Similarities And Differences Between The Scarlet Letter And Movie

Though she suffers for seven long years, she never actually repents, but falls into adultery once again. She is defiant to the Puritan way and the commandment forbidding adultery, not only physically but in her heart as well. By the end of the book, a reader can observe that she never repents, but liberally deceives herself and society. In contrast, Dimmesdale eventually realizes that confession is necessary to repentance, in addition to denying himself any adulteress thoughts or acts.

Hester Prynne's guilt is the result of her committing adultery, which has a significant effect on her life. Hester is publicly seen with the scarlet letter when she first emerges out of the cold

In The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne’s act of adultery with Arthur Dimmesdale (Hawthorne 231) ultimately leads to negative and positive impacts on her life, including being isolated from everyone in town, being mocked and gossiped about, being more mature, and being more compassionate. One of the negative

In the book, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the character Roger Chillingworth is portrayed as a dark and mysterious person whom no one knows his identity except for his wife Hester Prynne. When he arrives in the Puritan colony after being captured by natives, Chillingworth finds his wife standing on a scaffold with the letter A on her chest. He discovers that his wife has committed adultery and has to bear the scarlet letter on her chest for the rest of her life. He is enraged by this and sets out to find her lover who would not show himself and face his punishment. In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne strengthens the theme of jealousy through Chillingworth.

Both Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome provide an insight into the moral ideas that have shaped New England. One major theme of The Scarlet Letter that helps to portray this is the theme of Puritanism. The religious nature of the morality shaped the society’s reaction to Hester’s affair. A major theme of Ethan Frome that helps to portray this is the theme of duty and morality vs. desire. Ethan feels he has a moral duty to remain with his wife, Zeena, even though he truly desires to run away with Mattie. The ideas of morality presented in The Scarlet Letter and Ethan Frome are similar in that they both portray adultery as greatly immoral; however, they differ in the reason behind these ideas of morality.

In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne exhibits how three very unique characters are evidently brought together by the sins that they have perpetrated and how they manage to perform acts of atonement in the puritanical Boston society. Hester Prynne sins by committing the shocking transgression of adultery. Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, who as well engages in adultery with Hester, abandons her and their daugher because of his own cowardice and hypocrisy. Roger Chillingworth grows to become a maleficent being who tries to corrupt the very soul of Reverend Dimmesdale. Although Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale do sin greatly, it is Roger Chillingworth who sins to the most ferocious degree.

Roger Chillingworth is a vile man who hides his disgrace of having a disloyal wife and finds pleasure in tormenting the poor Arthur Dimmesdale. When he comes to town at the beginning of The Scarlet Letter, Chillingworth makes Hester promise not to tell anyone that he is her real husband.“ ‘Breath not, to any human soul, that thou didst ever call me husband!’…’because I will not encounter the dishonor that besmirches the husband of a faithless woman…’”(Hawthorne 52-53).

Jay Gatsby and Hester Prynne both show superior moral decency in choosing to protect those they have affairs with even though it results in further shame and suffering for them. In both The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby, the theme of adultery is used to examine the moral integrity of the characters. Both Hester

Today adultery “in most states is a misdemeanor” (Source B) this shows that it is not viewed nearly as bad today as it was in colonial Puritan society. Even important public figure such as the director of the C.I.A. just gets pressured to resign. According to the Supreme Court adultery is “When one spouse rejects the other” if even the sup ream court says something then that is the law. This shows that adultery is not viewed as bad inn today’s society as it is in Scarlet letter. When Hester was on the scaffold for the first time in the beginning of the book a few women wanted a far worse punishment for Hester. “We talk of marks and brands, whether on bodice of her gown, or the flesh of her forehead” (Source A)some of these women want to brand the letter A on her forehead instead of making her wear it on her cloths for the rest of her life which is a far worse punishment than wearing it. What would you prefer to wear a letter A on your shirt for the rest of your life or have it branded on your forehead, which sounds a lot more painful than just wearing it? It is not only America that does not follow Puritan history, “the entire rest of the industrialized world, adultery is not covered by the criminal code.” (Source B) this proves that many countries do not follow puritan

Roger Chillingsworth is The Scarlet Letter's equlivilant to Temple's Belacour. He is the mastermind behind his wife Hester's demise, and intentionally seeks harm on her. In the beginning of the novel, he goes to visit her in jail. He tells her, "Live, therefore, and bear about they doom with thee, in the eyes of men and women - in the eyes of him whom thou didst call thy husband - in the eyes of yonder child!" (Letter, 70). All he wants is revenge and his mission changes from making Hester's life miserable, to finding out the identity of Pearl's father.

Both ladies Roxie and Hester commit a crime that is seen as severe in their era, but their crimes are different. In “The Scarlet Letter”, Hester Prynne’s crime is adultery, because during this time of colonial America, their laws are based on the Ten Commandments and if they are broken the punishment is death. In “Chicago”, Roxie Hart’s crime is killing the person she had an

In the novel, the Scarlet Letter, there are four main characters, Hester Prynne, Pearl Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Prynne Chillingworth. The story goes; Hester Prynne committed the sin of adultery with the minister of their Puritan Community, Arthur Dimmesdale, the community then condemning her to wear the scarlet letter “A” for the rest of her natural life. Pearl Prynne being the product of the two sinners. In the moment, when Hester is completing the first part of her punishment, her long lost husband, Roger Prynne Chillingworth, arrives. Not wanting his arrival acknowledge Roger replaces his maiden name for Chillingworth. This situation creates a whole plot of conflicts both

Demi Moore's portrayal of Hester in the movie The Scarlet Letter proved her worth as a feminist actress, which led her to other, more modern female empowerment roles ranging from Striptease to GI Jane.  But in the moviemakers 'attempt to give the story what they might think is a little modern flavor, they barbarously misconstrued the theme, and thus the importance, of a timeless story.  In the novel, there can be little doubt that Hester is a strong person, but the movie made her out to be a martyr for women's rights.  The female empowerment theme of the movie also inevitably led to the characterization of Christians and their ethics as tyrannical and oppressive because the feminist

Hester Prynne, the main character in the 1850 romantic yet drama filled novel The Scarlet Letter committed adultery. Roger Chillingworth, Hester's husband was out learning new alternatives to medicine and new ways of healing from the natives near the area during the affair. Hester on the other hand thought he was lost at sea. Out of loneliness from not having a soul to show her the attention and love a young beautiful women like Hester deserved, she resulted in trying to find someone else who will show her that attention. That person was Arthur Dimmesdale. Hesters motive was solely based on the fact that she wanted someone to show ger the love she so deeply wanted. On the other hand Roxie Hart from the musical Chicago had different reasoning for her affair. Roxie Hart dreamed of being a star and would do anything she could do to be able to get her hands on any kind of fame. She dreamed of becoming famous jazz star and be able to perform and live her life as the star she believes she is. Fred Casely, the man Roxie had the affair with promised her that he could make her career take off. He promised her

In both The Scarlet Letter and in the film Chicago both protagonists commited the crime of adultery. Hester Prynne felt lonely and unloved. Her husband Roger went missing while traveling to the new world which left her all alone in a puritan society. In hopes of fulfilling the empty void she felt inside her heart she met Dimmesdale and fell in love. Whereas Roxie Hart did feel lonely and unloved like Hester Prynne, but Roxie had a whole set of different intentions. Roxie wasn’t interested in love her desire to become a jazz singer was stronger than finding love. She was willing to have an intimate relationship with Fred Casely in order to become a jazz singer. Roxie felt no love for Fred Casely she slept with him for her own benefit. Unlike Hester who fell in love with Dimmesdale. As the novel progressed we could see a change in Hester's character. Throughout the novel she became more strong willed and changed the meaning of The Scarlet letter A completely she was not ashamed of her “sin” and embraced it instead. Unlike Roxie Hart who pretty much remained the same.Her character didn’t develop she remained a self centered idiotic person. She didn't learn her lesson and she didn’t accept her mistake unlike Hester who accepted her “sin.”