Bloodthirsty Revenge In Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter'

Haemon's death contributed to Creon's wife death because she couldn't bare the thought of her son gone. After Creon heard the horrible news something changed about him as he stated “ I killed you, my son, without intending to, and you, as well, my wife. How useless i am now. I don’t know where to look or find support. Everything I touch goes wrong, and on my head fate climbs up withs its overwhelming load,(1486- 1490) .”

Hawthorne argues that shame controls many aspects of life and influences people to act in a different way than would be his nature. Hester Prynne lives a life of public shame induced

When it comes to sin there will always be harsh consequences, that will show in time. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne there is many examples of how the action of sinning will lead to consequences. The Scarlet letter is about a women, Hester, Cheated on her husband Chillingworth, with the town preacher Dimmsdale. As a result of the affair Hester became pregnant with Pearl. Hester was publically shamed and had to wear a Scarlet Letter because of her sin, Dimmesdale identity was hidden and it tortured him inside and this led to his slow painful death.

The Gruesome Specter of Chillingworth The scandalous tale of man and woman encounters a mysterious character who seems to resemble a previous relationship and connection with the woman herself, Hester Prynne, the infamous adulterer in her Puritanical village. This remarkable sinful tale in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter, readers encounter endless journeys with individual characters, trying either to redeem themselves in society, keeping their secret from unraveling, or trying to reveal the secret and simply bring vengeance to those who deserve it. The choices one makes on this journey will end in either a “sweet moral blossom” or “human frailty and sorrow” (42).

Hawthorne explains, “... Be not silent from any mistaken pity and tenderness for him, for believe me, Hester though he were to step down from a high place and stand there beside thee on thy pedestal of shame, yet better were it so, than to hide a guilty heart through life. (Hawthorne 63). This quote shows that Dimmesdale is begging Hester to tell them it was him so that she won't go through suffering alone out of guilt. Hawthorne explains, “All that guilty sorrow, hidden from the world, whose great heart would have pitied and forgiven, to be revealed to him, the pitiless, to him, the Unforgiving. (Hawthorne 127).

There is the state of being prideful, and then there is blindness and pride. Those two do not go together, those have brought upon the downfall of many people. One of those includes the fictional character of Oedipus, Oedipus the King was a tragedy written by Sophocles. In the book, it is foretold to Oedipus that he will kill his father, and marry his mother. He denies the fact that it is impossible, till it is thoroughly pointed out to him that it has happened.

The Breaking of Charity Arthur Miller, in an excerpt from "In a Sense I Went Naked to Salem," used the phrase "breaking of charity. " From the given examples, this phrase means the changing of positive emotions into negative emotions. Said examples were lovers turning into enemies and parents disowning their child. In "The Scarlet Letter," Nathaniel Hawthorne uses multiple characters and how they are treated/how they feel as examples of "breaking of charity.

" Victor’s anger is shown through the use of declarative language, also the use of gradual close up shot, conveying lost emotions and having only hate remaining for the monster. His awful experiences of losing all his family members and having nothing left leaves him sick and depressed. Experiences like these change Victors identity, which was then consumed by revenge. In Edward scissor hands, Edward falls in love with Kim and experiences a change.

Paris exclaims,”See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love. ”(Romeo and Juliet 5.3.293). Paris is illustrating that because the families let their hate for each other live on and grow into the lives of their children they are the ones to take the blame for Romeo and Juliet taking their lives. Paris states “And I, for winking at your discords too, Have lost a brace of kinsmen. ”(5.3.294-295).Paris then goes on to blame himself saying that if he had told them to quit the fighting he would not have lost his brothers.

This shows that emotions without self control can be extremely dangerous and cause harm. Second, Myrtle, who wanted Tom to leave his wife Daisy so they could be together,

Charters in these two allegories “Terrible Things”, by Eve Bunting, and “Yertle the Turtle” by Dr. Seuss share an array of similarities. An allegory is a short story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning. These two allegories share many similarities through the author’s use of characters, including passive characters, aggressive characters, and ignorant characters. In this comparison essay characters in “Yertle the Turtle” and “Terrible Things “are very alike. First, there are the two main characters in the allegories Yertle the Turtle and Terrible Things that are very similar in their aggressiveness.

Entry 6 (page 101-120) In English class, Melinda’s teacher, whom she calls Hairwoman, is stating that “it’s all about SYMBOLISM, says Hairwoman. Every word chosen by Nathaniel [Hawthorne], every comma, every paragraph break- they were all done on purpose” (101). Hairwoman also explains whom Hawthorne is by claiming that “this is Hawthorne, one of the greatest novelist! He didn’t do anything by accident he was a genius” (102).

Every single happening in the universe always will inevitable create a resulting 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.