... sin, her personality, and appearance transformed dramatically. At first Hester's personality seemed very snobby. See seemed to turn her nose to every rule and rule maker. For example when she was on the scaffold for the first time and the ministers try to get her to say the name of her partner she replies ... ] implying that she was in fact beautiful letting her hair go wild and her dresses represent her personality; colorful and fluent. However toward the ending of the book, she starts to dress a lot more casual. The Puritan influence on Hester resulted either in her keeping hair in a c...

• Word Count: 601
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... letter is precisely the reason they want to remove Pearl from her care. As a test of Pear's education, John Wilson is asked to examine Pearl. He asks her who her maker is, to which Pearl replies that she was plucked off the rose bush that grows by the prison door. The Governor is so shocked by her reply that he is ... tell her a story about the Black Man, who is said to haunt the forest. The Black Man is a myth about the devil, and the story says that he carries a large book and pen with which people write their names in blood. The Black Man then puts his mark on the person. Hester, tir...

• Word Count: 5572
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School

... Puritan life in Boston of the 1640's, he revolves his story line around three primary characters who deal with publicly confessed sin and concealed sin. These characters consist of the book's protagonist, Hester Prynne; her lover, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale; and Roger Chillingworth, her long-lost husband. As the novel unfolds, the author reveals to the reader that Roger Chillingworth, however, is ... enemy to move in with him. At this state, Chillingworth begins to mentally torture Dimmesdale. The reverend eventually succumbs to the torture on the scaffold and goes to meet its maker. Fu...

• Word Count: 775
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School