Teenagers, adults, grandparents, and all those who own high tech cell phones commonly use emojis when texting. Why are emojis so popular? Emojis can portray the feelings that the sender is texting effectively, therefore avoiding possibilities of miscommunication. For example, if one receives a text in response to a question saying, “Ok,” the recipient can interpret the message in two ways, agreement or disagreement. The expression of a cartoon yellow face can describe the sender’s feeling as being happy or unamused. In this instance, one can see the roles of how emotions can shape a person’s point of view. Happiness, sadness, lust, and anger are a few examples of the many emotions that humans feel. How people perceive the world around them …show more content…
He constantly performed vigils, and had, “constant introspection wherewith he tortured but could not purify himself” (115). His internal conflict allows him to create powerful sermons that sway the people’s hearts, which distances him from being able to reveal the truth since the townspeople people revere him more. Dimmesdale does not want to ruin his holy image or create discontent among the inhabitants of Salem. With his desire of relief, he decides to confess his sin at night in order to avoid the presence of the public, “without any effort of his will, or power or restrain himself, he shrieked aloud…sound[ing] with a far greater power, to his own startled ears, than it actually possessed” (118). Dimmesdale overlooks Hester and Pearl when they encounter each other in the town, but when they are in the forest he openly shares his affection, “O Hester thou art my better angel! I seem to have flung myself…down upon these forest leaves, and to have risen up all made anew…Why did we not find it sooner?” (159). Dimmesdale is well aware of the consequences that a sin had in Puritan society. He was one of the three men questioning Hester at the scaffold and throughout the seven years he had witnessed the cruel treatment of the townspeople towards Hester. Dimmesdale cannot bring himself to confess due to his fear of the citizens’ judgment. Emotions guide oneself to make decision whether it is the past, present, or future. A person learns from past experiences and uses that knowledge to have a better outcome in the
The Scarlet Letter Critical Analysis Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, the direct descendant of John Hawthorne, and a judge at the infamous Salemwitchcraft trials. The guilt that Hawthorne felt over the actions of his ancestor had an enormous impact on his writings. In his introduction of "The Scarlet Letter", Hawthorne accepts the guilt from his forefathers and offers to repent for their crimes (Waggoner, 5). This unusual way of viewing guilt and sin is one
Professor Caskey Literature 251 16 September 2015 Analysis of “The Scarlet Letter” “A throng of bearded men, in sad-colored garments and gray, steeple crowned hats, intermixed with women, some wearing hoods, and others bareheaded, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which was heavily timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes” (Hawthorne 476). This is the opening sentence of Nathanial Hawthorne’s 1850 gothic romance The Scarlet Letter in which Hester Prynne, an adulteress, is awaiting
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, is a classical American literature novel. It is a story that takes place in the puritan town of Boston, Massachusetts during the seventeenth century. The novel tells the story of a woman, Hester Prynne, who commits a crime and is severely punished by the Puritan community which she lives in. The crime is so atrocious and condemned by the Puritans that they sentence her to a life of isolation. The story follows her decisions and warring
universally. The range of acts and thoughts covered by sin is vast; Hawthorne critically explores the strict, inflexible Puritanical approach to sin and its implication for individuals and society. Hawthorne investigates the intent behind sin in The Scarlet Letter using Dimmesdale and Chillingworth in order to criticize the Puritan Code and to demonstrate the ramifications intent can have on the sinner’s ability to earn forgiveness and gain redemption. Dimmesdale’s and Hester’s sin of adultery serves as
Exploring the Wilderness Many different literary works contain complex representations that can be interpreted in many different ways. Authors portray these representations through the use of characters, objects, the setting, and much more. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the forest around the society represents different things, depending on who is there. It is an open place where anything can happen. It is filled with wild animals, Native Americans, and other wild threats to the townspeople
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 Setting Analysis The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne is set in the mid-17th century. Period of time where Puritans have escaped the persecutions of England and now have created their own town in Massachusetts. The book focuses on the life of Hester Prynne and her act of adultery, sin, and guilt. We learn from Hawthorne that this town is formed on religion and law, but it is also severely isolated with a surroundings of the forest and the ocean. Contributing to this
Alex Fisher Mrs. Gommerman English 11 2/15/17 The Scarlet Letter Theme Analysis The Scarlet Letter, at its most basic element, is the story of an adulteress and her place in the town of Boston in the late seventeenth century. The adulteress, Hester Prynne, is put on trial and sentenced to public shaming that day and to wear a letter “A” on herself for the rest of her life. From there on the story becomes progressively more symbolic, with the characters and objects in the story representing abstractions
In his piece, The Scarlet Letter and Revolutions Abroad, Larry J. Reynolds aims to link Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, to historical revolutions both past and present. He explains that one can draw parallels between the story and revolutions by examining the structure, themes, setting, language, as well as characterization within the story. As to why these parallels are present, Reynolds doesn’t give much explanation but justifies his claim by saying the revolutions and disrupts abroad were
the book The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is convicted of adultery and ordered to wear the scarlet letter "A" on her chest as a permanent sign of her sin. Hester is sentenced to never take off this badge of shame, and doesn't until chapter thirteen. As the novel proceeds, Hawthorne presents several questions that are left unanswered. How does the nature of the letter "A" seem to change? What role of does Hester's own response to her situation play in changing the meaning of the letter "A"? How does
also a symbol of love. The scarlet letter “A” that was supposed to represent her shame became
Paragraph 1 (Intro): In the 1850 gothic romance, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays how the hypocrisy of the Puritan society runs rampant over the issue of adultery. Which then becomes a staple of a novel, that shows how the community reacts horribly by spitting and degrading Hester for committing a heinous crime; that was mainly influenced by the culture he had developed within such community. The Scarlet Letter was set upon Massachusetts Bay in the 1600s, that would revolve around
OCE 1 - The Prison Door Arjun Shreekumar In the first chapter of his magnum opus, The Scarlet Letter, transcendentalist author Nathaniel Hawthorne describes the opening scene of the novel and introduces the society in which the story takes place. In illustrating the environment, Hawthorne initially conveys a dreary tone; however, near the end of the chapter he makes an optimistic shift to leave the reader with a sense of hope as the story begins. Beginning with the first paragraph, Hawthorne’s
Emotions instigate actions throughout a person’s life. Whether a person chooses to act upon their feelings reflects their true character. In the novel The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne explains the qualities of human emotions through his characters. Each of his characters represents a moral quality in which people can relate to through their own lives. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne reveals his character's conflicting emotions and hearts. Hester Prynne masks her shame and attempts to resume
D.H. Lawrence criticizes Nathaniel Hawthorne’s portrayal of Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter in his essay “On the Scarlet Letter.” By focusing on Hester’s sin itself rather than its causes and consequences, Lawrence expresses his opinion on the role of Hester in the novel. Lawrence utilizes choppy syntax, biblical allusions, and a sarcastic tone to clearly reveal his objection towards Hawthorne’s depiction of Hester as a victim of Puritan society’s condemnation. Lawrence writes his criticism