Nathaniel Branden

depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.”(Albert Einstein), but the society during the 1640’s prevents the people of New England to develop in a way that benefits their well being. In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, readers notice how the characters, Hester Prynne, Pearl Prynne, Roger Chillingworth, and Arthur Dimmesdale act throughout the story. When reading The Scarlet Letter, the way society runs in New England, during the 1640s, changes the way

society they branded, tortured, and defined human beings the way they saw them even though they did not know how the person they were humiliating truly was. Hester Prynne is a good example of this in the novel The Scarlet Letter written by the author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne is using the character Hester in this novel to show how society can truly label people. People can be defined by the biggest thing in their life and in this case the letter “A” has brought a whole new meaning to Hester’s life

Matt Berube Dr. Van den Broecke Advanced Placement Language 1 January 2016 Scarlet Letter Rogerian Argument When considering the underlying aspects of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the most common themes that arise include the faulty utopian disposition Puritans had upon themselves and how the devious behavior of one woman can lead those same individuals to chastise and dehumanize the very character that is Hester Prynne. However, one of the many subjects that are more often than not

The Scarlet Letter has two essential settings. They include the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the mid 17-century (the town), and the forest which surrounds the town. Hester, Dimmesdale, Pearl, Chillingworth and the other characters all live in the town. It is Puritan town, and they really believe in purity, and punishments for not being “pure” were extremely harsh. The entire Puritan community is based heavily around enforcing law and religion. The forest/woods that surround in the town is also

Symbolism; the use of symbols to represent something abstract by something concrete. It can be powerful in a novel when used correctly. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is a prime example of Symbolism being used creatively in a work.This is what Hyatt H. Waggoner has to say about the Hawthornes creativity.” But in between the surface and the depths movement is constant and complex, and it is in this middle that the principal value of the work lies.”(Waggoner 73)What Waggoner is talking about

Nathaniel Hawthorne never really presented a solution to any of his protagonist’s problems, all we were left with questions of what is to become of them next? How did their actions help bring their problems to an end? These problems that aren’t solved are deep internal problems that can be solved by simply researching Hawthorne 's life and all the things going on in his life around the time he wrote the story. Most of these problems are given to the protagonist because of problems Hawthorne face

Many of Nathaniel Hawthorne 's stories are based off of morality and is heavily influenced by religious beliefs and women. Hawthorne published "The Birthmark", a parable, dark romanticism, at a time when people praised the scientific method and were starting to think science could make anything possible. He set his story about sixty years earlier in the 160-year-long wake of the Newtonian Revolution, in the Age of Enlightenment, when science was gaining recognition. His story argues that, despite

novel. It shouldn’t be that difficult to believe since Pearl was the result of passionate love affair. I think what sets it apart from other romance novel is it isn’t like other novels. 2. Provide an author biography (as it pertains to the novel). Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts John Hathorne, was one of the judges who oversaw the Salem witch trials. Having learned about this, the author probably added the "W" to his surname in his early twenties in an effort to

embellishing the pure, lighter essence every creature has at birth. The two are sharp contrasts that may seem incapable of holding together a single complex being, yet are found in all humans and generally constitute the basis of morals and human nature. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter beautifully weaves a tale of blind revenge, unintentional hypocrisy, and mortal transgressions, presenting the characters’ penitence from said transgressions in the form of a constantly changing Hester Prynne who must

colossal racial injustice was taken by the South as an assault to their pride and entitlement to power, sparking a war that vastly altered the history of the United States. This concept dates much further back than the Civil War, demonstrated by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s profound novel, The Scarlet Letter. Hester Prynne’s infamous affair brought about the punishment that essentially led to a redistribution of power in the Puritan town. Though Hester was the only known perpetrator, the punishment given