the Forest Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter (1850) is set in 17th century puritan Boston. Puritans are very strict when concerning religious matters and try to live a life absent of sin. They believe that anyone who stray from the normal puritan way, like not going church, of life is or in the process of becoming a minion of the devil. Throughout the novel the author perceives the forest as the home of sin and where witches and Native Americans meet with the black man. Hawthorne’s narrator
Hester Prynne is the main female protagonist in the novel, The Scarlet Letter (1850) Hester Prynne is the main female protagonist. Written) by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and throughout the book, a hostile New England puritanical community alienates her. This is because she conceives and delivers a child, Pearl, out of wedlock as the result of a relationship with a man preacher named Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale whom she is not married to. The only apparent salvation for Hester is for her to reveal the name
their writings. Nathaniel Hawthorne incorporates the conflicts of right and wrong, good and evil as he develops his characters. The reader is led to believe these conflicts are addressed through the character’s relationship with God. Hawthorne emphasises Anti-Transcendentalist perspectives on realism, the inner evil of men, spiritual forgiveness, and the feeling of guilt. His portrayal of anti-transcendentalist concepts and symbolism appear throughout the characters of The Scarlet Letter. One pillar
The Scarlet Letter: The Effects of Literary Techniques Jane Austen once said “I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives”. Nathaniel Hawthorne's, The Scarlet Letter, tells the story of the life of Hester Prynne, an adulteress, forced to wear a Scarlet “A” on her bosom by the sinister Puritan society to mark her shame. As her husband seeks revenge for the unidentified lover, Arthur Dimmesdale
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