In the novel, The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hawthorne in chapter 10 titled “The Leech and His Patient” gives insight on how much evil the character Roger Chillingworth disguising by using potent metaphors. Hawthorne incorporates the four main characters of the novel in chapter 10, but reveals the character Roger Chillingworth, who the previous chapter names a leech, the most. Roger Chillingworth is vile, but just to make sure Hawthorne not only has two chapter titles describing Chillingworth as a Leech, but he also uses s another strong metaphor when Pearl warns her mother saying, “Come away mother! Come away, or yonder old black man will catch you! He [has] hold of the minister already.” (pg. 79). Black metaphorically
passion.”(Hawthorne 79) The irony in this statement is that the “guilty passion” is not commonly
Patrick J. Buchanan wrote an article titled “Is This Our America Anymore?”, his position is anti-immigration and believes that America will not be ours anymore. Mr. Buchanan stated in his article “ The border will disappear, and America will be a geographical expression, not a country anymore”.(paragraph 14) Buchanan believes this because according to him “it will not be long before Colorado, Nevada, Arizona and Texas resemble California, which is on the brink of default¨.(Buchanan paragraph 12)
Chapter seven of the Scarlet Letter, titled the Leech, is a simple yet fitted title for this chapter. It seems that Hawthorne Intentionally decides to name this chapter the Leech, because the words a entendre. In this chapter Dimmesdale and Chillingworth move in together, in order for Chillingsworth to take care of the ill Dimmesdale. A Leech, in puritan times, meant a physician which is opportune for this chapter since Chillingsworth is a physician, but Chillingworth’s has a ultramotive. Chillingsworth is determined to seek Dimmesdale's secret, and as leeches tend to suck the blood out of their victims Chillingsworth in a sense, is doing the same thing. Hawthorne is able to make such a simple title have
Society tries to tell us what we should wear, how we should act, what we can do, and a bunch of other things. The sad thing about that is we actually follow what they say, because we think that is the only way to fit in or be normal. Society tries to tell women how to dress or what they should be doing. How a reputation could last forever, or who you associate with describes how you act. How stereotyping is okay.
The Puritan era in New England was inundated with an atmosphere of righteousness and judgment. This culture spurned those who strayed from its religious codes. In his novel The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses multiple symbols to bring a deeper meaning to the society, his characters, and to adultery. One of the motifs used comes as the character Pearl, the daughter of the two adulterers. Pearl has multiple descriptions; physically, she is “a lovely and immortal flower,” yet also “an airy sprite . . . as if she were hovering in the air and might vanish” (80, 83). She has a “wild, desperate, defiant mood” and is often referred to as a “flower,” a “bird,” and an “elf” (82, 80, 98, 87). Hawthorne uses Pearl’s multi-layered personality
The rose bush is directly stated by Hawthorne that it might represent a sweet moral blossom. It can also be shown as “To
Brisan Brown Ms. Cooper AP English Language 19 January 2016 Chapter 9 the Leech Throughout chapter 9 of the Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses setting, metaphor, allusion, irony, and diction to set a gloomy, bitter, and deadly tone. With this, Hawthorne simply reveal Dimmesdale’s nature and the true evil characteristics of Chillingworth. Hawthorne purposely titled chapter 9 “the Leech” due to its multiple meaning. During the 17th century, leeches were used for medical purposes to facilitate bloodletting.
Charles le Chien; a bleu gentleman poodle who prefers a negotiation over any conflict. Born in Paris, France, Charley was trained and eventually brought into Steinbeck’s life. These companions later travel around America while trying to answer the question “What are Americans like today?” With only his necessities and Charley, Steinbeck began his long, overwhelming journey across America. In Travels with Charley, Steinbeck is greatly influenced by Charley and his actions.
Society has unintentionally been guided by the same themes since the beginning of time. The recurring themes that are present in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic The Scarlet Letter are still relevant in today’s society. When high school students and teachers claim that Hawthorne’s novel is archaic and should be removed from the curriculum, they are absolutely wrong. Hester Prynne, the main character of the novel, commits adultery and as punishment, has to wear a scarlet letter “A” on her chest for everyone to see. Throughout the novel, Hester is faced with obstacles such as the struggle between self and society and the burden of publicly suffering for her sins. Despite a substantial amount of time having passed since Puritan times, the themes that Hester Prynne had to experience are still pertinent. Roger Chillingworth, Hester’s husband, is driven mad by his incessant need for revenge and in society today there are many occasions where people are plagued with the desire to seek vengeance. There are some instances in life where human nature takes over without people even realizing and revenge is one of them. Also, people are right when they say “history repeats itself” because some of these themes never go away. The Scarlet Letter takes place in the strict religious time of the 1600’s and although the book seems outdated and obsolete, the ideas inside are still relevant and therefore high school students should continue to read this work
Rahul A. Paul Mrs. Williams AP English III 19 September 2015 Rhetorical Analysis of The Scarlet Letter In chapter three (“The Recognition”) of The Scarlet Letter, Hester is punished publicly for committing adultery. Dimmesdale, a revered minister, tried to convince Hester to reveal who has committed the crime with her through the use of rhetorical strategies such as ethos, logos, pathos, and concessions. In the story, Dimmesdale’s claim was that Hester should disclose the name of her fellow- sinner so that she will have less spiritual burden.
Nathaniel Hawthorne uses many forms of symbolism in his book The Scarlet Letter. Symbolism is, according to Merriam-Webster, “the art or practice of using symbols, especially by investing things with a symbolic meaning or by expressing the invisible or intangible by means of visual or sensuous representations.” This means that the author was using objects to represent an action or idea. The symbols used in his book is either all physical or visible objects. Many of the symbols in the book are about characters.Nathaniel’s ideas came from his bonds with the Puritans. According to CliffsNotes, “the Puritans had great difficulty in loving the sinner and hating the sin”. With the Puritans strong hatred for sin,
Symbolism has many different meanings, and the Scarlet ‘A’ in “The Scarlet Letter” has many different meanings as well. Hester Prynne is the main character who is forced to wear the scarlet letter as remembrance for the crime and the sin that she has committed. This letter completely ruined her reputation in her community. How could a small piece of fabric do so much harm? This letter was a representation of something much greater than the letter ‘A’. This letter was originally made to stand for adulteress, as physical reminder of her sins. The vibrant scarlet red is meant to shame Hester, to make her feel sorry for her mistakes. Most importantly it was a symbol for change and an emblem of identity. In short, the scarlet letter meant much more than a letter of shame, it was simply a piece of fabric with meaning that could easily change.
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.
In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, symbolsim is constantly present in the actual scarlet letter “A” as it is viewed as a symbol of sin and the gradally changes its meanign, guilt is also a mejore symbol, and Pearl’s role in this novel is symbolic as well. The Scarlet Letter includes many profound and crucial symbols. these devices of symbolism are best portayed in the novel, most noticably through the letter “A” best exemplifies the changes in the symbolic meaning throughout the novel.
In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author presents three symbols that all reinforce the main idea of the novel. The main idea that reoccurred throughout the novel is that people don’t have to let their mistakes or circumstances determine who they are or what they become; it’s all in how one interprets life. Many symbols may seem as just an ordinary character or coincidental object to some readers, but the symbols have a deeper, underlying meaning. Although there are many symbols in this book, there are three that really help support the main idea: Hester Prynne’s scarlet letter, the meteor, and Hester’s daughter Pearl.