... goes on. These three sinners, in the eyes of the puritan community are the beautiful Hester Prynne, the esteemed Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, and the cold-hearted doctor, Roger Chillingworth. Like Hawthorne, I believe that evil is the nature of man but that there are different ... his patient, Dimmesdale. Hawthorne describes it as "The physician advanced directly in front of his patient, laid his hand upon his bosom, and thrust aside the vestment, that, hitherto, had always covered it even from the professional eye" (49). Chillingworth really commits two major ... thy budding youth into a...

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• Grade Level: High School

... himself whether the grass would ever grow on it, because an accursed thing must there be buried" (106). Here, grass represents goodness and life, and because of his own sin, he does not believe that nature will reflect his positive accomplishments when he dies. Dead foliage also helps ... attempt by Hester to discard her sin shows that she, like a plant in the forest, is ready for new growth. Living and wild or withering and dead plant symbols help to describe the characters" states throughout the novel. The forest in The Scarlet Letter brings out a different side ... of each character....

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• Grade Level: High School