Scarlet Williams Monologue

I have became a stronger women over the years. My little Pearl is now seven years old. Time sure does go by fast. Nowadays the townspeople are now respecting me for what I do so I have respected my role in the community. When the disease struck through the town, no one was more dedicated to the sick than me. The scarlet letter became the symbol of my calling. I was so helpful to others with so much power to aid, that many people refused to recognize the letter ‘A’ for its original meaning. They said it stood for “able”. I feel like I should be able to do more things and my reputation shouldn’t stop me from doing things in my life. I told my Pearl to run down

On the very last house of Durberry Lane lived two sisters. The first sister’s name was MacKenzie. She had tanned skin as if she lived in California instead of Kansas. Her blonde hair went along with her Californian vibe. The second sister’s name was Penelope. She had her sister’s blonde hair, but with chocolate brown eyes and a face painted with freckles.

Hester Prynne is kind of a role model, almost. I admire her ability to admit to sin and be willing to take the consequences. Surely she was not the only one during Puritan times who had an affair, or even sinned. Everyone sins every day, and so technically everyone should have a scarlet letter of some sort. In my opinion, this makes Hester above everyone else.

For the purpose of this assignment, I watched the 1995 version of The Scarlet Letter movie. This was a previous novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The movie tells the story Hester Prynne, a woman who was harassed and antagonized for conceiving a baby through an affair and the struggles she phased living in this new town. The movie was centered around a time where the early Puritans who first came to America founded a colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts during the 17th century. While half of the colonists died that first year, the other half survived and began to make settlement. Over the years, these first settlers were followed by a wave of more Puritans that would arrive every summer by ship. Some settled in an area near present-day Boston

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

A common theme throughout literature is religion and how the author feels about his or her faith. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses rhetorical devices to draw comparisons between characters and events in The Scarlet Letter and Biblical figures and accounts. A few of the devices found in this novel that connect it to the Bible are symbolism, paradox, allusions, and characterization. It is important to first look at the characters and how they are described through characterization.

My dear husband, I understand that you would do anything to get me out of jail; but it is not necessary. As you know, I am with child and they will postpone my death a year. They tell me of how you have fought to try to save me. You do all of this at your own expense. We both wish that things weren’t this way; but you don’t need to suffer with me. If you continue to defy the court they will have no mercy on you. What would happen to our children? They would be orphaned; I refuse to do that to them. You have to forget about helping me and focus on our boys.

Chapter 1:The Prison Door The first scene of the scarlet letter begins with a description of a dull, dusty, dark prison cell Every description pertaining to the people or the society has a sense of depression that is dark and bland.   The only living and colorful item described in the scene is a rose bush at the peak of it's growth, which becomes an important symbol throughout the book. Chapter 2:The Market Place

This passage relates to the theme of sin that is expressed throughout the novel. Hawthorne hints at the Puritan belief that all men are sinners. No matter what “utopia” is created, crime and sin will always be present among human beings. Because the fault in human nature is inevitable, the colonists know the necessity of constructing a cemetery and prison.

Thesis - Through Pearl’s thoughts and questions that hold symbolic significance, we can understand the connection of the Scarlet letter to the Black man and to Dimmesdale’s burden and the forest, helps better portray Hester and Pearl’s juxtaposed character.

Have you ever thought as a teen that you want life to be... let's say a little more interesting. Well, I was a teen just like all of you and I wished the world was more interesting. It all started with another boring day at school, except it was almost the end of the school year. I was in Spanish waiting my turn to be sentenced to the gallows or reciting the A,B,Cs in Spanish (basically the same thing). My best friend Chester had just got a 100% on his test and that meant it was sadly my turn to fail in front of the whole class. I went up to the front of the class and started trying but thankfully the intercom blared. “All students! All students down to the auditorium!” Mr. page said from the other side, his

When I was in middle school, I had Ms. Keaton as my seventh grade language arts teacher. I remember her telling the class to get all of our guided reading workbooks out and flip to a certain page, as we were about to begin a new chapter on history and diseases. When I flipped the book open and turned to the assigned page, I was intrigued by the image. The image was dark and sketchy, but the words “Yellow Fever” stood out in bold letters in the middle of the page. I cocked my head when I read the title, then I laughed.

I would have this answer in a matter of moments. The Tutsis took me to a clearing on the beaches of Lake Kivu. I looked around and realized that we were close to the neighboring country. I saw a wide landscape without major obstacles and wondered what it meant. The guerrillas were tense; however, tough men are used to facing bad times. President Paul Kagame handed me his weapon, whispered in my ear and pointed to the Congo, and at a military village, precisely. Then, I knew why I was there: they gave me a target of opportunity, a prominent Hutu official, who was on the other side of the lake, wearing medals and insignias. I stretched my fingers and took some deep breaths a few times. I placed a homemade projectile into the rifle, a redeeming bullet, once kissing its vile metal. I estimated the distance across us and the strength of the wind, making a ritual to focus on myself. I did not want to miss that shot. Perhaps, I would not have another opportunity like that. In my thoughts, I saw dead Twas children lying on the ground, raped women, and tears coming out of Rose Kabaguyois's eyes. Nevertheless, having painful images in my head, I could not succeed. Therefore, I thought about flowers. The

“Theodore please come to the front of the class” miss Ross said with the mean miss Ross said with the mean Grall. I slowly walk to the front of the room as the rest of the class watched. As I arrived to the front of the class Miss Ross was holding a piece of chalk in her hand and said “Theodore please recite the alphabet for the whole class to see and then write the alphabet on the chalkboard”. I took the chalk from Miss Ross's hand slowly and gently. I started to write A bunch of lines and chicken scratch on the blackboard with many screeches and laughs and taps of the foot from Miss Ross. I'm going to decline side so bad but the whole class was watching and so I just turned around with discouraged look and handed the chalk back to Miss Ross.

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.