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The Scarlet Letter: Title, this is about the use of symbolism and the political status of women in Puritan New England and how it relates to The Scarlet Letter. It is a critical analysis.
... a father!" The irony in this situation lies in the fact that Hester's husband, Roger Chillingworth, should have been Hester's child Pearl's father. A ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Scarlet Letter notes
... who the father of Pearl is by analyzing her nature. -Pearl: didn't want to be touched by Wilson. She didn't have a father, but ... soul, and knowest me better than these men can. I will not lose the child! Speak for me! Thou knowest--for thou hast sympathies ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Deadly Sin of Bearing False Witness - About the effects of prevaricating in the books A Tale of Two Cities and The Scarlet Letter
... paramour did not escape punishment. In fact, the father of her bastard child took a more severe sentence. Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale seemed to ... only love in life*s, his daughter, the pain of losing her husband. The sacrifice of man named Sydney Carton saved ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hester vs. adversities.
... responsibilities as a father and a lover, refusing to "stand with [Pearl] and [Pearl's] mother" out of pure fear of losing the stature ... . Rather than reveal the identities of the traitors that play a role in her situation, she vows to "Keep thy secret," ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A look on Nathaniel Hawthorne's Hester Pryne from "The Scarlet Letter"
... her father, Reverend Dimmesdale. In Europe, Hester pretty much left Pearl alone. Pearl , then got married and started a new life ... Hester was a very admirable person. After committing her awful sin (awful as seen by the townspeople), and losing the respect ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A character sketch on Roger Chillengworth. By the way...I actually did receive a 100% on this paper.
... is seen throughout the entire novel trying to find out who the father of his wife's child is. He is so consumed by this ... a well-educated man and becomes the symbol of evil in the story. He is consumed with revenge over the wrong he has suffered in losing ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The Scarlet Letter"--symbolism expressed in the story, Pearl, the scaffold and the "A".
... a "wild, desperate, and defiant." (62). Therefore, she also serves as a reminder of an unsolved mystery. It is until Dimmesdale is revealed to be Pearls father ... able." The letter 'A' has a very big impact on Hester's life. She loses the womanliness and ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter as a Method of Understanding Characters
... forces. Chillingworth would never have suspected that Dimmesdale was Pearl's father had he not displayed his guilt so openly in his ... do not lose faith at their minister's sin, but at the same time, his love for Hester demands a public confession. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
This is an analysis of the meaning and significance of the first two scaffold scenes in The Scarlet Letter.
... that townspeople will find out he is Pearl's father and perhaps lose faith in the church, but at the same time ... is very important to the Dimmesdale-Hester storyline because of a significant amount of foreshadowing. The scaffold scenes provide deep insight ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
... failing health is a result of his sin as well. Instead of admitting publicly that he is Pearl's father, he chooses ... scaffold) where Hester was first persecuted; at which point he loses his battle with burden and dies. Even Chillingworth is affected ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne