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Virtues & Sins in The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne, the protagonist, is committed to move forward in life with her daughter Pearl. Society saw the big letter printed on her clothing and wanted Prynne to make more products. But before this happened, society has really hated her for committing the biggest sin, as known as her daughter Pearl. Prynne’s husband is ashamed therefore Hester takes the blame and goes through many difficulties in life. Once everything starts getting into action Hester becomes

order to establish the whole relation between man and woman on a surer ground of mutual happiness” (ch.24).The definition of feminism would be women are inherently equal to men and deserve equal rights and opportunities. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is the key example for feminism in the novel. In Puritan times, women were thought of as lesser than men. Women’s purposes were to raise children and give them good morals and values. Women did not have jobs; they wore the plainest

Dimmesdale who is one of the main character in the Scarlet letter by Nathaniel hawthorne, appeared to be sick and haved sinned. Dimmesdale and hester prynne both have commit the sin adultery. Hester was punished but Dimmesdale had hid his sin for only Hester knew until her husband came and found out. Dimmesdale is a priest at the town, he is one of the main priest. He is high viewed by the townspeople, and no one had ever come to question his abilities. He and hester had commit the sin adultery

positive thing, and to obtain it from another person we must first accept them along with ourselves. James Hurst's “The Scarlet Ibis” is an exemplary illustration validating the idea of taking the first steps toward acceptance. The story depicts a boy struggling throughout his life, only to die due to his brother’s own pride. A reader could easily infer the theme of "The Scarlet Ibis" to be about an excess of pride, but it can be argued an excess of pride is not the only theme. The contents of the

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic literary work, The Scarlet Letter, focuses on two female main characters, Hester and Pearl Prynne, as they search for redemption and acceptance in a 1600s Puritanical society. Hester, who wears the scarlet letter “A” as a sign of her earlier extramarital affair, is the mother of Pearl, a girl who is an outsider to the homogenous, pious community due to her links to the sin of Hester. Written in a Romanticist style, this book emphasizes the desire to attain moral “goodness”

that his very distant uncle was a part of. The Scarlet Letter takes place in a 1600s Puritan society in the New England Colonies. In his novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the symbolism of the Scarlet Letter, Pearl and Burrs to contribute to the overall theme of secret sin. To begin, Hawthorne uses Hester’s Scarlet Letter to contribute to the theme of secret sin. Hester is the protagonist of the story and is forced to wear the Scarlet Letter “A” on her chest. It shows that she has

consequences. The existence of lies held internally will allow the consequences of guilt to eat away at moral honorability. When a sin is committed, a consequence is inevitable and, therefore, redemption must be earned through good deeds. Within The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, instances of consequence and then possible redemption are presented through the characters of Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale. Hester began life in Boston as a maiden from England waiting for her husband to

Throughout the novel The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne displays powerful feminist ideas and behaviors present in many of the novel’s characters especially Hester Prynne. As the personalities and beliefs of the characters in The Scarlet Letter develop, rebellious acts against the traditional ways of Puritanical life unfold. Hawthorne depicts the rebellious nature of Hester, her daughter Pearl, and a few others to demonstrate the severe impacts these individuals have on the oppressing Puritan

In the “Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne one of the main characters- Hester Prynne- is burdened with a woven scarlet letter that she must wear at all times on her bosom. The scarlet letter represents Hester’s punishment for committing adultery out of her marriage. Therefore, she wears the letter and is constantly reminded of her vital mistake wherever she may go. Everyone has some aspect of their personality that they are not proud of. If I had my own scarlet letter, I am positive that the

one woman. It's about making life more fair for woman everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie" (Steinem). This quote was best for the topic because writing on how the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is trying to secretly tell us how feminism works. The quote breaks down on how feminists want people to view women and to ensure that everyone gets treated the same no matter the gender. People think that Gloria Steinem