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The Scarlet Letter is a novel about a woman named Hester Prynne that had an affair with a minister named Arthur Dimmesdale and had a baby, which caused Hester’s husband, Roger Chillingworth, which was gone at the time on business, to get revenge on both Hester and Dimmesdale. Chillingworth makes their lives miserable and soon, Hester

Sacrificing of the soul and dedication can lead to suffering for some, but meaning in life for others. This is the main theme of The Scarlet Letter,by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story takes place in the seventeenth century in Puritan New England. The main character of the legend is Hester Prynne, who has an affair with Arthur Dimmesdale, the minister, and they produce Pearl. Hester's husband, Roger Chillingworth is the town physician. He is seen as the healer, collecting magical herbs to make medicine. Hawthorne twists the purpose of the physician by turning these healing powers into vengeance for an unhappy man.

The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, consists of multiple characters that are all important to the novel: Hester Prynne, Pearl Prynne, Roger Chillingworth, and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Hester Prynne is the protagonist who has a affair with Reverend Dimmesdale behind her husband’s, Roger Chillingworth, back thus creating Pearl Prynne, the outcome of Hester and Dimmesdale’s affair. Since Hester was pregnant, she was charged for committing adultery, and her punishment is to wear a Scarlet Letter on her bosom. Though, the whole novel surrounds that idea of who the father is, because Hester and Dimmesdale won't reveal their sin, which creates conflict and tension between all the characters. Though Dimmesdale, in particular, caused chaos

In the novel, “The Scarlet Letter”, a woman named Hester Prynne commits a sin. She commits the sin of adultery which results in the birth of her daughter Pearl. Hester now has to wear a scarlet letter on her chest for the rest of her life. Unbeknownst to everyone else except Hester, Dimmesdale, is the father of Pearl. Hester’s husband, Roger Chillingworth, now seeks revenge for what Hester has done to him. He learns that Dimmesdale is the father but tells no one because he wants to have something over Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale reveals his sin to the public of Boston and dies. Pearl and Hester leave to make a life for themselves.

The Scarlet letter takes place in a puritan society. Where the town revolves around punishment. They do not believe in pleasure and believe that humans are mostly evil. These people are Anti-transcedentalist. The main characters, Hester, Dimmesdale, Pearl and chillingworth support this theory that the citizens believe. Hester is a beautiful women and she has a kind her. She enjoye sewing and she gives all the only she makes from sewing to charity, while donating clothes to them also. Hower, Hester and Dimmesdale committed the sin of adultery and created Pearl. Chillingworth is Hester’s husband but not the father of her daughter. In his novel “The Scarlet letter” , Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the symbolism of Pearl, the burrs and sunlight to

The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne focuses more on the symbolic meaning than on characterization. The Scarlet Letter revolves around the themes of sin, guilt and redemption, which are conceptualized through an adulterous life story in Massachusetts. Adultery is expressed in a means, which is not only psychologically disturbing but also reflects upon understanding of the human heart. Hester Prynne is an adulteress who is forced to wear a scarlet letter A on her gown according to Puritan practices. Arthur Dimmesdale, struggles in the background with guilt for fathering her secret child, Pearl yet the woman gets to be castigated independently. Furthermore, Dimmesdale is a cleric and Chillingworth who is Hester’s husband, from

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel about guilt and innocence in Boston, Massachusetts during the 1640s. Hester Prynne, the protagonist of the novel, is a beautiful married woman who has committed adultery and had a child while her husband was lost at sea. She is now forced to bear the scarlet letter on her chest to let the public know what sin she has committed. Roger Chillingworth is Hesters lost husband who has returned back from seas to learn that his wife has been unfaithful to him. He has devoted himself to finding who Hesters lover is and seek revenge on him, even if it wreaks him. Arthur Dimmesdale is the town’s reverend and Hesters secret lover. He is in continuous conflict against himself since he is supposed to be

The Scarlet Letter tells the tale of a woman named Hester Prynne who has an illegitimate child, Pearl, with one of Boston’s well-known ministers, Arthur Dimmesdale. Set in Puritan New England in the 1700s, the environment encircles the Puritan beliefs as well as the Puritan government. Caught by the town when she starts to show, Hester is sentenced to prison time and public humiliation for her adultery. As she raises Pearl she encounters her eccentric behavior and wild actions in stride as she has difficulties establishing just punishments for her. Over the course of the novel, Pearl develops into a main character, daringly questions the townspeople, and leads Hester away from evil, which increases her significance in the novel.

Guilt and shame represent two of the major consequences that come from sin. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter shows the plight of a Puritan woman named Hester Prynne who has committed adultery. The Scarlet Letter gives insight into the journey of Hester as she and other characters battle with their shame and guilt resulting from the sin of adultery. Throughout the Scarlet Letter the reader does not know who the father of Pearl, the result of the adulterous relationship, could possibly be. It is later discovered that the town minister, Dimmesdale, is the father of Pearl. In the conclusion of the book Dimmesdale dies but not before he can confess his sin to the town upon the scaffold where Hester faced her initial punishment. During the whole of the book

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays the harshness of society and its impact on a member of the community who has done wrong. Hester Prynne was a young, beautiful, and married woman whose husband was over seas when she got pregnant. Accused with the crime of adultery, Hester has to deal with being shunned by her Puritan community. Refusing to give up the father’s name, Hester must raise her child alone and live with the guilt of her sins in dishonor. This contributes to the idea that Dimmesdale and Hester were both destroyed by their deception and secrecy.

The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, narrates the experiences of Hester Prynne, a beautiful young woman in Puritan times, after committing the sin of adultery with the local Reverend, Mr. Arthur Dimmesdale. Because she became pregnant, she bears the public scorn of her sin, while the town does not uncover Mr. Dimmesdale’s participation in the act until the very end of the novel. Using the Puritan society as the setting, and the development of both Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale, Hawthorne explores the concepts of individuality, identity, and isolation. Through Hester and Dimmesdale, he presents two scenarios: one in which the character is isolated and freed from society,

The Scarlet Letter written by Nathanial Hawthorne, is about a young woman named Hester Prynne, who faces challenging obstacles after the crime of adultery she had committed months before. Throughout the novel, Hester tries to hide the identity of her lover that sinned with her, and while that is in motion, more problems begin to accumulate, which makes Hester feel lonesome. Hester Prynne is portrayed as an outcast along with her daughter Pearl in society, and the A is just a reminder of the crime she committed. Although, this seems hard, Hester finds a way to survive and move on through the story, not allowing anything get the best of her, because she is such strong, gallant and, rebellious character. Hester Prynne is described when a group of townspeople gathered on the lawn outside a jail.

After Hester’s husband is lost at sea, she moves to a Puritan town in Boston. Hester meets Arthur Dimmesdale and quickly gains a special bond with him. Hester and Dimmesdale proceeded to have an affair; after which the town only finds out about when Hester becomes pregnant. Critics believe “When Hester Prynne seduced Arthur Dimmesdale it was the beginning of the end” (Bloom 13). The Scarlet Letter revolves around Hester and Dimmesdale sinful act of adultery, without the sin, Hester would never have Pearl and would never be punished to wear the scarlet letter. Hester would have lived a normal life in Boston. After the town knows about Hester’s adultery, no one comes forward as Hester’s partner in sin. Hester refuses to name her partner and “Someone believes that the reason why she refuses to tell her partner’s name is that she hoped her partner could be saved” (Sang 449). Dimmesdale and Hester met in private as the years go by. Pearl and Dimmesdale met, but nothing is told if Pearl truly knows who Dimmesdale, Pearl’s father. Hester has kept her relationship with Dimmesdale a secret for years. Hester “thinks, with Dimmesdale for her husband, and Pearl for her child, in Australia, maybe, she’d been perfect. But she wouldn’t. Dimmesdale had already fallen from his integrity as a minister of the Gospel of the Spirit. He had lost his manliness” (Bloom

The scarlet letter is the Puritan’s method of broadcasting Hester’s sin to the world, but it also has an internal effect on Dimmesdale. Puritanism is a strict religion where pleasure is strictly forbidden and is punishable. When Hester Prynne is discovered to have committed adultery, she is forced to wear a scarlet A, which is short for ‘adultery’. When this is first revealed, Hester stands in the jail carrying baby Pearl and, with the people jeering, is asked by Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale if she would tell the world who the Pearl’s father is; Dimmesdale is relieved when the answer is ‘no’– and it is later revealed that Dimmesdale is the father. Over the course of the novel, Dimmesdale’s

When we talk about “God”, what will you think of? Some people might think of the story of God created human beings in Bible. Others might imagine that believers keep their figures crossed and pray devoutly in their churches, synagogues and mosques. Non-believers might claim that they don’t believe in God. Nevertheless, does God really only refers to religion? From my point of view, God contains the meaning that is more than religion. It also represents humanity. Recently, George Yancy, a professor of philosophy at Emory University published an article via New York Times entitled “Is Your God Dead?” By asking this provocative question, he argues that what God really expects us to do is to look at people’s suffering and deepen our collective responsibility, rather than only hold mechanical prayer rituals.