... book and the symbols used to represent them. Hester Prynne, the town's seamstress, committed adultery and for her punishment she has to wear the scarlet letter. The "A" stands for her sin, but as the people come to know her over the years, they think of the "A" as her being ... a connection between Hester and Dimmesdale, and she believes that it has to do with the scarlet letter. At the end of the story, when Dimmesdale lets everyone know that he is the father of Pearl, then she becomes complete. Dimmesdale, the town's minister, looks up in the sky and sees a red "A" ... formed by a met...

• Word Count: 435
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... many months in prison, stand on the scaffold for three hours under public scrutiny, and attach a scarlet letter, "A" on her chest every day as long as she remained in the town of Boston. The letter "A" was to show Hester Prynne as an adulteress and as an immoral human being. Her refusal to ... let go of this sin led to her alienation and isolation. This is shown in the story through her experience on the scaffold, her complete change of appearance, and ... to reveal the name of whom she committed the sin with. Having a heart blinded by love Hester choose to stay in the town and wear th...

• Word Count: 833
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... it!'" (p64) Pearl is Hester's hope, life, friend, and pardon. Although Pearl is definitely a positive, spirit building, influence on Hester's life, Pearl's main role as the scarlet letter proves to challenge Hester's resolve. Pearl is "the scarlet letter, only capable of being loved, and so endowed with a millionfold the power of retribution- (p64) As a symbol of her sin, Hester dresses up Pearl to look ... ; so strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman's strength." (p113) Pearl grows in her understanding of life in the Puritan society and in her understanding of her mother and father. The ...

• Word Count: 765
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• Grade Level: High School

... has not "sinned alone," she knows that other feels the shame that she feels. In her public and private suffering, represented by the scarlet letter in her life, she remains a pillar of strength. Hester's selflessness also reflected in the services that she renders to the poor, needy ... wounds inflicted by her reputation and plague by the scarlet letter. Her weakness revealed in her private vent of her grief through tears. Her silent suffering eventually wins the sympathy of others but still fails to gain her complete acceptance by the Puritan society that surrounds her. Committing ......

• Word Count: 1594
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School