“Wherefore not; since all the powers of nature call so earnestly for the confession of sin, that these black weeds have sprung up out of a buried heart, to make manifest an unspoken crime?” This quote from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, represents the truth upheld by a person, and how it carries with them through eternity. Hawthorne captures the truth of reality and sin in The Scarlet Letter. By using many literary devices, he reveals the truth of the Scarlet Letter and the characters in his novel. Being a novel during the romantic period, Hawthorne makes many symbolic and archetypical references to the power of nature, and the supernatural. Hawthorne uses these archetypes and symbols in addition to light motifs to demonstrate
In the end of the novel, Hester and Pearl are both seen in the light. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses symbolism to show the corruptness of Puritan punishments, and the goodness that can come from them. The symbols he chose had to do with Hester’s sin and the good things that come from it. The scarlet letter was his main usage of symbolism, which symbolized Hester’s sin. Hawthorne also used the scaffold, as well as lightness and darkness as symbols in the novel.
Without the strong emotions all humans feel, we would not be driven to sin. The Scarlet Letter is a tale of sin, human condition, and the nature of evil. Once again, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses this story to reveal the true hypocrisy of the Puritan lifestyle. In this book, sin seems to come natural to the people in the Puritan Settlement of seventeenth century Boston. Hester Prynne, the main character of the book, was a constant example of sin and human passion.
Hawthorne uses Prynne's scarlet letter as a huge piece of symbolism. It symbolizes the sin Prynne committed, and the way it contrasts against her plain clothes is in turn the same way her sin contrasts so blazenly against the conformity of a Puritan society. Hawthorne's use of symbolism and protagonists that embody sinful human nature is how Hawthorne created an excellent piece of
The Scarlet Letter In a time where evil was believed to lurk amongst the puritan colonies, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Author of “The Scarlet Letter” discusses religious mind sets and prosecutions of the convicted sinners. The depth and complexities discussed in this historical fiction fulfills William Faulkner’s definition of a writer’s purpose. The writer has a responsibility which through Hester he shows the intensity of her experiences that she endeavored. William Faulkner delivered a classic speech upon receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature. Faulkner’s perspective on a writer’s responsibility should portray “love and honor and pity and pride and sacrifice”.
it is important to understand Tom Robinsons innocence and see how prejudice effects society. Knowing how Prejudice effects the decisions of people is an integral part to the story, prejudice being present in Maycombs society creates an emotional response from the reader. For example we know that Tom Robinson is innocent but as he is still convicted in order to gain an emotional response from the reader. Prejudice in Maycomb society eventually leads to Toms death, Maycomb society decided toms fate in the courtroom and he was sent to prison where he died being shot 17
Before Dimmesdale kills himself, he admits his sin to the whole town. Also, Dimmesdale receives treatment from Hester’s husband, Chillingworth, who knows their secret, and is trying to get revenge on them both. Chillingworth ends up realizing that he is going insane with trying to get revenge and believes that he has sinned more than both of them. The novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne uses satire to poke fun of the Puritan attitude toward sinning and the punishments of sinning. The reader learns from the text that the Puritan religion looked down on the idea of sin and punishes sinners harshly.
In Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter, he focuses on the conflicting views of society and nature in the Puritan society and uses contrast, symbolism, and imagery to convey his beliefs. From the beginning of the novel, color was used symbolically, representing everything from life to death; punishment to freedom. The color red was used throughout the novel, most notably as the scarlet letter. A letter “A” was forced upon Hester’s chest by the Puritan society as punishment for her sin of adultery in the beginning of the novel, with gold lining surrounding a vibrant, red cloth. It felt to Hester as though the red cloth emanated a “burning heat; and as if the letter were not of red cloth, but red-hot iron” (30).
'Humiliation. In The Scarlett Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne adeptly employs rhetorical devices such as allusion, syntax, metaphor, irony and imagery. He dares to probe the deleterious nature of revenge and the duplicity of character in the Puritan society circa the late 1600’s. The Biblical allusions found in the Scarlet Letter are so great in number to the point of being obvious. First, Hester and Dimmesdale are comparative to Adam and Eve; after committing the infraction, she is cast out of the Puritan community and both are forced to live under the stress of their guilt and work to ease their consciences (Faira 1).
It was clear upon reflection that I was placed well and truly in the Justice model supporters camp, one that called for swift and terrible justice that reflected the both the severity and evil nature of the crime .The demonisation of Venables and Thompson by the media as monsters that should be punished with no less than life in prison was (I felt at the time) justified. I then re evaluated the case asking myself how I felt I would react to it now applying the knowledge and values introduced through K115 and was surprised that they