On the other hand Hester doesn’t want or try getting attention through her actions. Also she becomes an outcast of the Puritan community and she slowly finds her way back through hard work and showing she cares. Secondly the way the two characters
Have you ever thought, what would it be like to be on your own with a child and being shamed? Well, through the story The Scarlet Letter is a woman, named Hester who had went through that situation. It tells the story of how she had dealt with all of the situations that got thrown her way. The puritans point of view compared to today 's point of view of the the same situation. During the mid 17th century, it was not acceptable to have sex unless you were married, so having a child and not being married was extremely unacceptable to the puritans; whenever Hester stepped out of the prison and walked to the scaffold, were a majority of the town was to see her and criticize the book states that one of the women there to judge her had said “ If the hussy stood up for judgement before us five, that are now here in a knot together, would she come off with such a sentence as
Hester changed in the book from being an adulteress to being “Able” (158). A way that she became known as able to the town was by helping others out and making them little things. In the book it mentions Hester being a woman who helps, “ It is Hester-the town’s own Hester-who is so kind too the poor, so helpful to the sick, so comforting to the afflicted” (159). This is a dramatic change in Hester’s personality. In the beginning of the book Hester was portrayed to the gossiping woman as shameful and a disgrace.
Hester went through public humiliation, wearing her sin for all to see and she lived till old age killed her. These two characters represent more than the sin they committed. They show us the pain of a hidden sin and the fruits of a public
"His mangled body sank out of sight, and blood and brains marked the water where he had stood." (Douglass, 67). Just one sentence can prove how brutal slave-owners, slaveholders, and overseers can be towards slaves. A use of violence to control slaves can be seen throughout the book, and Frederick is very against violence in all forms. He only uses it when it was necessary,like the fight with Mr. Covey.
Hester and her daughter, Pearl, were constantly ridiculed by the inhabitants of the town, and many citizens believed that Hester deserved a harsher penalty for her actions. One woman mocked Hester while gossiping with her peers when she declared, “‘This woman has brought shame upon us all, and ought to die’” (36). Agreeing with this claim, many of the villagers continued to mock and scrutinize not only Hester’s actions, but Hester herself. Another woman suggested that “‘a brand of hot iron [should have been put] on Hester Prynne’s forehead’” (36). While this sentence seems less harsh than death, this woman’s comment proves that she too believed that Hester deserved a severe punishment for her despicable sin.
Hypocrisy In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne commits the atrocious sin of adultery. As a consequence, she is faced with humiliation, judgment, and self-guilt. As part of her punishment, she is forced to wear a scarlet letter ‘A’ upon her bosom for the rest of her life. The other part of her punishment is for her to stand on the scaffold with newborn baby Pearl.
First, Hester was lonely. According to the article, …” without a friend on earth who dared visit her, she was never in danger of going hungry” (Ch. 5, Hawthorne). Nobody wanted to talk to Hester for committing adultery. In the book it said “ Perhaps people felt sorry for her...”
Enough evidence was given in the book that Hester deserves the punishment. To prove that she does, Hester was raised as a Puritan so she knew what would be the consequences she has committed adultery and is left with a baby alone to raise without a father role model. As well she is not suited to be a mother. She can’t keep Pearl.
Hester was initially married to a man whom she never loved and was thought to be dead after being lost at sea for five years. After waiting for the arrival of her husband which never came, Hester had an affair with another man and together they produced a child. When Hester had an affair with a man who was not her husband she had committed an act of adultery and had to be punished in the eyes of God and of her community. It was decided that Hester would have to serve time in jail and
The townspeople “[began] to look upon the scarlet letter as a token, not of that one sin, for which she had borne so long and dreary a penance, but of her many good deeds since.” This quote exemplifies how sin is not a death sentence for Hester. Through hard work and charity it allowed the rigid Puritan society to see her as something different, and as someone who would not let society define who she was. Hester, thus, was not only able to change herself, but also the image in which society viewed her by working hard to benefit the public. Likewise, the scarlet letter which was supposed to represent sin was instead “fantastically embroidered with gold thread, upon her bosom.”
The topics in The Scarlet Letter reflect towards the character’s physical and emotional health. Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale both share attributes that represent the topics of guilt. Each of the characters display guilt in their own way. Hester and Dimmesdale show guilt based off their physical appearance. Body language can expose internal problems, emotions, and deep secrets.
The Chicago World’s Fair was many things: a showcase of modern technologies and revolutionary discoveries, an architectural masterpiece that dazzled millions, a commercial success that carried Chicago through an economic depression. Above all else, however; it served as a symbol of American pride and arrogance. From its very inception, the fair served as means by which Chicago could surpass New York and Philadelphia in grandeur and fame, with every Chicagoan eagerly awaiting the opportunity to gloat. Burnham, Olmsted, Ferris, and the multitude of architects who worked on the fair each saw a chance to become part of the greatest fair in history, and each wanted their names to be remembered alongside the fair. Between the architects competing
Scarlet Letter Literary Analysis-Sin Invisible to the naked eye is something sinister that every human being has, it is none other than the ominous creation of wrongdoings, sin. Sin is the one true thing that is feared by all. It has the power to consume an entire person, even those who are believed to be pure in heart. In “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, sin is traced to the characters and the choices they have made, creating symbols intentionally.
Throughout the novel, Hester is fraught by the Puritan society and her suffering is an effect of how evil society is. Hester continues to believe that the crime she committed was not wrong and she should not be punished for it. Her desire to protect and love Dimmesdale, turn her into a stronger person and become a heroine in the book. Although society still views her as a “naughty baggage” (Hawthorne 73) and is punished for her wrongdoing, Hester never thought to take revenge on them, yet she gives everything she has to the unfortunate and leaves herself with very little. She continues to stay positive no matter what society has for her.
