Book Report of The Scarlet Letter

The setting of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet letter” is crucial to the understanding of the event that takes place in the story. The setting of the story is in Salem, Massachusetts during the Puritan era. During the Puritan era, adultery was taken as a very serious sin, and this is what Hester and Dimmesdale committ with each other. Because of the sin, their lives change, Hester has to walk around in public with a Scarlet Letter “A” which stands for adultery, and she is constantly being tortured and is thought of as less than a person. Dimmesdale walks around with his sin kept as secret, because he never admits his sin, his mental state is changing, and the sin degrades his well-being. Chillingworth

He never admits to anyone who he actually is. He just goes by Roger Chillingsworth now. People are starting to tell him that Hester cheated on her husband and had a baby with the other man. The whole crowd starts yelling what is the father's name; Hester never answers them. The pastor of the town begins trying to get her to tell.

At what point are you certain that Chillingworth is Hester’s husband? Cite the passage that confirms your suspicions.

Also, that Rodger Chillingworth is Hester’s husband. She promised that she will be his partner to weep over their sin with. 3. Why is Hester happy compared to Dimmesdale? Because Dimmesdale has grown old, feeble, and weak.

Thesis - Through Pearl’s thoughts and questions that hold symbolic significance, we can understand the connection of the Scarlet letter to the Black man and to Dimmesdale’s burden and the forest, helps better portray Hester and Pearl’s juxtaposed character.

In his book, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne tells of a story where a young woman has had an adulterous relationship with a respected priest in a Puritan community. Typical of Hawthorne's writings is the use of imagery and symbolism. In Chapter 12, The Minister's Vigil, there are several uses of imagery when Dimmesdale, the priest, is battling with confessing his sin, which has plagued him for seven years. Three evident techniques used to personify symbolism in this chapter are the use of darkness versus light, the use of inner guilt versus confession, and lastly the use of colors (black versus white).

By the time she was released, Hester gave birth to her daughter, Pearl, and ran into her husband. Hester 's husband had, in a sense, abandoned her for two years by sending Hester off to America and never following after her. He had disguised himself as a doctor and changed his name to Roger Chillingworth to keep the citizens from recognizing him. Chillingworth kept his identity secret due to his embarrassment towards his wife. His main motive was to find out who she cheated with and then to torture him. Hester was tormented by being shunned from Boston 's civilians. This led to the confinement of Hester and Pearl. Hester and Dimmesdale subsequently planned to leave for Europe with Pearl within the following days. Unfortunately, Dimmesdale died before the trio could leave. This exposed the secret of Hester and Dimmesdale being Pearl 's parents. However, this did not keep Hester from staying in Boston and enduring the hate of the citizens. Once again, Hester and Pearl returned to their cottage and lived in isolation for quite a long time.

     As she stood on the scaffold, Hester held her newborn Pearl. pearl was the outcome of her unfaithfulness. Pearl had been adequately named, for she was of extreme value to her mother. Hester’s subjection to the crowd of Puritan onlookers is excruciating

Hester Prynne was seen as a risk taker. The 17th century is the time periods in which it took place. During this time period the things Hester did were not allowed to be done. Her actions are characterized as "but greatly beyond what was allowed by the sumptuary regulations of the colony" (Hawthorne 44). What she wanted for herself was always put before what she actually needed. Because of her behavior there were consequences to go along with them. Hester slowly becomes an outcast to the society, as well as Pearl when she is born. People in the community often said a few thing about her and talked behind her back."People say," said another "that the reverend Master Dimmesdale, her godly pastor, takes it very grievous to the heart that such a scandal has come upon his congregation" (Hawthorne 107). This quote shows how the others around her are effected by her

Hester was forced to marry Roger Chillingworth, but she did not love him. She fell in love with Arthur Dimmesdale and slept with him behind Chillingworth’s back (Hawthorne 69). Hester Prynne was felt as if she was not loved by Chillingworth, so she decided to start seeing the priest Arthur Dimmesdale. Hester and Dimmesdale are not the types of shame and secrets (Howells). In Hester’s endurance of punishment there is publicity but not confession (Howells). The tragedy of the story is Hester Prynne’s personality (Howells). She dominates by virtue and is womanly and typical her (Howells). The A keeps Hester away but hardly equips her with

The settings in The Scarlet Letter are very important in displaying the themes of the novel. The settings in this novel are almost characters, for they are an important part in developing the story. The scaffold, the forest, the prison, and Hester’s cottage are settings that show sin and its consequences result in shame and suffering.

In the stories of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the antagonist characters display parallel story lines through their searches for the enemy. Roger Chillingworth, the former husband of Hester Prynne and the antagonist of The Scarlet Letter, works against his wife in order to find her untold second lover. Frankenstein is a contrasting story in which an unnamed monster is the antagonist towards his human creator, Dr. Frankenstein. Yet despite quite different story lines, the two characters possess traits that exibit parallels between them. In the novel The Scarlet Letter, Roger Chillingworth displays the startling passionate characteristics of an unwavering drive to seek out his foe, madness as his focus on his search takes over his entire being, and terrible anguish when his task is unexpectedly over, all of which are reflected in the daemon created at the hand of Dr. Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley 's novel Frankenstein.

“Human nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and replanted for too long a series of generations in the same worn-out soil. My children have had other birthplaces, and, so far as their fortunes may be within my control, shall strike their roots into unaccustomed earth.” (23)-Nameless narrator’s narration

In The Scarlet Letter Roger Chillingworth was Hester Prynne’s husband who had been gone and hadn’t been home for a very long time. During that time, Hester Prynne committed

        In reality, the Scarlet Letter is many things. It has all the characteristics of a modern-day soap opera, but it is way more than some television show cast on ABC. It could be a sermon being shouted from a church attendee, but no; the Puritans are surely not the heroes in this novel. It could be a story of failure, for there are many failures cast upon the main characters, or it could be a story of revenge from an angry husband. And, maybe it could even be a story of creativity-- the attempt of one to see their artistic side in a community who disapproves a mind of imagination. The novel could mean a multitude of things, only noticed