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…The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the heroine is admired becuase of her strong will, and disregard for other's views of her. Hester Pryne displays her best qualities when she stands up to Governor Bellingham and his gang, when…

…The Scarlet Letter: Symbolic characters Symbolic characters are very important in most powerful novels. One classic that uses characters as symbols is The Scarlet Letter. This novel is about a woman in Puritan society, Hester, who commits…

…This book first begins in 1642 on a June day. Hester Prynne is taken before crowd of people in a Boston town. Hester was holding in her arms a baby. On the bodice of her dress a scarlet letter A, which stood for adultery. Hester was staying…

…Literary Analysis of The Scarlet Letter In chapter 20 of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter, Hester and Dimmesdale plan to leave the colony on the fourth day en route for the Old World. Dimmesdale's decision to leave with Hester…

…The Destruction of Arthur Dimmesdale In the book The Scarlet Letter, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale was involved in a scandal involving adultery. Dimmesdale was greatly affected by the commission of the sin. Dimmesdale’s health is destroyed after…

…The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a personal account of a Puritan woman, who is being tried for a sinful crime. This timeless classic, which is full of adultery, betrayal, promiscuity, subterfuge, and intrigue, would make a great coming…

…" loud ly decried the elaborate letter Hester had embroidered into her frock: blazing scarlet, ornately fashioned and bordered with prominent gold stitching - the requisite token of her deed. A minister in the crowd denounced her crime and called on her…

…. People are multi-faceted and their many aspects take on more than a few syllables or one general idea. In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, it has often been noted that the central characters symbolize types instead of realistic human beings…

…is brought up because she is forced to face her community with the burden of the shameful crime by having to wear the scarlet letter which is an A fastened to her dress. Hester wears the scarlet letter everywhere she goes showing that she realize that she has…

…. In this book we are showered with wonderful symbols and clues to conjure into our interpretation of the story. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, life is centered around a rigid, Puritanistic-structured society in which one is unable to divulge his…