Comparing Scarlet Letter And Easy A

The Scarlet Letter is about a woman named Hester Prynne and her crime of adultery. She had a baby with man who is not her husband, and she will not reveal who that man is. Throughout The Scarlet Letter Hester represents social injustice just as the Salem Witch Trials in The Crucible do, and this injustice becomes accepted and leads to acceptance. Furthermore, Hester’s case represents injustice in the fact her case was unjustified and she was imprisoned on unfair judgement, just like the people convicted of witchcraft in Salem had been accused based off of opinion, not fact. Both have endings of acceptance of their “sin.”

The Scarlet Letter is set in modern day Boston, during the 1630s. The protagonist, Hester Prynne, is in a lot of trouble for committing adultery. She is put on the scaffold in front of the whole town and was publically humiliated. Not only was she publically humiliated, but she has to wear a letter A on her chest for the rest of her life. Many thought this punishment was not enough, for example they wanted her to be killed for this sin. The reason for Hester committing adultery is because her husband has been missing for two years. And she has lost her ‘love’ for Chillingworth, Hester’s husband. Pearl, Hester’s daughter, is the symbol of Hester’s sin in the

In the beginning of The Scarlet Letter, the letter is understood as a label of punishment and sin being publicized. Hester Prynne bears the label of “A” signifining adulterer upon her chest. Because of this scorching red color label she becomes

In The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne is more than a literary figure in a classic novel, she is known by some people to be one of the earliest American Hero’s. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Hester commits adultery and has a child that she must care for all alone. She is forced to wear a powerful, attention grabbing “Scarlet A” on her chest while she must try to make a living to support her and her child, Pearl. Even though she must face all the harsh judgment and stares she does not allow her sin to stop her from living a successful life. She looks past the Letter as a symbol of sin and turns it into a sign of approval. Hester

The book, The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is the scandalous story of Hester Prynne and how the scarlet letter ‘A’ burns on her breast. Hester has a child who is born in adultery. She is sentenced to stand on the dreaded scaffold and endure public shaming and to wear the letter of conviction for the rest of her days. Even in her suffering, Hester refuses to give the identity of the father, the highly regarded Minister, Arthur Dimmesdale. He is a cowardly man who is permits Hester to suffer alone. Even though he confesses his sins eventually, he refuses several other opportunities; therefore, he is weak and cowardly, and in no way a hero.

The Scarlet Letter is a novel that took place in the 17th century, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The heartbreaking story of the main character, Hester Prynne dispersed the reader's’ thoughts. Hester Prynne suffered from adultery, where she had a child without father’s presence and support. Hester also suffered from bullying, where she was conjectured by superior people in the Puritan Legacy. The Scarlet Letter illustrated many bullying examples throughout certain chapters of the book.

Both novels included people being used as examples to scare and shame others away from choosing the same course of action. The Scarlet Letter example was very clear, a scarlet letter A was stitched to the chest of Hester 's dress to wear at all times. The letter A stood for mistress. It was used to show the other people in the village who she was, what she has done, and what they must avoid doing. They also made her stand up on a raised platform so that all the village could see her and her letter. But eventually all came to accept Hester and began not to look at the letter as a sign for adultery, but for other words, even angels. The letter became a part of Hester and who she was, even Pearl didn’t want her to take the letter off. Although

The main character, Hester Prynne, is publicly shamed for adultery and forced to wear a scarlet letter “A” on her chest. Although one might view Hester as an evil character considering that she has committed a rather unbearable sin in the eyes of 1650 Boston, she is not at all a bad person. Though she commits one of the worst sins for a woman, she is not entirely unvirtuous. Though Hester is punished by being forced to wear the scarlet letter, she turns the letter “A” into more than adultery. “Such helpfulness was found in her, - so much power to do, and power to sympathize, - that many people refused to interpret the scarlet A by its original signification. They said that it meant Able; so strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman’s strength”

Anne Hutchinson, a Puritan settler, gets exiled from the Puritan Settlement because of her actions. Similarly, Hester Prynne’s sinful action results in her confinement in prison, away from the town people. In the 1850’s, Nathaniel Hawthorne publishes The Scarlet Letter. Set in a Puritanical Society, The Scarlet Letter tells the story of how one simple act of passion upsets the very basic thread of society. In the novel, Hester Prynne personally transcends the judgments of society through her discoveries in nature, while she lives a simplistic life and becomes more self-reliant.

“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle” Napoleon Hill. The novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes place in Boston 1642, a religious puritan town with firm rules set in place. The conflict of the novel is focused between the character’s sense of morality and the emotions they hold for the ones around them. The main protagonist, Hester Prynne is a humble but strong headed woman who kept her strength throughout the novel when faced with adversity. She was bound by the letter A for adulteress as she had borne an illegitimate child; the purpose of the scarlet symbol was to mark the possessor with shame. However, Hester wore the excessively embroidered symbol on her heart with pride. Hester Prynne showed

This essay will cover how these topics relate to one another. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the protagonist, Hester Prynne, commits the sin of adultery and is forced to wear a scarlet “A” on her clothing as punishment (chap. 2). However, even though Hester partially feels remorse for her actions, she keeps on living her life normally and at times acts like the scarlet letter isn’t even there.

“Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not.” This quote, once spoken by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a way to show that every person in this world has a choice on who they want to be. For example Hester and Olive both choose to stand up for themselves and not let others bring them down. Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author of The Scarlet Letter and Related Readings, was a romantic author. The book, The Scarlet Letter, made him famous and was known as one of the best American novels written. The director of Easy A, Will Gluck, is an American film director, producer and more. Will was skilled in many areas and has become a talented filmmaker. The film Easy A and the novel The Scarlet Letter share a lot of the same similarities like societies standards for people, the letter “A” worn by characters, the regretting of decisions and the way characters kept strong and confident while others were bringing them down.

With my opinion aside, there are some similarities between the two media. Both of the main characters, Hester and Olive, were outcasts and were confident as they dealt with their situation. In Chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter, it states, "Those who had before known her, and had expected to behold her dimmed and obscured by a disastrous cloud, were astonished, and even startled, to perceive how her beauty shone out, and made a halo of the misfortune and ignominy in which she was enveloped." (p.81) In Easy A, even though people were talking about Olive and giving her these funny looks, Olive was still walking the halls with confidence. She even gave people a reason to talk about her. She went to school dressed like a 'tramp '. The way this evidence supports the opposite side is because this is an example of how both media are similar. Another similarity between the two media is both main characters wear a red letter A on their clothes. In Chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter, it states, " On the breast of her gown, in fine

The genre drama is a very broad genre that can go with multiple subgenres; whether the subgenre be romance, sports, or war. But unlike most other films a drama has characters in it that are in realistic situations with the main character or characters that are in a conflict that is taking place in his or her everyday lives. An example of this is Hester Pryne in The Scarlet Letter who becomes pregnant out of wedlock and in turn, is punished for her sin. In Easy A, a modern day remake of The Scarlet Letter, Olive Prenderghast, a normal teenage girl, who describes herself as a typical teenager who is not usually seen becomes the subject of everyone’s attention and conversations within a couple of hours. The setting, hidden meanings, almost like

Nathaniel Hawthorne highlights the habitual societal conflict of surfacing gender equality ideology throughout The Scarlet Letter. The typical female role in society during the mid-seventeenth century was to be a caretaker. Hester Prynne’s sentence for breaking this stereotype through adultery is to wear a large, red letter A on her chest. Hawthorne uses Hester’s character to add characteristics of early feminism. For example, Hester not only takes on the so called male and female role put in place by society at some point throughout the story, but she also challenges societal views of women. To fully understand the situation women were going through, you must be familiar with the historical context. The story takes place in a Puritan