Characters In Nathaniel Hawhorne's The Scarlet Letter And Chicago

The Scarlet Letter is a well known novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The novel is composed and written in Salem and Concord, as well as Boston, Massachusetts in the late 1840's. The narrator of the novel is in an omniscent state, meaning he knows more about the characters than the characters know about themselves. Although the narrartor is omniscent, he also makes sure to include his ideas and opinions on situations, making him also greatly subjective. Being subjective, as well as omniscent, historical fiction along with a story displaying constant symbolism is evident.

The edgy tale of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is comparable in many ways to Arthur Miller’s haunting play The Crucible. Both are set in Puritan New England in the 17th century and revolve around the harsh law enforcement of the time. However, The Scarlet Letter tells the story of a woman as she deals with her heavy Puritan punishment, whereas The Crucible follows hysteria as it spreads throughout an entire town. Hester Prynne, the main character of The Scarlet Letter, was found guilty for adultery and sentenced to wear a red letter A on her chest to inform people of her sin. Similarly, The Crucible’s main character John Proctor admits to having committed lechery and is sent to jail for this and for being a

The Scarlet Letter and Chicago are two popular pieces of work that have similarities including the way the women treat their husbands, how the women handle it, and how they both got what they wanted, and differences including the reactions from the people in their town and their husbands, the reason why the women committed adultery, other characters, and the kind of person the women turn out to be in the end.

“Do you think that we're products of our environments? I think so, or maybe products of our expectations.”(Wes Moore) This quote, said by author, Wes Moore is an essential aspect shared between both novels. The Other Wes Moore, is the story of two boys that grow up in the same community, share the same name, and grow up to be very different people. One of the Wes’s becomes a successful author, and the other Wes is sentenced to life in prison. Author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, is responsible for producing the tale of The Scarlet Letter. This book, tells the story of two people committing adultery, during the seventeenth-century in Boston. Similarities between environmental influences and literary devices, such as imagery and direct characterization are revealed after comparing both books.

While written centuries apart, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald both focus on societal expectations and personal shame. Though Gatsby and Hester both commit adultery and face derision from society as a result, Gatsby, unlike Hester, is not able to accept his position in the community and remains a social pariah of the upper-class he so dearly wishes to join.

In the novel “The Scarlet Letter” and the musical “Chicago”, we are able to see many ideas and events that are similar, but there are also occasions where the actions that the characters take, differentiate. Both the novel and the musical’s main storyline is about a woman that committed adultery and have to face the consequences and criticism for what they did.

The tone of the first chapter of “The Scarlet Letter” foreshadows judgement. It foreshadows judgement because it is already speaking about the ways of Boston and Puritans. It is also a cold tone because they are talking about how aged the prison looks and the development of a cemetery so early in Boston. It is somber and gloomy because the people themselves are wearing boring colored clothing and on one side of the prison it is ugly. It also illustrates a dreadful tone because that era in Boston never had a youthful feeling to it because of all the rules the Puritans had and how “it all pertains to crime.”

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald are two novels, which address similar themes with completely opposite resolves. The authors use their main characters, Hester, Dimmesdale, Gatsby, and Daisy, in their respective works to present these themes. The action in both novels revolves around unfaithfulness, its effects on the characters, and the results of committing adultery, which prove to be antipode from one novel to the other. These antitheses can be found by a look at the different roles of adultery in the novels.

The most common element found within both pieces of literature is that both women seem to be greatly selfish.

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As the writer of both of these stories, Hawthorne writes through a Romantic lense. In The Scarlet Letter, In comparison, Hawthorne uses the dark to symbolize sin and moral corruption

The idea that The Scarlet Letter is split into parts instead of being all driven by a single plotline and set of characters is interesting. Every one of the four parts is driven by a different character making each period sort of unique. Even though all actions still revolve around the secrecy in the novel, different characters use it or are affected differently than others making the story more active. If The Scarlet Letter was one continuous story driven primarily by the protagonist, it would most likely be blunt and boring. Furthermore, the four unique parts of the story make it easier to understand since the reading can be thought about from the actions of four key characters instead of analysing one very dynamic one.

Women played a very small role in crime back in the 1600-1900’s. Some say that it is because women had less freedom and opportunities than men, thus lower participation in crime. Punishment was handled very harshly if a woman committed crimes such as theft, fornication, adultery, or prostitution; some of the ramifications for these actions were sentences such as ime in prison or death by hanging. This was the time of the Salem Witch Trials. In the romance novel The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote about a woman in the 1600’s. Hester Prynne the protagonist in the story commits adultery,is shamed, imprisoned,and convicted. On the other hand we have the film Chicago, in which Renee Zellweger portrays Roxie Hart, in the 1900’s, as an adulterer and murderer Unlike Hester she is given the opportunity to a trial. Both The Scarlet Letter and Chicago have many similarities, as well as differences. The following factors could be the reason why these women were treated differently. Such as, the era, setting,roles women had at the time, outcomes that the came from the events, and themes the stories were based on.

When thinking of the novel The Scarlet Letter and the movie Chicago, their differences are spotted automatically. Their eras, characters, setting, society’s perspectives, self-conflicts, and crimes differ from these two pieces of literature. Although there are many discrete ideas, there are also many comparable subjects too. The Scarlet Letter is a story that gives a taste of how an adultress named Hester Prynne was perceived and treated by the puritan society. While the movie Chicago consists of a woman, Roxie Hart, who craves living in the spotlight as a jazz singer and would kill to live her dream, literally kill.

The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne is a literary classic due to the outstanding words and example of great symbolism. This book was written due the Romantic period of Literature in America; examples of work from the Romantic period exemplify an emphasis on human emotion and characteristic. In this novel, many quotes can be used to show important to certain aspects to reveal a more in depth meaning. Quotes can be used to give a clearing meaning of the theme, importance of the setting, characterization throughout the novel, and some quotes can be meaningful to the reader.