Scarlet

Sin in the Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter, a historical fiction novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a hopeless tale of one Hester Prynne, who committed adultery and now has to pay for her crime, and her relationship with the rest of the characters in the book; this reveals how a harsh society can ruin lives. The negative impact of committing sin and secret-keeping is seen throughout the entire tale of The Scarlet Letter; it is portrayed through Hester’s fate, the intertwined lives of…

“The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne is loaded to the brim with underlying themes and symbols, from the first page to the last. The most important of these, however, is the scarlet letter itself. Its influence runs deeper than any other symbol in the novel, as none of the others sustained such a firm grip over the story, characters, and ideas like the letter did. The scarlet letter is a key to most of the thematic elements of “The Scarlet Letter.” One of the most longstanding and…

them in the Puritan society. Women were not viewed as strong, independent characters because that image was usually associated with men. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the main heroine, Hester, is an exception to the viewpoint of women being incompetent. Although the book is not entirely centered on women’s rights, The Scarlet Letter shows Hester as a courageous woman, and that contributes to the novel being perceived as feminist. Being strong was not a quality commonly…

What makes someone a Saint? In “The Scarlet Ibis” the story gives an example of a person becoming a Saint with a boy named Doodle. Doodle is born a caul baby and was not expected to live more than a few weeks. Doodle ends up living a lot that longer than even a few years. Many doctors said that Doodle would not be normal, he would not be able to run, walk, do other things normal boys could do. By the end of the story, Doodle manages to do everything everyone said he could not do with the help of…

Nathaniel Hawthorne made us all together shutter in awe, silence in respect and shout in anger with his novel The Scarlet Letter. In this literary classic, a young woman, Hester Prynne, commits adultery against an unpresented husband. Forced to live the rest of her life in shame, she wears a Scarlet Letter on her bosom. While her partner in crime, a young clergyman named Arthur Dimmesdale, stays secret and walks in freedom. This lively unfairness develops throughout the book, as Hester’s long…

The Climax and Resolution in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne are two of most the important parts of this story besides the plot of it, the climax makes this story rise in not only the suspense but the drama as well. The resolution is an important part because of how the issue or conflict has come to an end by either an understanding that was made one or more characters or by a death of one or more characters. Many conflicts in stories that lead into the climax, come from multiple…

2 In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne is introduced to the reader as a woman who has committed adultery, a very serious sin in the eyes of her Puritan community. In order to punish her, the town makes her stand upon a “scaffolding on the pillory, an infant on her arm” as they stare with judgement(41). Hester must also wear a scarlet “A”, representing her sin. It lies on her chest “fantastically embroidered with gold thread” showcasing her sins (41). The over zealous…

It tells the story of Hester Prynne , a young woman accused of adultery. As a punishment for this, she was forced to stand in the town scaffold, in front of of the whole toenspeople, with a scarlet letter "A" on her breast. Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter", aside from being a romance novel, is also a Historical-Fiction. A Historical novel is set in an earlier historical period that features a plot shaped by historical circumstances. The novel begins with an account of how the book was…

In this novel, The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, one character stands out above all. Pearl, the walking scarlet letter, at several points in this novel, serves as a bridge between sin and happiness. Unity is a key part in this novel, and is displayed by and through Pearl at various parts of this novel. Pearl is constantly used to symbolize several different things, and is essential to understanding each individual character and also essential to understanding the novel in…

Between “ The Most Dangerous Game”, “ The Scarlet Ibis”, and “Blues Ain’t No Mockingbird” I had considered “The Scarlet Ibis” to be the best. I prefer the story line compared to the other short stories, and I also have a better understanding of the short story. I also think the moral is more effective to the reader, and also the story has a greater impact and intrigued me more than the other short stories. “The Scarlet Ibis” begins in first person setting a gloomy mood. The narrator begins…