... , continue donating her time to others, and continue to be a focal point of disgrace for the community proving that she could carry on in the midst of crime and others could as well. Hester's change in character is noticed in the community and once more the scarlet letter's meaning shifts, this instance not to prolong as a blazing and blistering impediment of coals upon her heart, but as ... reference to "Angel." The letter seen in the sky was not directly referenced toward Hester, but the detail that it was ... it meant "Able"- (156). Now known as one who gives her services freely to p...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... no deeds? Can such faith save them? Faith, good works, and the elimination of doing evil are topics usually taught in the pulpit by pastors and those who preach these topics must also practice them. However, in The Scarlet Letter, a famous novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Reverend Dimmesdale carries the problem of confession and his wrongdoings are what makes him a far greater ... sinner than any other character in the novel. Arthur Dimmesdale is known to be the ˜perfect' example ... of a pious man. He is the eminent minister of the Puritan society who centers his teachings on wh...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter is based on the puritanical custom of affixing a giant red, letter "A" to anybody that committed adultery. The novel centers on the adulterous Puritan Hester Prynne. Throughout the novel, she loyally refuses to reveal the name of her partner. The novel is generally regarded as Hawthorne's masterpiece and as one of the classics of American literature. However, it also reflects the typical, partriarchical attitude of both puritan society and of ... of committing adultery. At the beginning of the novel, Hester is forced to wear a scarlet letter, A,...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate