Cartoonist and aAuthor of Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson once said, “The problem with people is they’re only human.” This quote explains in a succinct manner that as humans, we are bound to make mistakes because of our human nature. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Arthur Dimmesdale, a minister revered by the Puritan community, is faced with a large predicament caused by his human nature. In the novel, Hester Prynne is punished brutally for committing adultery. Little do they know

In the story “The Scarlet Letter,” the author uses mirror as a device to exposes the truth by reflecting on the characters through characterization, mood, setting and theme. An individual cannot completely hide his or her sin when looking through a mirror. Hawthorne uses the mirror reflection to create a sense of piercing into a character’s thought thus revealing to the reader its purpose- to expose the truth- setting up a stage to carry on its mood, setting and deliver themes. Mirror characterizes

The choice of whether to conform to society's demands or to comply with personal impulses is a difficult one. This is an idea that Nathaniel Hawthorne explores extensively in The Scarlet Letter. This theme of conformity and individuality is manifested mainly through the character of Hester Prynne; a woman who committed adultery in an idealistic Puritan town with (35). Hester Prynne struggles between the of Puritan ideas and her constantly throughout the novel. As the story develops, however, it

The Scarlet Letter Symbols can have many different meanings varying from a group of people to the sins an individual has committed. In many works of literature symbols are used to stand for something that’s deeper than the object or person itself. This is seen when Nathaniel Hawthorne uses symbols as a way describing the atmosphere, events, and that are taking place in The Scarlet Letter. To begin with, the most distinct of the symbolism used in The Scarlet Letter is the letter A embroidered

history and, in The Scarlet Letter, offered a scathing view of their strict religious standards and harsh attempts to control people’s behavior. By Hawthorne’s time in the mid-1800s, society had relaxed its strict religious standards, advocating that people follow their individual consciences rather than adhering to a morality dictated by society. It was with this focus on a person’s right to pursue that which he deems valuable and right that Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter. His sympathetic and

American Romantic Movement. The Scarlet Letter is his masterpiece, in which he tells the story of a young, beautiful woman named Hester, who lives in the Puritan town of Boston. Hester is sentenced to wear the scarlet letter “A” on her dress, which signifies her adulterous affair. The product of this forbidden love is an insightful girl named Pearl. Hawthorne’s use of nature, emotion, and imagination in order to show the importance of individuality makes The Scarlet Letter a magnificent romantic novel

Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author of The Scarlet Letter, referred to the novel as a work of Romanticism. Hawthorne only describes it as Romanticism, but it also has Puritan ideals and beliefs in the novel itself. In novel, Hester, a young wife who committed adultery, was sentenced to a lifetime of cruelty, rejection, and sadness. Hester was required to wear the letter A on her chest to remind her of her sin and to remind others of what it would be like to commit a sin. Pearl, Hester’s daughter, was

effect.  Characters in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter face the repercussions of their own activity continually throughout the novel.  Many of those within the novel either dig themselves into a pit of unrelenting punishment or elevate themselves to new heights of contentment all from the original activity taken place.  The answer one gives towards the hardest to face ramifications defines him or her profoundly.  In Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, consequences follow all actions as revelation