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…The Truth Hurts The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne paints a picture of two equally guilty sinners, Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale, and shows how both characters deal with their different forms of punishment and feelings of remorse…

…in The Scarlet Letter, which he wrote in 1850. In this book Hawthorne clearly rejects Puritanism and accepts modern views of morality and human nature. Among Hawthorne's other works are The House of the Seven Gables and Twice-Told Tales. The Scarlet Letter is said…

…child and fitting in with nature or being an elf child. When Dimmesdale finally admits that Pearl is his child it is if that wildness leaves and pearl becomes a normal human with feelings. The scarlet color is most notably associated with the scarlet letter…

…The Scarlet Letter The third chapter of "The Scarlet Letter" is "Recognition". This chapter introduces some themes that dissects and psychoanalyses the characters of three protagonists in the novel. Readers will be able to understand the characters…

…a person's life. In The Scarlet Letter, Hester, Chillingworth, and Dimmesdale were each destroyed mentally and physically by one diabolical act that proceeded to overcome their lives. Each had the potential for excellence in his field, whether be it medicine…

…In the novel, The scarlet letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne arrives at colony where she is accused of adultery due to a love affair with minister Dimmesdale. As a result of this affair is their daughter Pearl. She is sentenced to wear…

…, are not happy that Hester has been sentenced only to wear a scarlet letter and to stand on a public platform for a few hours of public humiliation. However, the judge has decided to be merciful to her because, over all, she has been a good citizen up to this point…

…The Letter Made of Scarlett The setting is a newly erected city, in which a jail and a cemetery are the center of. Darkness and sorrow seemingly loom around every corner. Only a single rosebush exists showing any sign of beauty in the unsightly town…

…drew all eyes… was that SCARLETT LETTER, so fantastically embroidered and illuminated upon her bosom. (39) This is reasonable, to introduce the letter and the protagonist to the reader early on in the book before interest is lost…

…The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel about a woman named Hester Prynne. In the novel Hester has committed adultery. The novel tells about her struggles and how she deals with them. The novel shows symbolism as well with the letter…