Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804. He was raised in a Puritan family and his family members were very impactful in Puritan society. His great-grandfather was one of the judges who was part of the Salem Witch Trials. Hawthorne was disgusted by having the same name as his ancestors so he added the ‘w’ to Hathorne, which he went by in his writings. In 1850, Hawthorne wrote what is considered to be his greatest novel, The Scarlet Letter. The novel is set in a Puritan community
Mandela gained popularity through his imprisonment, power obtained through persecution is exemplified in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic tale, The Scarlet Letter. Punishment ultimately engendered empowerment in the novel. From Hester’s literal
“When he found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it”, this shows the significance and importance of a pearl. A merchant traveled great lengths, gave it all up to find a single pearl. That pearl was his treasure and all he ever needed. Furthermore, a young woman went through great lengths and gave it all up for a girl named Pearl. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne named her daughter Pearl to represent how she gave up everything for her. Hester gave
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
The Fallen Angel’s Venial Sins Margarita Georgieva writes about Nathaniel Hawthorne’s sin based fin in “The Burden of Secret Sin: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Fiction.” She comments on Hawthorne's writing which includes The Scarlet Letter. In Hawthorne's novel Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth repeatedly transgress the religious laws of the Puritan society they follow. Hester's affair with Arthur Dimmesdale causes Roger, the husband whom she thought dead, to seek vengeance since