The film \"The Scarlet Letter\" (1995) depicts the drama of Hester Prynne, a young Puritan woman living in New England who is condemned to forever wear the label of adultery upon her clothing, in retribution for transgressing the bonds of her loveless marriage with Roger Chillingworth. Hester Prynne...

"When the young woman - the mother of this child - stood fully revealed before the crowd, it seemed to be her first impulse to clasp the infant closely to her bosom: not so much by an impulse of motherly affection, as that she might conceal a certain token, which was wrought or fastened to her ches...

The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathanial Hawthorne, is a romantic novel of two star-crossed lovers. Living in a puritan Boston, Hester Prynne lives out her punishment permanently baring an embroidered scarlet letter "A" on her chest. Hester, given two chances to free herself from the publi...

Sin is defined in Webster's New World Dictionary as, "any offense, fault, or the willful breaking of religious or moral law." Mankind is prone to some degree of sin: it is a barrier that can not be avoided. But it is a question as to what mankind can do in order to achieve redemption ...

Throughout the novel, Pearl remains the reminder of the sin that Hester committed, this is her symbolic importance. Many of the characters in this novel suffer the consequences of their sins, however, none seem to suffer as much as Pearl. Despite the fact that she has committed no crime to society, ...

The right and wrong of our life are determined by the moral rules of our cruel society. The author, Nathanel Hawthorne expresses this idea in one of his masterpiece, The Scarlet Letter. Born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts; he lived with his widowed mother and two younger sisters, Maria Lou...

The Scarlet Letter - Individuality within a Puritan Society Often in society people are criticized, punished and despised for their individual choices and flaws. In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author attempts to show the way society casts out individuals simply beca...

Symbolism and The Scarlet Letter Symbolism is traditionally a sign or token of something. In the matter of literature, the definition of the literary device, symbolism, is more complicated. Symbols of literature are usually metaphysical. The main symbol of The Scarlet Letter is the red "A" that ...

Comparison of The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible Through careful analyzes of The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, one will discover the related themes throughout the stories. These themes include sin, punishment, evil, and lust. The Puritan society and the...

In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne . Hawthorne uses the ironic element of setting in order to connect themes, characterization, symbols, as well as the most evident, mans need to hide from the injustices of society. Though his description of Hester's cottage, the forest, and the prison, Hawt...

Early in my life I read Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Seeing it as an assignment, however, I could not fully understand how to make judgment on its subject matter, nor could I appreciate the novel. Then, required only to decide whether I like it, my answer was simple: "It was a...

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...

The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is considered to be one of the greatest examples of true American literature. Its excellency of topic, characterization, and description has made it a permanent part of our history. Set in Salem, Massachusetts in the 1600s, it describes the life of...

The novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, "Show me a hero and I'll write a tragedy." Nathaniel Hawthorne did exactly this in The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote a chilling story of how one action could affect the entire life of someone and their family. He depicts the l...

The element of ambiguity, in which the meaning of something is unclear, allows Nathaniel Hawthorne to "mingle the marvelous" in his 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne's continual use of this element gives the book a certain air of mystery; therefore permitting the reader to draw his or her own...

The Scarlet Letter-PearlIn "The Scarlet Letter", a book written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the character named Pearl symbolized a devil baby.I think Pearl is a huge symbol in this story. She is a constant reminder to Hester that she has sinned, as is the scarlet letter on her chest. Pearl and the scar...

"A true symbol is substantial, not accidental. You cannot avoid it; you cannot remove it." Saul Bellow Write an essay showing why the scarlet letter A is or is not a "true symbol."The Letter A, GulesNathaniel Hawthorne uses many strong symbols through out his novel The Scarlet Letter to convey h...

Hawthorne, the author of The Scarlet Letter, uses sin in his novel as the main theme. Each of the main characters; Hester Pryne, Roger Chillingworth, and Arthur Dimmesdale, have sinned in the novel. Hester\'s sin was committing adultery, Dimmesdale\'s sin was that he covered up the fact that he and ...

Hawthorne handles his flirtation with the supernatural in various ways and I feel that they are expressed through three themes and those themes are wildness, the scarlet color, and honesty. Many times with in the story pearl is regarded as being a wild child and fitting in with nature or being an el...

The Crime and Punishment of Hester Prynne In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main theme is crime and punishment and the ways Hester Prynne overcomes adversity. She commits adultery, a very bad crime back then, and has a scarlet letter "A" embroidered on her dress. This ...

Sin is the main theme in The Scarlet Letter. All of the characters in the book are somehow affected by the sin of adultery. The three main characters are the most widely affected, and their whole lives are molded by the way they deal with the sin. The sin surrounds, encloses, and strangles them. Th...

Alienation Among Many Through out Nathaniel Hawthone's The Scarlet Letter, the main characters suffer psychological damage as a result of different forms of alienation. The character traits they posses make them more susceptible to certain types of alienation. Since Dimmesdale cannot ...

The Scarlet Letter is structured around three main scaffold scenes and the characters involved in them. As we look at these three scaffold scenes we will se how the main characters of the story change in image and in personality. These three scaffold scenes all take place in the middle of tow...

Being True To Oneself In The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter, a novel that takes place in a New England colony, depicts a lady named Hester Prynne who is being punished for committing adultery by wearing a scarlet "A" on her chest. Hester and her daughter, Pearl, live with disgrace ...

A theme is a central idea or abstract concept that is made concrete through representation in person, action, and image. There can be more than one theme in a story. In the novel The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth all demonst...