D.H. Lawrence, writer of the essay, The Scarlet Letter, expresses his perspective on Hester Prynne by emphasizing her pretentious behavior and analyzing her sin. Lawrence incorporates literary techniques to degrade Hester with his use of strong diction to promote her sin, an assertive tone, and including an organized syntax to clearly explain his argument. Lawrence includes strong diction in his argument to persuade his audience that Hester demolished the purity of those influenced by her sinful behavior. He reiterates Mistress Prynne;s sin by allowing his readers to fully understand the destruction she causes toward other characters. He emphasizes the importance of behind “keeping up pure appearances” and “the power of pure appearances” to restate his claim that Hester abolished the cleanliness and sinless qualities of men who encountered her beauty. The words he chose to describe Hester attracts his readers with his intriguing phrases such as the quote above. Prynne is an example for women who has committed sinful deeds. In order to dramatize her character, Lawrence repeatedly labels Hester as an “adulteress” or “the great alpha” to publicize her decisions. This repetition is …show more content…
Lawrence incorporates hyperbole to amplify his reason for classifying Hester as a malicious woman, who uses her beauty to rob men of their purity. Hester is recognized by readers to be a heroic figure with her strong and mature qualities; however, Lawrence focuses on her appearance that inclines pure males. He references Hester as “the great nemesis of women” to effectively convince his readers of her dishonorable decisions. This helps him achieve his purpose by exaggerating his ideas to his audience to explain the severity of her actions. Hyperbole supports Lawrence’s motivation to clearly propose his argument. He magnifies Hester’s character by saying: “his spiritual love was a lie,” to allow readers to empathize for him through ethos to persuade with negative aspects of her
Throughout The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne attempted to expose the varying ways in which different people deal with lingering guilt from sins they have perpetrated. The contrasting characters of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale ideally exemplified the differences in thought and behavior people have for guilt. Although they were both guilty of committing the same crime, these two individuals differed in that one punished themselves with physical and mental torture and the other chose to continue on with their life, devoting it to those less fortunate than they.
Hester Prynne is a character who gave up everything, even love, for her child. Hester Prynne sacrificed her peace, her beauty, her entire being for her child and this shows her determination and profound understanding of the world. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s piece, “The Scarlet Letter” shows the other side of the sinner’s story and not as a villain, but a victim.
In The Scarlet Letter, author Nathaniel Hawthorne efficiently conveys his purpose to the audience through the use of numerous rhetorical devices in his novel. Two such rhetorical strategies Hawthorne establishes to convey his purpose of informing the audience of valuable life lessons in The Scarlet Letter are characterization and the theme of duality.
I chose this word because the tone of the first chapter seems rather dark. We hear stories of the hopes with which the Puritans arrived in the new world; however, these hopes quickly turned dark because the Purtains found that the first buildings they needed to create were a prison, which alludes to the sins they committed; and a cemetery, which contradicts the new life they hoped to create for themselves.
Director Steven Spielberg and auther Markus Zusak, in their intriguing production, movie Saving Private Ryan and book The Book Thief, both taking place during World War II. However , in Saving Private Ryan Spielberg focus on a lot of complications that occur during war , but guilt was one difficulty that stood out to me. Zusak, on the other hand , showas that having courage during war can be a advantage and also an disadvantage depending on the situation. Both director and author grabed the audience attention with emotional and logical appeal.
Lawrence writes with derogatory diction to display the reality of Hester’s sin. Despite Hawthorne's original characterization of Hester. Lawrence identifies her as a “demon” and as the “nemesis” of women (Lawrence). By using the word “demon”, Hester is seen as the embodiment of a creature that represents the sin against the core values of Puritan society. The word also carries a
Hester Prynne is seen by many as worthy of respect and admiration throughout Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter. She is ultimately seen as a hero in many areas of the novel. Literary critic Mark Van Doren argues that Hester Prynne is a heroic citizen who rises above the consequences of her sin. Van Doren argues that Hester Prynne should be seen as a noble hero through his use of repetition, praiseworthy diction, and admirable tone.
In D.H. Lawrence’s essay, “On The Scarlet Letter,” he criticizes Nathaniel Hawthorne’s wrongful idolization of Hester Prynne. Throughout The Scarlet Letter, Hester is treated as a victim rather than the criminal Lawrence believes her to be. In Lawrence’s essay, he analyzes Hester’s sin and mocks the book for becoming a farce. He focuses on the causes of Hester's sin, rather than the consequences. In analyzing Hester Prynne, Lawrence is effective in achieving his purpose due to his satirical tone, choppy syntax, and use of biblical allusions.
Lawrence uses biblical allusions to help demonstrate that Hester is a sinner because they compare her to well-known figures in a way that brings out her corruptness. Lawrence compares Hester to Mary by saying she is “the sacred image of sinless Motherhood, whose infant was to redeem the world” (Lawrence). Mary is one of the most pure figures in religion and Lawrence is blatantly being sarcastic in his comparison of the two character to provide an idea of how ridiculous it is to consider Hester a hero. Mary was given the gift of Jesus by God while remaining a virgin and faithful to her husband. Hester on the other hand had a baby with a man she was not married to. Moreover, Hester is compared to Abel from the story of Cain and Abel. While Dimmesdale is the one who dies for their sins, Hester “lives on and is Abel” (Lawrence). One would think that Lawrence would compare Hester to Cain instead, considering he is the one who lives and Abel is the one who dies. By stating this, Lawrence is showing the irony and ridiculousness that Hawthorne ensures by condemning the pure and innocent Dimmesdale to death but the sinning and corrupt Hester to live on. He is also using “Abel” as a play on words in an ironic way, demonstrating that the A stands for able and Abel, but is given to the person farthest from resembling
Contrary to Hawthorne’s perspective, Lawrence emphasizes that Hester is corrupt rather than the Puritan society. Although there are various portrayals of Hester, Lawrence focuses on Hester’s mortal sin rather than its consequences and therefore claims that her sin is unforgivable. He persuades his audience that Hawthorne’s portrayal
Some critics argue that the character of Hester Prynne, in the Scarlet Letter, is one of a courageous and praiseworthy woman. On the other hand, how can one even consider Hester as a moxie without focusing on her sinful acts in the novel? D.H. Lawrence uses simple, yet complex, literary techniques in order to persuade his audiences more effectively. D.H. Lawrence is more persuasive in his work, while criticizing Hester Prynne, by using the literary techniques of allusion, sinful diction, and choppy syntax to prove she is not a praiseworthy character.
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s character, Hester Prynne’s, actions creates a lot of controversy regarding Prynne’s sin, resulting in Hawthorne writing his critical essay, “On the Scarlet Letter.” D.H Lawrence critiques Hawthorne because he believes that Hawthorne favors Hester Prynne to an unnecessary extent , in The Scarlet Letter. Lawrence uses several devices that allow him to express his viewpoints about Hester Prynne and her sin. D.H. Lawrence uses biblical allusions, bullet-point syntax, and a mocking tone to convey his thoughts on why Hawthorne gives Hester Prynne too much credit.
As the American people’s standards and principles has evolved over time, it’s easy to forget the pain we’ve caused. However, this growth doesn’t excuse the racism and violence that thrived within our young country not even a century previous. This discrimination, based solely on an ideology that one’s race is superior to another, is what put many people of color in miserable places and situations we couldn’t even imagine today. It allowed many Caucasian individuals to inflict pain, through both physical and verbal attacks, and even take away African Americans ' God given rights. In an effort to expose upcoming generations to these mass amounts of prejudice and wrongdoing, Harper Lee 's classic novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, tells the story of
In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s well known novel, The Scarlet Letter, extensive diction and intense imagery are used to portray the overall tone of the characters. In particular, Hester Prynne, the wearer of the Scarlet Letter, receives plentiful positive characterization throughout the novel. Hester’s character most notably develops through the town’s peoples ever-changing views on the scarlet letter, the copious mentions of her bravery, and her ability to take care of herself, Pearl, and others, even when she reaches the point where most would give up and wallow in their suffering.
Hester Prynne committed a crime so severe that it changed her life into coils of torment and defeat. In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester is publicly recognized as an adulteress and expelled from society. Alongside the theme of isolation, the scarlet letter, or symbol of sin, is meant to shame Hester but instead transforms her from a woman of ordinary living into a stronger person.