Scarlet Letter Romanticism

Pearl’s existence reminds Hester of her act of passion, which the cultural morality of Boston dictates as sinful. This is evident not only because Pearl is the product of Dimmesdale and Hester’s action, but because of who Pearl is at heart. Pearl’s personality is as stated,

Hester Prynne is constantly thinking negatively about herself, thinking that because she has a visible sign of her sin that she is worse than everyone else. In this passage Hester is beginning to realize that although she may be a sinner, she is no more of a sinner than other people that do not have a reminder on their chest. Hester appears to be more of an optimistic Romantic in this passage rather than a brooding Romantic because even though some of the word usage appears to be negative it is really Hester thinking more positively about herself and her sin.

The Scarlet Letter Introduction The Scarlet Letter is a classic tale of sin, punishment, and revenge. It was written in 1850 by the famous American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. It documents the lives of three tragic characters, each of whom suffer greatly because of his or her sins. Shot Plot The story begins with Hester Prynne, a resident of a small Puritan community, being led from the town jailhouse to a public scaffold where she must stand for three hours as punishment for adultery. She must also wear a scarlet A on her dress for the rest of her life as part of her punishment. As she is led to the scaffold, many of the women in the crowd complain that

Hester thinks of Pearl as evil. Hester is with Pearl every day, and she knows Pearl best. Pearl is a wicked little girl, and can be a nuisance to her mother. Hester can’t discipline her daughter and “[is] ultimately compelled to stand aside, and permit the child to be swayed by her own impulses.” (81) Hester can always use force to deal with her daughter, but this only lasts for so long. Pearl does her own thing, and Hester is forced not to discipline her, because she is so repugnant. Hester loves her daughter and loves to look in her eyes, but sometimes “[i]t [is] as if an evil spirit [possesses] the child, and … just then [peeps] forth in mockery.” (86) When Pearl looks at her mother Hester can see something evil and know that her child is nefarious. Pearl tells her mother that she has “no Heavenly Father.” (87) Pearl begs her mother to tell who her father is. Pearl gets her roots

“On the supposition that Pearl, as already hinted, was of demon origin”(page 91).The stigma from the townspeople isolates Hester and Pearl which keeps them from around a lot of people, when they were not on the scaffold. Pearl could not have a normal childhood when people only saw as a symbol for negativity. “Pearl laughed, and began to dance up and down, with the humor some gesticulation of a little imp, whose next freak might be to fly up the chimney.” This wording suggests again that she is only a symbol of innocence in a place tragedy”(page 89). Pearl was like the rose bush to her mom, a sense of a beauty in a place of

     In Hawthorne's revered novel The Scarlet Letter, the use of Romanticism plays an important role in the development of his characters. He effectively demonstrates individualism in Hester to further our understanding of the difficulties of living in the stern, joyless world of Puritan New England.  It is all gloom and doom.  If the sun ever shines, one could hardly notice.  The entire place seems to be shrouded in black.  The people of this society were stern, and repressed natural human impulses and emotions than any society before or since.  But for this reason specifically, emotions began bubbling and eventually boiled over, passions a novelist

Pearl the sinful child of Hester and an ‘anonymous’ father was an outcast of the aristocracy. She was a reminder of Hester’s wrongdoing, also she was a reminder to the townspeople that a sin was accomplished in their town. Pearl was outcasted and ridiculed for this. She additionally symbolized to the townspeople evil. Pearl is portrayed as an evil impish child.

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a book of much symbolism. One of the most complex and misunderstood symbols in the book is Pearl, the illegitimate daughter of Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Throughout the novel Pearl develops into a dynamic symbol; one that is always changing. In the following essay, I will explore Hawthorne's symbolism of Pearl from birth, age three, and age seven. Also, I will attempt to disprove the notion that Pearl is branded with a metaphorical scarlet letter "A" representing amorality; instead she represents the immorality of her mother's adultery.

A pearl is highly prized stone hidden in a shell of an oster. It can be white or blueish grey, and it is a precious gem. They looked as pure and objects and that is what Pearl in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is seems to be. She is treasure to her mother, Hester Prynne. Pearl Prynne is one of the significant characters because she is the living proof of her mom’s sin of committing adultery with Reverend Dimmesdale. Even though she is a young girl, she still faces being exiles like her mom by the others in the community. Pearl’s exiles is both positive and negative because it gives her maturity at such a young age, as well as, forming her into the person she becomes.

Pearl is the child of Hester Prynne and Dimmesdale from their affair together, she is also the child of their sin, adultery, Throughout the whole book she is described by everyone as a demon. Pearl cries out, “He did not send me’ cried she positively. ‘I have no heavenly Father!” (Hawthorne 90). This quote shows that Pearl isn’t normal like other children, she seems rather demonic in saying she has

Hester’s battle with herself can only be understood by taking a glimpse into her daily life with her beloved daughter, Pearl. Pearl is the physical manifestation of her sin, of the adultery that Hester committed with her secret lover; with every waking hour, Pearl is always alongside Hester, constantly reminding Hester of her transgression. Whenever Hester sees Pearl, she sees a young and energetic girl, who also possesses the same attributes that she loathes about herself, the difficult and wild side of herself that would never give up. Hawthorne writes that Pearl, “lacked reference and adaptation to the world into which she was born. [Pearl] could not be made amenable to rules” (Hawthorne

Writers and thinkers of the Romantic Movement (1830-1865) believed that humans were born innocent and that imperfect society’s would later corrupt them. They also believed that beauty was more valuable than cold hard facts and empirical reasoning. These beliefs led one Romantic Writer, Nathaniel Hawthorne, to write a novel addressing the human fall from innocence. In the Scarlet Letter (1850), we can trace this fall thru the novel’s depiction of the seven deadly sins, which are suggested through the novel’s characters, imagery, symbolism, and plot structure. We can also address some of the seven virtues that are claimed to rectify and cleanse the human

In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the ability of one event to affect the entire course of a lifetime and how Romanticism plays a major role in that is recounted. The Scarlet Letter exemplifies the definition of Romanticism through nature, behaviors, and intolerance. In the novel, nature is used as a safe haven and special relations are set up with it among multiple characters. The characters’ primitive behaviors go to show how most decisions made are solely off of impulse, instead of logic or reason. Also, religious intolerance is the prime component in the novel that helps rid old and embrace new ways in the town. Not only did the novel epitomize Romanticism, but it additionally defied the limits of what was considered to be acceptable

The judgemental villagers clamored around newly returned Roger Chillingworth, a noteworthy physician, as they strained to see the debacle just ahead of their stances. The door of the confining cavern called prison swung open. Out strode Roger’s wife, Hester Prynne, carrying an unknown child who was claimed as her own and a flourishing scarlet letter A adorned on her bosom. The Scarlet Letter is a historical fiction starring Hester Prynne. Resident adulteress of Salem, Massachusetts. Using descriptive terms and symbolic language, Hawthorne includes many controversial issues of the time including Puritanism, the Renaissance and Romanticism buried between the pages. Roger Chillingworth is the adulteress’ husband and main antagonist who struggles with mental and emotional problems and is a defining contribution to the controversial plot.

Romanticism is a name given to those schools of thought that consider the rational inferior to the intuitive(Geers). This time period of writing can be split into 3 major categories: the forces of nature, imagination, and individual feelings. In the novel The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne, as a representative of those 3 different aspects of Romanticism. Pearl lives peacefully in nature and sometimes believes she is connected with the brook and the animals, the primary idea of Romanticism. Similarly, Pearl shows a strong amount of imagination throughout her childhood, which Romantic writer's commonly include. As well as her deep sense of individual feeling, Hawthorne represents her with. Pearl earns a reputation of selfishness and evil in the Puritan community, but her true personality shines through in elements of Romanticism that reveal her pure identity.