... is simply a doctor. Chillingworth uses his influence to multiply the feelings of guilt in the minister while trying to keep him in physical health, as a form of emotional torture. At the climax of the story, Dimmesdale confesses and dies. Hester and Pearl leave the colony. Chillingworth whose whole purpose was to get revenge from Dimmesdale suddenly finds his life without purpose and dies within ... a year. Hawthorne used the settings in the book, not only to develop the story, but to make a statement about Puritan Society through the use of allegory. The marketplace is the center of Pu...

• Word Count: 2453
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... her scar and prevail forth in the town that has denied her. Hester demonstrates strength by her daring and dramatic dress, which stepped outside of Puritan code. Her apparel is not what the others in the town are accustomed to. It is bold and stands out from the ordinary clothes worn ... 50). The "A", although a magnificent creation, was supposed to be a disciplinary action, and because it was so detailed, many thought Hester was making a mockery of the system that punished her. The women called her a "brazen hussy" and felt she was not taking the sentence seriously (51). Although her clo...

• Word Count: 1678
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... She is convicted of committing adultery. At the beginning of the novel, Hester is forced to wear a scarlet letter, A, on her dress as a sign of her guilt. She steadfastly refuses to reveal the identity of her adulterous partner. However, her husband eventually realizes who her lover is and takes revenge on him. Eventually ... , "Hester did not sin at all: or that, if she did, she transformed her sin into a virtue according to the romantics, the tragedy of the Scarlet Letter does not result in any flaw in the heroin, for she is romantically without sin Hester gave everything to love"(Carp...

• Word Count: 1505
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... argue that the Reverend is not the tragic hero that some believe. Arthur Dimmesdale, a minister, lives his life under the watchful yet admiring eye of the townspeople of Boston and, as a result, becomes a slave to the public opinion. His sin against Hester Prynne and Pearl is that he will not acknowledge ... to be the only escape for the Puritans in the novel. This is the only place where the people can be free from Puritan law and code. It is here, in the forest that Reverend Dimmesdale can express his deep love for Hester Prynne and where she can do the same for him ... and Pearl, a ...

• Word Count: 2932
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School