The meteor for Reverend Dimmesdale was close because he almost revealed the mark above his heart that he received from the sin he had commited. The meteor was a symbol because his conscience pushed him to reveal the unconfessed sin he was
And by masking his identity, he makes Dimmesdale wonder why he would want to do this to him. So Roger Chillingworth is at more at fault because of all the things that he made Dimmesdale go through; and also because he does not feel any remorse for his
It is their identification of her as their sinner that binds her to conform to their societal values. Pearl is the living version of the scarlet letter that traps Hester Prynne in Puritan society, and yet is ironically one of the most free-spirited and wild creatures, and the symbol of Hester’s passion in the novel. Unlike other children in the Puritan community, Pearl is free-spirited and cannot be governed by any laws, and instead seems to follow her own rules. When describing Pearl, the narrator notes that Hester is afraid of Pearl because “the child could not be made amenable to rules… the result was a being whose elements were perhaps beautiful and brilliant, but all in disorder; or with an order peculiar to themselves” (80). Because Pearl is a product of the passion of the adultery that the Puritan community does not accept, she does not follow by its rules and when she is born into the Puritan community she has to make her own laws to follow.
142). Although Pearl was born in a sinful fashion, she seems to be inherently good, despite her mother’s sins and her occasional fit of impishness. Hawthorne’s portrayal of Pearl in this passage shows that while she was a child born of sin, the world seems to favor her and ignore those beginnings. She is proven to be a being practically immune to sin and its repercussions, as the pitying ray of sunlight demonstrates. Reverend Dimmesdale’s underlying character also is revealed by allusions to light and dark.
I have no beliefs in Christian, so Hester only appears to me as a woman who pursues her liberty and protects her true love. But when her love story took place in a puritan-oriented society, she deserved to wear a burning “A” her entire life and live humbly. Unexpectedly, the society deprived her of everything except hope--- her little daughter, a wonderful child. Despite all of her sorrow, she manages to find redemptions compensating for her sin. And because of this, she later becomes a very respectable member of the community.
In contrast, Hester is a young, beautiful and passionate human being in the beginning of the novel but by the end she is a soft spoken woman, who hides her hair in a cap and devotes more energy into thought rather than passion. Chillingworth, the antagonist, undergoes a very drastic transformation. In beginning he is simply a betrayed old man with revenge on his mind. However, and chapter by chapter vengeance never leaves the brain and Chillingworth becomes a devilish figure that he himself hardly recognizes. Pearl on the other hand is a flat character.
But he had been deceived by such act. Lies and hypocrisy prevailed over truth. This was the outcome of my ignorance, of not seeing the underlying scheme of Abigail. Respect and power I deserve not. But persecution and damnation is what I deserve.
Indifference as Punishment In order to prevent future atrocities Wiesel gets his audience to see indifference not only as a sin but also as a punishment by enabling the audience to recognize indifference and its perils through depression that transforms into guilt and changes into hope. Indifference is what Elie Wiesel states as one of the greatest misfortunes and setbacks of modern society. He illustrates that indifference is dangerous by emphasizing the impact of societal consequence. He conveys this message initially through pathos by forcing the audience into a state of depression. Postulating that indifference is a dangerous road, he wants the reader to understand that indifference can have unintended consequences that will eventually lead to atrocities.
The reader gets the feeling that the townspeople are more impressed by the scarlet A she wears and not for the punishment she is serving for the sins she committed. When Hester gets out of prison everyone starts at her and she is the topic of conversation. But what she doesn’t realize is that the townspeople are talking about the embroidery that she has done. “Lonely as was Hester’s situations, and without a friend on earth who dared to show himself, she however, incurred no risk of want.”(56) Hawthorne uses selection to detail of detail to show that Hester Prynne has a wonderful talent for needlework, and that she also loves to make cloths for the townspeople. On the other hand the reader learns that Hester is ashamed of herself, and that she cares what other people think.
Its chief victims are daughters, although most cultures define it more broadly. Incest is more common, all over the world, and not just in the third world countries. Children are exploited by any and all members of a family, that’s right, from Mothers and Fathers to Grandparents and everyone in-between. It goes on right under our very noses and we don’t know anything about it, because it is taking place behind closed doors. The girls and boys do not cry rape, because they believe there is nothing wrong with it since they have grown up in families that practice incest routinely.