Category: The Scarlet Letter

Sin is as old as Adam and Eve, moreover there is no world without sin. Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned (Genesis 3:1-24 ) The Puritans adopt that theory and believe that every person is born…

All throughout Nathaniel Hawthornes book, The Scarlet Letter, the recurrence of key settings such as the town, the forest, and the scaffold help shape the plot. By repeating main scenes, the significance of these settings are stressed. Resilient to the constant adversity, main character Hester Prynne overcomes all challenges presented to her. The scaffold scenes…

Throughout The Scarlet Letter, Pearl evolves from a mere portrayal of Hester Prynnes scandal to the accomplishment of Hesters endurance of contempt from their Puritan community. Hester gives birth to Pearl out of wedlock, therefore branding them as unethical and disgraceful. Hester raises impish Pearl all while wearing the scarlet A on her chest as…

Tryon Edwards once said, Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone had done the wrong. Everyone sins, and everyone has been guilty of sin. Guilt can even drive people insane. In The Scarlet Letter the three main characters, Reverend Dimmesdale, Hester Prynne,…

The best way to learn to be an honest, responsible adult is to live with adults who act honestly and responsibly (Jarrett Web). These words are announced by Claudia Jewett Jarrett, author of Adopting the Older Child. She is a popular author of books about how to raise difficult children. This quote connotes that children…

The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a piece of fiction that illustrates an environment heavily luring religious themes that can portray a characters morality and actions with such reasoning behind them. With the constant usage of sin, Hawthorne implements many mutual dilemmas for Puritan society and their outlook on the protagonists of the plot.…

We all have a best friend, and that person is your best friend because you are so much alike. You spend every minute with that person getting to know then and after spending time with them, you start becoming like them. If they hurt you, you forgive them. However, the puritans were cruel when it…

One factor that Pearl exhibits is her family background which is parallel to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s. Hawthornes ancestor, John Hathorne was a judge from the Salem Witch Trials. The ancestral ties with Salem heavily impacted Hawthorne as he was ashamed of his family. Similarly, Pearl, like Hawthorne, was born into disgrace as Hester Prynne bore her…

Symbolism is a type of literary device that allows complex ideas to be explored and conveyed in a clear way for readers. As a result, it can have an impactful influence on the themes of a story. One author that utilizes this to enhance the themes of their novel is Nathaniel Hawthorne in his novel…

Have you ever reminisced about a bad doing that you had committed? If so how did you deal with it? How did others around you react and treat you afterwards? In The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne uses the character Pearl as a representation of the sin that Hester had committed. Due to her actions the townspeople…