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The Scarlet Letter was written by Nathanial Hawthorne between 1848-1850, in Salem Massachusetts. Hawthorne was brought up by his mother in Salem, his father died while he still was a kid. Hawthorne graduated from College in 1824 when Hawthorne no longer was able to support his family as a writer, he started working as a surveyor at the Salem Custom House. Hawthorne was descendent of John Hathorne (1641-1717), one of the leading judges in the famous Salem Witch Trials. Hawthorne added the “w” to his

Conscience How does moral consciousness impact human actions? The authors of stories intimate the answer to this question through the development of two crucial characters. For example, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Arthur Miller, authors of The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible, have different perspectives on how they view moral conscience. Nathaniel Hawthorne, with the character of Dimmesdale, represents a flawed character with an essentially good character. Arthur Miller, meanwhile, describes Abigail as

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter captures the power of unrepented guilt and its ability to dominate the thoughts and actions of an individual. The destructive influence of guilt manifests itself through the suffering of Arthur Dimmesdale, a highly respected Puritan minister who is guilty of committing adultery with Hester Prynne. As a consequence of their illicit affair, Hester gives birth to their daughter Pearl, who serves as a living reminder of their crime. Although Dimmesdale’s sin remains

The style of Edgar A. Poe fills itself with biblical allusions, similar characterization, and a reoccurring idealization of females, making his narratives a look at his own life when it comes to how he writes. From castellated abbeys to Night's Plutonian shore, Poe's works are replete with biblical innuendos. The major correspondence between his narratives and the Bible would be the many implications to the Book of Revelations in "The Masque of the Red Death". Revelations tells of the

The Prejudices of Young Goodman Brown and Bartleby the Scrivener The story of Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne occurs in the 1600’s and takes place in Salem, a town located in the northeastern side of Boston, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony that was established by the Puritan settlers. Bartleby the Scrivener, by Herman Melville, is set in New York in 1853 in a law office staffed with peculiar men. Both stories have some prejudice aspects. The definition of prejudice is “preconceived opinion

The characterization of Hester Prynne attacks Puritan society’s values, as writer and critic D.H. Lawrence suggests in his article, “On the Scarlet Letter.” There is a genuine disparity in the methods Lawrence uses to portray Prynne, and those used by The Scarlet Letter’s author, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Because of his utilization of impactful syntax, religious allusion, and critical tone, D.H. Lawrence’s claim, that Hester Prynne is a contradictory character to pure society, is effectively justified

The novel The Scarlet Letter and the film Chicago have many similarities and differences. Within time the values of a person have changed and not in all cases do things get serious. Time periods have changed and now adultery is not as serious as it used to be. In the 1850’s and 1920’s nothing was easy to get away with at all. In The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne committed adultery which led people to shame her. In the 1850’s adultery was a big sin and it wasn’t something done often. As well as in

The novel The Catcher In The Rye, by J.D. Salinger, contains many complex symbols, many of the symbols in the book are interconnected. A symbol is an object represents an idea that is important to the novel. I believe the most important symbol in this novel is Holden 's idea of being the "catcher in the rye". Holden Caulfield, the main character in the novel, is not the typical sixteen year old boy. Holden has many characteristics that aren 't typical of anyone that I know. Holden is very afraid

In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne explores the idea of personified passion using the character, Pearl. The story is about the guilty sin of two lovers and how their lives play out in their Puritan settlement. Pearl, their child, is shown as a being unlike any other, due to her parents’ sin, through her lively charisma. Throughout the novel, one can see how she evolves as her parents’ relationships change. In the beginning Pearl is both fiery and impish in nature which allows

Chillingworth: A man of villainy? As it stands people in a general consensus seem to vilify Chillingworth as one of the only negative characters throughout the anti-transcendentalist novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. However, this is not necessarily the case and the evils of Chillingworth had been merely just additions to his persona that were added throughout his life. Namely, this transformation from a decent and loving husband to a sadistic man who only cares about finding