The Puritan Community in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Chillingworth was surprised to find this out. Chillingworth intends to discover and pursue Hester’s lover and to get revenge on him. Chillingworth has a bad feeling about Dimmesdale after waiting and watching every person in the village. Chillingworth decided to move in with Dimmesdale to act as a caring ‘doctor.’ Chillingworth was basically a leech to Dimmesdale, he never left his side and always made sure Dimmesdale had his

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

Secondly, Chillingworth is manipulating Hester Prynne and controlling her thoughts. Lastly, Roger Chillingworth has an overall evil personality in going throughout his life. His evil all starts with Dimmesdale and his actions towards the beloved priest. Roger Chillingworth is slowly killing Dimmesdale. This evil is evident when the townspeople start to connect two and two with Roger coming to town coinciding with Dimmesdale’s health decreasing and to

The Scarlet Letter is made by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This book took place in a puritan town during the 1600s. The scarlet letter is about a woman named Hester Prynne who committed adultery with a minister. She was punished for her sin and had to wear a scarlet letter on her bosom for the rest of her life. As for the minister who is named Arthur Dimmesdale hid in the shadows for years and never took the blame for the sin he also committed. Hester never told anyone that Dimmesdale was the baby’s father so, Dimmesdale always looked like the good guy in any situation. As a result for the sin both Hester and Dimmesdale committed they had a daughter named Pearl. Pearl was an odd child they would say, they also say she was born out of darkness. Pearl

Throughout Dimmesdale's life he has suffered because of his sin. There were only a few who knew why he was suffering until the very end of his life. Roger Chillingworth made Dimmesdale's life awful. Hester Prynne was the woman he loved but had to hide his feelings for. Pearl was his daughter who never felt the full love of her father. Dimmesdale hurt himself all

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.

Anne Hutchinson, a Puritan settler, gets exiled from the Puritan Settlement because of her actions. Similarly, Hester Prynne’s sinful action results in her confinement in prison, away from the town people. In the 1850’s, Nathaniel Hawthorne publishes The Scarlet Letter. Set in a Puritanical Society, The Scarlet Letter tells the story of how one simple act of passion upsets the very basic thread of society. In the novel, Hester Prynne personally transcends the judgments of society through her discoveries in nature, while she lives a simplistic life and becomes more self-reliant.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" is set in the early days of Puritan America. Hester Prynne, a seamstress, comes to the New World before her husband in order to prepare a place for them. During his absence, she develops a relationship with Arthur Dimmesdale, a rising minister in the newly founded Puritan community. Hester becomes pregnant. The novel is widely viewed to be a story about her trials and tribulations; however, critic Randall Steward argues that, "…Hester is not the protagonist, the chief actor, and the tragedy of the novel is not her tragedy but Arthur's. He is the persecuted one, the tempted one. He it was whom the sorrows of death encompassed…His public confession is one of

However, it is true that he plays a role in the sufferings of Hester and Dimmesdale. But what or who made Chillingworth transform from a man “thoughtful of others, craving little for himself” into the devilish he is known to be (156)? That of course is no other than Dimmesdale. After all, Dimmesdale was the man that slept with his wife during his absence. And the fact that Dimmesdale made Hester promise to conceal his identity only further provoked Chillingworth. He lived by the vow: Dimmesdale “shall be mine” (68). It was this newfound obsession on revenge that made his “dark complexion” grow duskier and “his figure more misshapen” (101). Furthermore, when Hester asks him why he does not torture her, he responds, “I have left thee to the scarlet letter” (156). Chillingworth acknowledges the pain the scarlet letter inflicts to Hester. Dimmesdale, however, constantly believes that his own suffering is greater than the pain associated with the letter, making him both stubborn and heartless. Although Chillingworth aches for the misery of others, Dimmesdale’s self-obsession, selfishness, and self-pity causes more damage to others than all of the manipulative plans of Chillingworth combined. Without a doubt, Arthur Dimmesdale is the biggest schmuck in 19th century

Dimmesdale wasn't the only one guilty of being a hypocrite. Roger Chillingworth, actually Mr. Prynne, was also a hypocrite with his secret identity. Chillingworth was an eccentric man, who was guilty of a far worse sin than either Hester or Dimmesdale. He was guilty of vengeance. Ever since Chillingworth found Hester standing in public ignominy on the scaffold, he has been out to get revenge on the man who betrayed him. Chillingworth devoted the rest of his decaying life to solving this mystery.

As read throughout Chapter One, Hawthorne reveals the Puritans to be “bearded men, in sad-colored garments,”(para 1,p. 45), the prison as having, “a yet darker aspect to its beetle-browed and gloomy front,”(para 2,p. 45), and the prison door as, “oaken,” “antique,” and “studded with iron spikes” (p.45). Hawthorne does this in order to set a gloomy mood and to make the reader feel the darkness of this particular society. The prison is therefore being used to point out how cruel justice is for the Puritans. By his emphasis on the early establishment of the prison and the cemetery, Hawthorne may be pointing out that these were grim times with often happiness was found in the little things example being, the roses. He may also be pointing out,

The Scarlet Letter is a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne during the nineteenth century. The novel is set in the seventeenth century Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Scarlet Letter tells the story of Hester Prynne who has an affair. Prynne is awarded a scarlet letter “A” to show the public she committed adultery. In the novel, Nathaniel Hawthorne presents us with Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth, characters who possess sinful characteristics throughout the novel; yet during the time the novel is set (1600’s), each of the characters have experienced punishments appropriate for the time.

It is difficult to draw parallels between the staunch beliefs of Puritan society in colonial America and the freedom experienced in the country today. The Puritans lived strict lives based on a literal interpretation in the Bible, and constantly emphasized a fear of God and a fear of sin. Modern society looks at this negative view of humanity as a whole as an out-dated opinion from the past, believing that, "Now people know better than that." However, faults in human nature can not be completely erased by the passing of time and the modernization of society. People still have emotions of love, compassion, envy, and pride; and many types of interpersonal relationships within their community. Puritan literature

The Scarlet Letter, a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a novel that takes place in the town of Boston, Massachusetts in 1642. Hester Prynne, the main character of the story, commits the sin of adultery. Because of this sin, she is "blessed" with a child named Pearl. Her punishment is to wear a scarlet letter “A" on her chest for the rest of her life, which affects the way the townspeople look and act around her. Also, she must stand on the scaffold in the town for three hours for the whole town to recognize her grave sins. The man who should be standing upon the scaffold along with her and Pearl is the town minister, Dimmesdale. He is presented as a weak character because of his fear of losing his beloved reputation as such a holy