Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter According to Arnold Schwarzenegger, “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic novel, The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne has develop her strength through hardship which is put on her by the scarlet letter. In the story, Hester, the main character is forced to wear a scarlet letter representing the sin of adultery as a
commands, Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, this verse in Scripture is being challenged by the main character, Hester. Hester bore a child out of wedlock. She is faced with the difficult decision on whether or not to keep her precious gift, Pearl. Everyone agrees that Hester is Pearl’s legitimate mother, however, due to Hester’s past the inquiry, then becomes whether or not Hester should keep Pearl
1. I empathize with Hester Prynne in the book of The Scarlet Letter. She survives through guilt, hopelessness, and loneliness throughout the novel. Like the letter A that is sown on her bossom, Hester is the symbol of sin in the Puritan society she lives in. Guilt is something everyone can relate to. It is something we all hate but is, sadly, inevitable. As Nathaniel Hawthorne says, “...guilt...once made into the human soul is never, in this mortal state, repaired” (75). Guilt is a never
In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author points out contrasting light and dark concepts in nature. Visual representations in nature are given to show how the characters really feel and what it says about themselves. Hawthorne uses light and dark to assign traits of truthfulness, guilt, and sin among the characters. Hawthorne uses the presence of light in the form of sunshine, colors, and illumination to show truthfulness in the characters. First of all, sunshine is used in this
From controversial themes of mortal sin, humanistic identity, and distinguished religion, The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850, is recognized as one of the most acclaimed gothic novels inspired by the Puritan life. Hawthorne sets this novel in Boston, Massachusetts around 1642, in the times were Puritanism was focused on developing the Church of England into an earnest and severe society for God (Puritanism). Above all, “Church was the cornerstone of the mainly Puritan society