The Presentation of Jocelin in Chapter One Dean Jocelin is a priest at St Mary’s Cathedral in Salisbury. He has a vision that God has chosen him to erect a great spire on his cathedral. During Chapter 1 we see many different qualities of Jocelin. The first account we meet of him is a visual picture of a laughing man; this represents a joyful, exhilarant person. It shows that this is the beginning of his vision and everything is taking place before him. In the second sentence our view shifts
Introduction and Mission Robin Hood and his Band of Merry Men had a successful first year. With new recruits pouring in from the furthest outreaches of England, Robin had met his objective of strengthening in number. Although he was satisfied with the size of the organization, he has realized necessary preparations had not been made to accommodate the now over abundance of members of his organization. Many challenges now face Robin such as a lack of provisions and lack of funds to support the band
specific details is how she describes the dead rabbit. As Miranda’s brother Paul stripped the skin away from the dead animal the “flayed flesh emerged dark scarlet, sleek, firm.” He slit thin flesh from the center of the ribs to the flanks, and a scarlet bag” appeared. He slit the bag open to find a bundle of baby rabbits, each wrapped in a “scarlet thin veil.” Paul pulled them off to reveal their true appearance: “dark grey, their wet down lying in
What problems does Robin Hood have? What issues need to be addressed? Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men are facing a crisis within their organization. The resources of the forest are beginning to dwindle and men are beginning to go hungry. The band of Merry Men is not able to feed their families or themselves. Along with the resources of the forest declining, the amount of well-to-do travelers through the Sherwood Forest is following rapidly ensue. With the band growing larger every minute, Robin
Biblical and Classical Interpretations of the Witches of The Scarlet Letter The theme of witchcraft is woven into the fabric of The Scarlet Letter. The introductory "Custom-House" chapter includes an appeal by the author to remove any witches' curses on his family. Once he takes us back to the Boston of the 1640's, he frequently hints about the cohorts of the "Black Man" who meet in the woods beyond the town. But if the reader understands the classical meaning of the word witchcraft such as
Throughout The Scarlet Letter, the moral and social values pertaining to the discrimination of females by society is revealed through the alienation of Hester Prynne, the main character in The Scarlet Letter. During The Scarlet Letter, Hester is punished for her adulterous relationship with Reverend Dimmesdale which results in a child named Pearl. As a result of the adulterous relationship, the authorities of The Puritan society that she is residing in sentences her to wear a Scarlet Letter on her
novel, The Scarlet letter, is a story about the woman Hester Pyrnne who lived in Puritan Boston and gave birth to an illegitimate child, which was an awful sin to commit back then. Hester is then forced to wear a scarlet A on her breast, for adulterer, as a long standing punishment for what she did. All the while, characters surrounding Hester have their own demons to deal with, and there are consequences. Arthur Miller wrote the play The Crucible that tells the story of the Salem Witch Hunts conducted
of a Sinner in The Scarlet Letter Who should punish a sinner? Should it be religion, society, or the individual? In Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter all three affect the main character Hester Prynne. Religion punishes her with the Scarlet Letter, society ostracizes her as punishment, and individually she was able to move on in life but still returned to her haunting past where she died. Religion plays a big part in the Scarlet Letter. Hester Prynne wore the Scarlet Letter to remind her
Innocence of Children in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne does an admirable job of expressing the true nature of his characters. Nowhere in his story is this more obvious than in his portrayal of the children. Children, in their innocence will say or do anything, for unlike adults, they are not constrained by societal expectations. They are oblivious to most manners and politics and therefore, are less reserved than the adults when it comes to questioning things
their persona. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester is a victim of such a stereotype. The Puritan society in which she lives confines and defines her based on her sin, and not by a totality of her actions and character. Nevertheless she emerges, reborn, as her own person once again. Hester Prynne's development through the use of archetypes, symbols, and Romanticism reinforce the theme of the effects of stereotypes and labels and their refutal in The Scarlet Letter. Hester has
Symbolism in literature is the depth and hidden meaning in any piece of work. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a powerful and evocative novel laced with symbolism. The most obvious is the symbol of the scarlet letter itself, representing Hester’s sin of adultery. Hawthorne’s other symbols are less obvious and are very often obscured in the novel. Clothing is an important but often forgotten symbol in The Scarlet Letter. Clothing is defined as “garments collectively, clothes, raiment, apparel…
you America alone while he finished his business. In America she met Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale who she had a love affair with. Pearl was the name of their child. When the townspeople found out about her sin, they punished her by making her wear a scarlet letter ‘A’ ,standing for adultery, on her bosom. - Dimmesdale was a young reverend of the community. The people loved him, because of his emotional ways of speaking. He was Hester’s secret lover. He couldn’t live without being punished for his sins
Kiara Abel English 11 B-3 My paper will be about Hester Prynne, a character from "The Scarlet Letter" who is a misfit archetype. A misfit archetype is a person whose behavior or attitude sets them apart from others. Misfits are not accepted by or don’t feel any connection with a group or society. Hester Prynne fits the characteristics and qualities of a misfit archetype because she is a symbol of the acknowledge sinner. I chose this character because I’m interested in learning more about her
A sin that is so immoral that mingles with the unadulterated mindset of others is perhaps the worst sinner of them all. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book The Scarlet Letter, should committing the act of adultery with a higher order of the church, be punishable by sinful deeds? But how do you punish someone who has committed adultery? Is the implications of her punishment so impaling that it has ruined her life and the others inflicted? Although Hester may be a sinner and a great one at that, she is not
The Scarlet Letter, a book of sin and guilt, reveals two characters that are so purely evil, that it is hard to believe that such characters could be created---Roger Chillingworth and Mistress Hibbins. Chillingworth and Hibbins may seem like good people, but they really just symbolize evil. Roger Chillingworth is the elderly husband of Hester Prynne, who is shunned by the whole colony of Boston Massachusetts for the sin of adultery she has committed with the town’s praised minister. The people of
"All conflict in literature is, in its simplest form, a struggle between good and evil." This means that all conflict in any work is basically just a fight between the forces of good and evil. The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne show that this statement is true. The Crucible agrees with the lens because in Puritan society of 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, hunts are being held to find those who have sinned and practice witchcraft but unfortunately innocent
In the novel The Scarlet Letter the predominant themes are sin and punishment. The opening scene showed Hester Prynne standing on a scaffold, clutching her baby, and displaying the scarlet letter A on her chest. Hester committed the sin of adultery, and her daughter Pearl is a product of that sin. Pearl is a living, physical representation of the crime that Hester committed. Hawthorne uses Pearl as one of the most essential characters for relaying themes in the novel. In the beginning she symbolizes
The Scarlet Letter: An Analysis of Puritanism and Sin The Scarlet Letter is a modern classic of American literature written about controversy and published with controversy. The main topic of the book, adultery, is written in a dark and sad way, as Hawthorne describes injustice, fate or predetermination and conscience ( Van Doren, 1998) . No other American novel of the time has such a controversial theme as Hawthorne's, The Scarlet Letter. The setting of Nathanial Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter: A Book Review The novel “The Scarlet Letter” was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850 and is probably the book for which he is most famous. He was a prolific writer and wrote many short stories, a few collections, and several novels during his writing career. Nathaniel Hawthorne was injured as a child and became an avid reader and decided that he wanted to be a writer. Though he was a lackluster college student, after graduation he returned to his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts
culture, history, politics, and religion. In The Scarlet Letter, the author, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses symbolism through colors such as red, black and white in the form of sunlight, to represent emotions and ideologies of Hester and the people around her. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the color red significantly throughout The Scarlet Letter to show its importance of symbolism in the emotions of sin and passion that it represents. The first example in The Scarlet Letter is the red rose that is growing by the