... up alive. Hester on the other hand, has had time to adjust to her mortal sin, getting use to the fact that she must be punished. Throughout the seven years that have pasted, Hester goes form being the most looked down person in the town to becoming looked upon. ... Because she dealt with her sin upfront, and didn't try to hide it, unlike Dimmesdale, she is rewarded with an early repentance of forgiveness. By her wearing her A on the outside of her heart, it does not ... with her town. By Hester publicly repenting for her sin, she earns a certain respect from her peers. By Dimmesdale hi...

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... so much breadth and intensity of effect, that it made Hester Prynne feel as if it could not be the image of her own child, but of an imp who was seeking to mold itself into Pearl's shape." Pearl's image is a reminder of Hester's sin, "Once this freakish, elvish cast came ... looking at her own image in them. . . . she fancied that she beheld, not her own miniature portrait, but another face, in the small black mirror of Pearl's eye. It was a face, fiendlike, full of smiling malice, yet bearing the resemblance of features that she had known full well, through seldom with a smile, and nev...

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The main characters each had to face their wrongdoing in the light or dark. Roger Chillingworth, Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale and Pearl Prynne come full circle with the birth and death of the figures. The actions of the sinners put a shadow on the lives of those around them. All view their effrontery in different ways, ... ] earthly one," only her "heavenly Father" show her determination to stay faithful and loyal to Dimmesdale (Hawthorne 63). A woman full of motherly love that she showers on her daughter, her love and concerns for her product makes her wonder if her offspring abnormal. ...

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The Scarlet Letter To the naked eye, the story of The Scarlet Letter appears to just be a well-written love story within a puritan society full of unexpected flips and turns. Upon closer examination, The Scarlet Letter is really filled with obsession, guilt, and morals. The author, ... puritan community. Letting her be killed for the sin would give him no thrill in his mindset for revenge. Although the strictly religious community was full of straightedge, godly people, they also contributed to Hawthorne's theme of revenge. By shaming Hester with evil looks, crude comments, and disrespect, .....

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The Scarlet Letter To the naked eye, the story of The Scarlet Letter appears to just be a well-written love story within a puritan society full of unexpected flips and turns. Upon closer examination, The Scarlet Letter is really filled with obsession, guilt, and morals. The author, ... puritan community. Letting her be killed for the sin would give him no thrill in his mindset for revenge. Although the strictly religious community was full of straightedge, godly people, they also contributed to Hawthorne's theme of revenge. By shaming Hester with evil looks, crude comments, and disrespect, ....

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