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doesnt blame nor does she come to resent either her husband or the reverend, but instead she reveals an extraordinary amount of co...
"other woman" because she wears the "A but the reality is that in this day and age, Hester would be any woman. That she has an aff...
scholarship addressing the character of Pearl have seen her as the "sin-child, the unholy result" of an adulterous love and a symb...
its mothers shame has come from the hand of God," and, in so doing, works upon the heart of her mother, both giving her joy and pr...
sin and transgression. For example, this discussion could bring out the ways in which both Hester and her daughter Pearl are socia...
done if they are to change their existence. She wonders if its possible for women to ever be truly happy. She wonders if existence...
symbol, the black veil that the minister wears. The intriguing thing about the story is that unlike, say, the Phantom of the Opera...
were signified by it" (1323). He then goes into great narrative detail to describe the letter to emphasize its significance: "The...
but while she wears a scarlet A, she changes the nature of this symbol with her needlework. She makes this A from- ...fine red clo...
In four pages this paper examines how Hester Prynne's and Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale's daughter Pearl reflects the religious notion of...
legal husband was not even in the country. She will not reveal the childs fathers name, however, out of sincere love for the man w...
the story the reader discovers that he has branded himself permanently with an "A" to pay for his sins. But, he is not a man who w...
Crane was followed by a mysterious headless horseman, he does not return to marry Katrina. She in turn marries someone else. The s...
a communitys judgment on one of its members. This paper discusses some of the issues raised by the novel. Discussion First, its n...
Introduction The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story filled with many images and many forms of symbolism. It is a ri...
the entire monologue with a sense of poetics, inviting one to study the words more deeply in search of a hidden meaning. This idea...
p. 42). As Hawthorne writes, "the scene was not without a mixture of awe... [as well as] guilt and shame", purely because of the d...
tearing away the band that identifies him as a minister, as it was his social office as minister that he was able to use to keep h...
of his academic learning in demonology and witchcraft. However, he begins to question this duty when Danforth begins to indiscrimi...
of enduring the terrifying experience of being set apart from it. Ironically, Hesters partner is sin is also present at the scaffo...
This essay considers the nature of suffering in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and focuses on the private and public suf...
This paper examines the feminist aspects of these nineteenth century novels in a comparative analysis of Emma Bovary, Hester Prynn...
This 3 page paper gives an overview of the story The Scarlet Letter. This paper includes how the theme and parts of the novel refl...
This paper discusses Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter," but then focuses on Mukherjee's "Jasmine," as a novel that portrays immigrant e...
to delve deeper into their own spirituality. Thus, each of the four major characters are guilty of acquired knowledge which stems ...
stories often reflect the ideals, and the alternative ideals, of this time. While he has written numerous stories this particular ...
find her own identity. In this we can see her as sad, lonely, loving, determined, or ignorant. All of these minute characteristics...
religious fervour had already given the earnest of high eminence in his profession. He was a person of very striking aspect, with...
the Scripture and the statute-book. Then let the magistrates, who have made it of no effect, thank themselves if their own wives ...
gender identities not only to themselves but also for society (Samuels 104). In The Last of the Mohicans, womens roles had evolve...