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…William Shakespeare used letters as a dramatic device to reveal the characters' loyalty and betrayal in his play King Lear. The purpose of the letter is to develop the plot and reveal the characters' attributes. Three letters help to develop the plot…

…1) I read the book “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, which was published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston and has 312 pages. 2) The character that I liked the least was Dimmesdale. He should have been there for Hester and Pearl from…

…the Circular Letter. The Circular Letter was a letter asking the colonies to unite against British rule. On March 5, 1770 British troops shot and killed 5 innoctent Americans. That event is knows as the Boston Massacre. Because Britain feared a colonial uprising…

…The Scarlet Letter “But (Hester) is not the protagonist; the chief actor, and the tragedy of The Scarlet Letter is not her tragedy, but Dimmesdales. He it was whom the sorrows of death encompassed….. His public confession is one of the noblest climaxes…

…The Morality Issue Through Hawthorne, the book The Scarlet Letter is written about love, sin, and most of all morals. Hawthorne creates many different perspectives on characters and their views. His vivid descriptions of the main trio of characters…

…and Aldermen. After receiving criticism from the leaders of the clergy in Birmingham for supporting the mass protest of the white business, King stuck back with his eloquent Letter from the Birmingham Jail. As I read this letter two things struck me as being…

…The Scarlet Letter The major characters go through many changes due to all of the events that have taken place, but the torture they have to live and die with is all within themselves. Hester Prynn has always been strong, but being isolated from…

…Arthur Dimmesdale, in the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a character whose mind is torn between two desires. The quarrel between Arthur Dimmesdale's sense of duty and passion for his lover creates two compelling forces that drive him…

…We all have secrets that we are not willing to acknowledge, even to ourselves. This is one of two themes that Nathaniel Hawthorne uses in almost all of his stories. The Scarlet Letter is not an exception. His other major theme is, when the mind…

…Scarlet Letter In Hawthorne¡¯s, The Scarlet Letter, life evolves around a rigid and harsh Puritan view. In this society people are not free to express themselves as well as they are today. This is very sad because it is a necessity for humans to be able…