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- 91: Scarlet Letter Essay -
- ... without. Take heed how thou deniest to him-who perchance, hath not the courage to grasp it for himself - the bitter, wholesome, cup that is now presented to thy lips! (Hawthorne, 62). The town does not know it yet, but Mr. Dimmesdale is Hester Prynne s fellow sinner. Hester was married to Roger Prynne but strayed from her marriage and committed ... was, that they did not see his wretched body shriveled up before their eyes, by the burning wrath of the Almighty!...They heard [this] all, and but did reverence more. (Hawthorne, 126). Mr. Dimmesdale is feeling guilty. His conscience is telling him to surrender and take his just punishment as Hester has. He feels that he has wronged just as much ... the scarlet letter came up and he became upset and said to her, Happy are you, Hester, that wear the scarlet letter openly upon your bosom! Mine burns in secret! (Hawthorne, 167). The scarlet letter is a form of public humiliation which must be worn by the guilty party to show everyone what they have done. However, since no one ...
- 92: Symbolism In The Scarlet Lette
- ... were inadequate; instead they called for new and striking symbols to evoke complexities of mood and meaning", says a 11th grade literature book. In his novel The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne makes extensive uses of symbolism. The letter "A", the sunlight, the forest and the scaffold all take a larger meaning, which enhance the theme and the plot of the play ... letter "A" begins as a symbol of sin, an indication of her adultery against her husband, Roger Chillingworth. "This woman has brought shame upon us all, and ought to die"(Hawthorne 43), hence from that day on Hester is isolated from rest of the Puritan community and treated as a sinner. Then after several years, the meaning of "A" change to ... her calling. Such helpfulness was found in her -- so much power to do and power to sympathize -- that many people refused to interpret the scarlet 'A' by its original signification"(Hawthorne 141). At this point, the townspeople no longer think Hester as the Adulteress, "Do you see that woman with the embroidered badge? It is our Hester- the town's ...
- 93: A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- ... literature there is always a background or hidden agenda that the author wants the reader to get from the reading. In this paper I am going to analyze Nathaniel's Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" to find the meaning. In "Young Goodman Brown" the protagonist experiences redemption, and through this redemption comes to an uncertain truth about himself and his life ... and the ways of the Christian faith. He doesn't feel that he can face this struggle. He has a low level of confidence in himself, as did the author, Hawthorne himself. Hawthorne wrote this story during a time when he himself was growing up doubting the Puritan faith. This story takes place at least a generation after the Salem Witch Trials. ...
- 94: Individual Advancement Vs. Dem
- ... become no more than a night's dream erased by the morning sun. Democracy and self-advancement were in a race for the gold as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne thought. Benjamin Franklin's ideas begged to differ. He felt as though the democratic community and growing the ideology of individual advancement (Individualism and/vs. Community, 1306) could coexist together ... the Government. He felt that Government promoted individuality, and that without an orderly Government outlining the rights and liberties of persons contained in it, that no one could move forward. Hawthorne, on the other hand, felt completely different about the coexistence of government and individuality. One of his most persistent themes was that of the antagonism between the individual and society (Nathaniel Hawthorne, 2193). He also speaks of the dangers of isolation and the importance of self-knowledge. In "My Kinsman, Major Molineux", the youth is desperately seeking his second cousin who ...
- 95: Herman Melville
- ... the valley of the Typees as a sanctuary from a hustling, aggressive civilization. "For Melville seems already to have been the good storyteller who was later to astound Mrs. Nathaniel Hawthorne with his vividness, and his sisters and their friends. They thrilled to his dangers and could be easily teased by ambiguous references to South Sea maidens who were as charming ... much they seemed to revive the Melville of Typee, had passages of deep sadness. It was not the same Melville who wrote them. A fresh influence was supplied by Nathaniel Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter, a novel exploring good and evil in the human being, which Melville read in the spring of 1850. That summer, Melville bought a farm, which he christened "Arrowhead," near Hawthorne's home at Pittsfield, and the two men became neighbors. Melville had promised his publishers for the autumn of 1850 the novel first entitled The Whale, finally Moby Dick. ...
- 96: Scarlet Letter Essay
- "To be fully human is to balance the heart, the mind, and the spirit. One could suggest the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, that one should not violate the sanctity of the human heart. Hester was well ahead of her time, and believed that love was more important than living in a lie ... with Dimmesdale. Hester was frank with [Chillingsworth]. Hester s real sin, which she admits in her first interview with Chillingsworth, was to marry the old man. Neither loved each other. Hawthorne appeared to hint that Hester married him because of social and economic necessity; he appeared to have married her because he though she would bring a little life into his existence. The matter appeared doomed in Hawthorne s eyes, and unnatural. Hester doomed herself when she married Chillingsworth, certified that doom when she committed adultery, and finalized that doom when she concealed Chillingsworth s identity from ...
- 97: Scarlet Letter Essay
- "To be fully human is to balance the heart, the mind, and the spirit. One could suggest the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, that one should not violate the sanctity of the human heart. Hester was well ahead of her time, and believed that love was more important than living in a lie ... with Dimmesdale. Hester was frank with [Chillingsworth]. Hester s real sin, which she admits in her first interview with Chillingsworth, was to marry the old man. Neither loved each other. Hawthorne appeared to hint that Hester married him because of social and economic necessity; he appeared to have married her because he though she would bring a little life into his existence. The matter appeared doomed in Hawthorne s eyes, and unnatural. Hester doomed herself when she married Chillingsworth, certified that doom when she committed adultery, and finalized that doom when she concealed Chillingsworth s identity from ...
- 98: The Scarlet Letter
- The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne who was a well-known American author wrote The Scarlet Letter in 1850. Nathaniel Hawthorne was from Salem, Massachusetts and when he wanted to write short stories. He was troubled by unhappiness because he wasn't having any success in writing. He then had some ... is Hester's legal husband and Hester assumed he was dead because he was gone for a long time. He to plays an important role in how it turns out. Hawthorne did a very good job in character development, which is what makes this novel a classic. This novel has a few important conflicts that are man vs. man and ...
- 99: The Scarlet Letter: Hester and Her Daughter Are Isolated From Society
- The Scarlet Letter: Hester and Her Daughter Are Isolated From Society In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne and her daughter Pearl are isolated from society; this is shown by where they live, the action from people toward Pearl and Pearl's ... they are isolated from the world. Hester finds an abandoned cottage on the outskirts of town, within verge of the peninsula, but not in close vicinity to any other habitation (Hawthorne 77). Hester must ask the magistrates if she can live in the abandoned cottage (Hawthorne 78). Hester tells the magistrates that she is going to stay in town, since it reminds her of her sin and in that way punishes her(Hawthorne 78). This ...
- 100: Symbolism In Young Goodman Bro
- Symbolism in Young Goodman Brown Hawthorne depicts a 17th century Puritan attempting to reach justification as Brown s faith required. Upon completing his journey, however, Brown could not confront the terrors of evil in his heart and chose to reject all of society. Puritan justification was a topic Hawthorne was aware of as a journey to hell necessary for a moral man. Having referred to the heart of man as hell, Puritans founds themselves in the midst of Satan ... had to be tested through his journey into the forest. Those evil spirits constantly tortured the Puritan, constantly reminding him of his sin and the battle in his own heart. Hawthorne used the presence of these demon in Young Goodman Brown by demonstrating, through Brown, the Puritan Journey towards Justification. Going through the forest towards Justification was marked by the ...
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