The Puritans in The Scarlet Letter ironically condemn Hester by hypocritically reacting to her sin and by foolishly praising the preacher who actually committed adultery with her. Once the puritans realize Hester was pregnant, they began to condemn her and give her harsh consequences. All together they banished her from the town and tried to take her daughter away from her. These consequences were given hypocritically since the majority of the town participated in witchcraft. The town, in order to justify it's sin, acted like they actually held standards by harshly attacking Hester's sin.
Then she is accepted back into the community by the women, and the shame is completely gone because she earned her integrity back. In the end she kisses Dimmesdale, her true love before he finally dies after Chillingworth, stopped keeping him alive watching him suffer. So we do not learn much about Hester before the scarlet letter but I think that she is a very intelligent and courageous woman to go thru what she went thru and think in both level four and five, while not succumbing to the temptation of having the scarlet letter removed on the spot, and instead earning her integrity
Abigail’s greed was the most destructive to the outcome of this story. She destroyed most people’s reputation in the town. Many innocent people are hanged for crimes they did not commit including John Proctor. Abigail wanted to get rid of John Proctor’s wife Elizabeth, and Elizabeth was charged with consorting with the devil. Abigail new the punishment for the crime of witchcraft was hanging and carried out her accusation so that she and Jon could “dance upon her grave together.”(Act 3) John Proctor is also charged with witch craft; he had a choice of lying about consorting with the devil or keeping his integrity.
The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, both are books relating to the alienation of an individual wanting to fit into society. In the Scarlet Letter, the protagonists, Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale have committed adultery which is a sin unacceptable in the Puritan Society. Hester is married to Chillingworth, the strange doctor who is out for revenge. Pearl is born to Hester, as an outcome of their sin however Hester does not reveal who the father is.
It burns through the entire novel as his guilt grows over the seven years of hiding his secret. It is the burden he must live with as he lives in the shadow of his actions. At the end when he reveals it to the community many see it and some don’t. The letter isn’t the only supernatural element in the novel; Pearl is referred to in the story as “the devil child by Mistress Hibbens, a witch. In the governor hall, the narrator describes Pearl as, "There was a fire in her and throughout her; she seemed the unpremeditated offshoot of a passionate moment" (69) One of the main influences of the romanticism
Redgrizzdoe Mrs Heavens Advanced English 10 October 28 2012 Scarlet Letter “The A” In the Scarlet Letter, many people are affected, but nobody is affected more than Hester Prynne. Hester is a woman living in Boston who commits adultery and has a daughter named Pearl. She is forced to put an A on her chest as punishment for her sin. By doing this, she is looked down upon by the town people, she becomes very popular around the town, and her way of life and perspective on things change completely. People begin to look down on Hester when the A is pinned upon her chest.
The Holocaust ruined numerous lives, including that of Evelyn Roman, who wrote “Aftermath”: a sorrowful poem that described her feelings about the concentration camps. Wiesel and Roman both share different and insightful outlooks about their experiences in the toughest part of their lives. They still remember a great deal of details “fifty years after the fact…” that they wish could vanish in an instant (1). Wiesel and Roman wondered every minute why they endured those experiences: no human deserves the horror they survived. Knowing that someone actually lived these stories made it almost unbearable to
A small crime was considered to be as terrible as the worst of crime, and criminals were punished strictly. For example, a child will be beaten in the town square as a punishment for being ungrateful to his parents. The punishment to Hester Prynne for adultery is the scarlet letter "A" on the front of her dress after seven years prison life. Therefore,at first, the scarlet letter "A" symbolizes "adultery" here and means AD which is short for Arthur Dimmesdale, who is Hester's lover. With the development of plot,the scarlet letter"A" represents "amazon".
* Elizabeth dealt with her husband’s affair by coming to realize that she may have been partly at fault for her husband's unfaithfulness, because she was not always as warm and loving as she could have been. How did she feel about the conflict? * After discovering John's affair, Elizabeth was filled with fear and suspicion. She no longer trusted him, making John feel punished unfairly every day for his past unfaithfulness. Abigail Williams Age: 17 years old Status in community: Seventeen-year-old orphan whose parents were killed by Indians.
No one can define the true meaning of a perfect marriage. There is always arguments, bickering, and, when it is all over, forgiveness. This same relationship situation goes on in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible. The protagonist, John Proctor, and his wife Elizabeth suffer a lot, and in most instances one more than the other. A few of the situations where they suffer most is the problem with adultery, having to deal with the hurt of being in jail, and the ultimate decision of life or death.