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Today’s society is cruel, and if one is something or does something they don’t approve of, they will ruin you. People are shunned, among other things, for their skin color, their religion, their sexual orientation, their income, and their education. One may also do something to have society shun them, whether they pesonally think it…

The Scarlet Letter Expository Essay Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter explains what sin is and what you get as a result of a sin. As Puritans, these people were raised in a very strict and religious background. They know that if they commit any type of sin not only with they be punished by God,…

“My friends forsake me Like a memory lost… ” In both The Scarlet Letter and A Streetcar Named Desire, isolation and alienation from society are depicted. The female protagonists, Hester Prynne and Blanche DuBois, experience cases of alienation. However, while they both undergo isolation from their societies, the reasons behind their isolation differ. While Hester…

The Scarlet Letter. written in 1850 by Nathaniel Hawthorne. is about a Puritan society in Massachusetts. The subject of this novel is mostly sin. and how the guilty parties were non every bit treated for the same wickedness or exposed for the incorrect that they had done in the eyes of God. Hawthorne describes misrepresentation….

The Scarlet Letter. Pleasantries, NY: Reader’s Digest Association, 1984. Print. The Scarlet Letter, and Abigail Williams, from “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, have both committed a crime and they are both hated by their societies. However, there are also differences between the two characters. Hester Prying is the more respectable Puritan woman of the two…

Pearl, the product of two people’s lack of obedience towards the community’s rules, is a constant reminder to both Hester and Timescale of their wrongdoings and deviant behavior. Both Hester Prying and Arthur Timescale suffer a sense of responsibility for their actions, however, their punishments are handled in different manners, one through public humiliation, and…

“Setting” is a word used to describe the place, time, assumptions and values of a society In a story. In the Scarlet Letter, the setting was in the Puritan town of Salem In Massachusetts Bay Colony circa 1640. Being that the era and location of the backdrop is in a 17th century Protestant Puritan village,…

Guilt & Innocence in The Scarlet Letter Knowledge and sin connect In the Jude-Christian tradition In the story of Adam and Eve. Sin becomes the outcome in the story of Adam and Eve when they get thrown out of the Garden of Eden. After their banishment from the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve must…

Being an outsider in society can give strength to a person, but in some cases it does not, and may even weaken an individual. Depending on the type of person, being an outsider in a community may or may not encourage strength. There are several cases where being an outsider made someone a stronger person,…

The nature of sin is a debated subject in society. A man who is unkind at heart but does not act on his malicious intentions is seen as praiseworthy. However, an otherwise respectable person who makes a mistake is condemned. Nathaniel Hawthorne explores this peculiar perception in his novel, The Scarlet Letter. “Thus she will…