Some historians say the Puritans were the masters of torture, other historians say they were crazy peasants with no sense of logic or morality, but most historians say they were pure evil. The Puritans were a small society of people whose beliefs branch from the Catholic faith. They were given the n...

One Letter Closer to GodIt is adequate to begin a composition of this caliber with the quote, "It (the scarlet letter) had the effect of a spell, taking her out of the ordinary relations with humanity, and enclosing her in a sphere by herself" (56). This confinement, undoubtedly, keeps Hester close...

Nathaniel Hawthorne used symbolism a great deal in many of hisworks, including Rappachini's Daughter and "The Ministers Black Veil",but most prominently in The Scarlet Letter. There are differencesbetween Hawthorne's symbolism and "conventional" symbolism,Hawthorne flatly stated what his symbols me...

The book The Scarlet Letter is all about symbolism. People and objects are symbolic of events and thoughts. Throughout the course of the book, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Hester, Pearl, and Arthur Dimmesdale to signify Puritanic and Romantic philosophies. Hester Prynne, through the eyes of the ...

In Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, The Puritans were a strict group of radical Christians that believed that they better than everyone else. Their treatment of their fellow man shows this. They believed in punishment for sinners. This is evident in their treatment of Hester Prynne. They punished...

Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the most prolific symbolists in American literature. In literature a symbol is most often a concrete object used to represent an idea more abstract and broader in scope and meaning. In the Scarlet Letter Hawthorne has many of these symbols but in order to understand his...

Puritanism was the religion practiced by the people of colonial Boston, the setting for Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. The author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, utilizes imagery to convey that Arthur Dimmesdale, a Puritan minister of the town, does indeed represent the Puritan society and not only the...

The writer, Nathaniel Hawthorne, portrays the Puritan society in his novel, the "The Scarlet Letter". Through out this novel, Hawthorne shows the reader certain aspects of his opinion of the Puritan society. Hawthorne is constantly judging the Puritans and it's standards of morality...

There are some things that could have happened to Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter if she had followed the footsteps of Anne Hutchinson. Anne Hutchinson believed differently from most Puritans in the 1640's. She held these beliefs with all her heart. People did not like her for that so they banis...

Hester Prynne and Arthur DimmesdaleIn the novel The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale are two estranged lovers. They have a daughter named Pearl, who was the product of Hester's and Arthur's adultery. When Hester became pregnant, she had absolutely no idea w...

Hester Prynne and Arthur DimmesdaleIn the novel The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale are two estranged lovers. They have a daughter named Pearl, who was the product of Hester's and Arthur's adultery. When Hester became pregnant, she had absolutely no idea w...

Nathaniel Hawthorn's novel "The Scarlet Letter" is the tale of Hester Prynne, an adulteress who is part of a Puritan community in Boston, Massachusetts. When the community hears that Hester is an adulteress, they shun her from society and do not give her a chance to explain herself. As a result...

In his novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne incorporates Puritanism into several themes of his work: Individual vs. Society, The Nature of Evil, and The Heart vs. the Head. The novel is set in the Puritan town of Boston in the 1700s. Hester Prynne, the protagonist, is being persecuted for...

Symbolism In early Boston around 1650, life was simple and bland being peculiar for people to judge or be excessive. Irony, however, was portrayed in the accounts from this time period. Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter displays many people, places, and objects, used as symbols: Pearls hid...

Hester Prynne is the person forced to bear the truth of her inappropriate actions in public, symbolized by the scarlet letter she wears on her chest, in The Scarlet Letter. This treatment of Puritan society changes her entire world, and isolates her from everyone, but how exactly does she view herse...

Nathaniel Hawthorne is the author of the Scarlet Letter. This book is about a young puritan named Hester Prynne, who has committed adultery and is on her search for redemption. There are two other characters strongly involved in this book; they are Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth...

Puritan men held dark suspicions of all women as daughters of Eve, hungry for both control and sexual indulgence. In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne investigates the nature of sin and criticizes Puritan cruelty and intolerance. Throughout the novel, the scarlet A comes to represent a refusa...

Pearl, a Constant ReminderOne of the most complex and elaborate characters in The Scarlet Letter is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. Pearl, throughout the story, has many physical, emotional, and psychological characteristics. Her motivation, reactions to others and thei...

Robert Frost's "Mending Wall" describes a stone barrier that two neighbors visit each year for repair. The wall is used as a metaphor for how we place barriers between each other, which is far easier to deal with, but is a loss in the long run. Buildings and structures have long been used to symb...

The Great Mistake Of Sins The Bible says, "The consequences of sin is death." Nathaniel Hawthrorne portrays a chain of sequenced events that happen because of sin his characters commit. In the 1600's, Boston, Massachusetts is filled with the religious group the Puritans who were &...

Demonic Child In Hawthorne's novel the Scarlet Letter the character Pearl is the product of sin. Everyone in town thought of pearl as abnormal, unnatural, a demon child, and a symbol of adultery committed by her mother Hester Prynne and Father Dimmsdale (which people did not know of yet). Thi...

In the Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a young woman is caught up in sin between two men and bound to wear a letter "A" on her chest. All three of the main characters are sinners. Hester Prynne commits adultry on her husband, Roger Chillingworth, with a minister of the name Arthur Dimmsda...

Since early times, Puritans have been known for their morality in discipline, religious intolerance, and harsh punishments for those defying their beliefs. These Puritan influences had a great impact on early American literature. Nathaniel Hawthorne provides an illustrated look into the Puritans and...

Settings often hold enormous roles in shaping a story. Whether it was a horror, a romance, a science fiction or a drama, settings affect how the characters emotionally felt, acted and thought throughout a novel. The places where the story revolved around revealed weaknesses, strengths, flaws and v...

The Puritan Revolution of 17th-century in America endorsed an intimate classification of women with domestic life that achieve a wide acceptance throughout the 18th century. Women were thus locked in the "created" domestic sphere while men were busy in the political sphere. However, Anne Hut...