When Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter, he filled the story with archetypes. He used archetypes from three different categories. They are plot, character, and symbolic archetypes. Because of these three elements, The Scarlet Letter is an archetypal book. The first plot archetype is the b...

The Tongue of Flame "I consider The Scarlet Letter the most intensely moving and the most beautifully composed work in American fiction," said Roy R. Male in his article, "The Tongue of Flame: The Scarlet Letter". This reader of the Scarlet Letter enjoyed the book immensely an...

The Scarlett Letter" The Scarlet Letter is a book of much symbolism. One of the most complex and misunderstood symbols in the book is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne. Pearl, throughout the story, develops into a dynamic symbol - one that is always changing. In the following essay, I w...

The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible are two great works of literature that share a common theme with one another. The Scarlet Letter, a novel, was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The Crucible, a play, was written by Arthur Miller. The Scarlet Letter is about a woman named Hester Prynne who com...

My Evaluation of the Scarlet LetterThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne uses symbolism. The symbols help the reader visualize exactly what is happening. Three key symbols in the novel are the actual scarlet letter, the rosebush, and Hester's daughter Pearl.The scarlet letter was an important ...

In the novel The Scarlet Letter, the main character Hester Prynne is punished for committing adultery with a minister named Arthur Dimmesdale and is forced to wear the letter A on one side of her chest as part of her punishment. Hester\'s daughter Pearl (the result of Hester\'s transgression) has gr...

Scarlet Letter Essay Thou shall not commit adultery. This is one of the Ten Commandments. Committing adultery is considered a sin. That was true in the era The Scarlet Letter was set in as it is now. Other similarities include the effect adultery has on the person committing adultery, whether ...

The Principio Project at Peddie Passage Commentary on The Scarlet Letter "...in the view of Infinite Purity, we are sinners all alike" -- Chapter XXIV, "Conclusion" In the concluding chapter of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter a passage comes that in many ways summarizes the book's characters and sto...

THE SCARLET LETTER The novel The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is set in the mid 1600's. When the first scene opens the main character Hester is convicted of committing the sin of adultery. She is forced to wear the letter "A" on her breast. This letter "...

Ambiguity and The Scarlet Letter go better together than two people that have been happily married for 75 years. There is no exemption in Hawthorne's exquisite symbolism of one of his main characters, Pearl. The Scarlet Letter A, worn by Hester Prynne, was a punishment for the immoral sin of ad...

Jack KlotzScarlet LetterNathaniel Hawthorne is very good at using symbolism in the book the scarlet letter. The dictionary states that "symbolism is something that is or something else."This paper will explain what the symbols the A, Pearl, and the Scaffold in the scarlet letter mean.Nathaniel Hawth...

Symbolism is the practice of representing things by symbols. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a book of much symbolism. Set in 17th century New England, the book starts with the public punishment of Hester Prynne, a convicted adulterer. One of the most complex and misunderstood s...

The Scarlet Letter: Hester PrynneThe character of Hester Prynne changed significantly throughoutthe novel"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hester Prynne, through theeyesof the Puritans, is an extreme sinner; she has gone against the Puritanways,committing adultery. For this irrevocably ...

Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter is a book of much symbolism. One of the most complex and misunderstood symbols in the book is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne. Pearl, throughout the story, develops into a dynamic symbol - one that is always changing. Pearl came to r...

The Scarlet LetterDuring the novel, 'The Scarlet Letter', three characters, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, Mistress Hester Prynne, and Roger Chillingworth, of 17th century Puritan Massachusetts were tortured by moral conflicts dwelling within each one. The story begins as Hester Prynne is standing on t...

The Red Mark Who can honestly say that they do not bear a red mark of their own? Some of ours have a deeper tint of crimson than others. However, many of us love to hide our scarlet letter under our clothing just like Dimmesdale. Instead, we take pleasure in finding and criticizing other people...

The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter is a novel, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The novel takes place in Massachusetts Colony, located in Boston. Its main characters are Hester Prynne, a woman convicted of adultery; Arthur Dimmesdale, a minister of the community; Roger Chillingworth, a physician, he was ...

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is an epic tale of sin and inner conflict with morality. The novel is based in the 1600's in the puritan settlement of Boston. The story revolves around four main characters: Hester Prynne, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth, and Hester&...

\"Woman, it is thy badge of shame!\" Governor Bellingham was describing the image of the scarlet letter to Hester while they were discussing if the punishments that Hester had to go through were adequate for the crime. Hester was living in the outskirts of the city in a small abandoned cottage for s...

\"The Scarlet Letter\" is a book with much symbolism. One of the most complex and misunderstood symbols in the book is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne. Pearl, throughout the story, develops into a dynamic symbol - one that is always changing. In the following essay, I will explore some ...

Transformation: The result of sin Transformation is changing to an entirely new situation. Situations that give you the opportunity to either better yourself, or destroy yourself. In the book The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, many of the characters transform because of a sin that...

The Scarlet Letter is a book of much symbolism. One of the most complex and misunderstood symbols in the book is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne. Pearl, throughout the story, develops into a dynamic symbol - one that is always changing. In the following essay, I will explore some o...

Scarlet Letter Critical Review Paper The Scarlet letter is a very important and impacting story to the time back then on the East Coast, to now in 2002. It is a love story that is broken up in several different ways. Sometimes you may think it's just a story about how leaders in that ti...

In Nathanial Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, the sin of adultery committed by Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne is seen by society to be very wrong. Placing great punishment on Hester Prynne causing her to wear a scarlet letter "A" representing adultery. Arthur Dimmesdale receivin...

As a writer, Nathaniel Hawthorne is best known for his use of symbolism. The Scarlet Letter is considered by many to be the world's first truly symbolic novel. A symbol is a person, place, object, or activity that stands for something outside itself, and literary symbols take on their meaning within...