Nathaniel Hawthorne presents revenge as an unnatural act that twists a person’s soul into something evil. Not only does it alter a person’s basic personality, but it never satisfies. In...
The Scarlet Letter follows several strong women in an era when women were expected to be subordinate to their male counterparts. Hester Prynne is willing to take on her own shame while prote...
In Christianity, grace and forgiveness are frequently contrasted with the law. A legalistic faith (such as the Puritan one) suggests that conformity to a strict set of rules is the most important r...
Sin is clearly a matter of great importance in the mid-17th century Puritan community of The Scarlet Letter, as religious sin is associated with breaking the law. In this novel, we see a hie...
Hypocrisy is seen not only as a sin in The Scarlet Letter, but as a sin that leads to great personal injury. Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, a religious figure, comes to embody hypocrisy, result...
Guilt and blame weave in and out of the hearts of the characters that inhabit The Scarlet Letter . The relationships of these characters are defined by either the guilt they feel or by the b...
In the world of The Scarlet Letter, the inhabitants of the Massachusetts Bay Colony have a finely tuned sense of justice based on a partnership of religion and law. When a citizen breaks the...
The Scarlet Letter tells the story of a society that is as good at excluding people as a middle school clique. We watch our heroine, Hester Prynne, live in isolation for years and years, cas...
Lots of crazy things go down in The Scarlet Letter – things like eyes that glow red, meteors in the shape of an “A,” witches that go riding their broomsticks. In many ways...
The world of The Scarlet Letter is a religious one that believes in fate and in the idea that each person’s life follows a specific and set path. Puritans believed in Divine Providence...
In this book all the good stuff goes down in the woods. Nature is almost like a character in the world of The Scarlet Letter. It is often personified as listening, commenting on, and interac...
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