarlet Letter still have relevance to today's life....
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. ... Throughout the story of "The Scarlet Letter," Hawthorne tips off the reader that Hester Prynne is destined for a downfall because her character is written a classic tragic heroine. ... It is evident that "Hester's story will not and cannot end happily" (Guy-A Critical Review of The Scarlet Letter-Website), because her tragedy is ...
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...
Throughout The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne embeds a variety of signs and symbols in the letter "A." The letter "A" has many positive and negative effects on Hester Prynne, the wearer of the scarlet letter. ... 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 scarlet letter on her chest was another representation of the scarlet le...
Hawthorne also uses many literary elements in The Scarlet Letter, such as symbolism and irony. The Scarlet Letter, pearl, and sunshine are examples of symbolism. ... A final example of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter is the behavior of the sunshine. ... In addition, Hawthorne uses irony a great deal in The Scarlet Letter. ... The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a story about sin and punishment. ...
The Scarlet Letter In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, he uses many symbols that tie into the character's lives. Hester has the scarlet letter as punishment of her sin. ... The scarlet letter becomes something known to Pearl. ... She becomes the living version of the scarlet letter. ... The scarlet letter has its two meanings for Hester. ...
A Dissection of the Various Insignias Present within Masterpieces of the Written Word and Film The Scarlet Letter, The Scarlet Letter (movie version), and Chocolat all contain a conspicuous amount of symbolism that is peppered throughout these works. ... The Scarlet Letter, being the inspiration for many of these later cinematic works, offers the most amount of symbolism. The Scarlet Letter offers four distinct symbols: the scarlet letter, the meteor, Pearl, and the rosebush next to the prison door. The scarlet letter is definitely the most pronounced symbol within this novel. ... The cin...
THEME The Scarlet Letter centers round the consequences of sin, especially shame and guilt. ... She also tells her mother that someday she will have her own scarlet letter. ... 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, even though it is not expected. ...
The Scarlet Letter Part two: Formal Literary Response 1.a. Identify and describe both the time and place of The Scarlet Letter. ... In Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter Hester, the main character has to live with a scarlet letter on her bosom, which lets others know about her sin. ... Identify a major theme of The Scarlet Letter. ... Discuss how you feel about the novel, The Scarlet Letter. ...
