... one sin, for which she had borne so long and dreary a penance, but of her many good deeds since " (147). The truth of Hester's scarlet letter changed; it no longer represented her weakness and evil, instead, she was now seen as a hardworking woman who is kind and humble. Larger part of ... forest and the edge of town. "Throwing his eyes anxiously in the direction of the voice, he indistinctly beheld a form under the trees [...] and so little relieved from the gray twilight into which the clouded sky and the heavy foliage had darkened the noontide, that he knew not whether it were a woman...

• Word Count: 1931
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... public they must wear a scarf. During the 1850's Puritan goals were to purify the Church of England (Internet Source 2). To purify the Church of England would require rules that allow little room for tolerance. "Spare the rod, spoil the child"(KJV, Proverbs) was abused. If one did not go by their standards they may very well be branded a witch, and much ... knew that Dimmedale's confession would not end the reproach of the people on him. So in His demonstration of love, He takes him home. In summary the story of The Scarlet Letter is nothing more than the absence of the Father in the li...

• Word Count: 2000
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... and has a beautiful child whom she hopes will grow up to marry for love and not follow the path she did. Pearl is the living scarlet letter that was created by sin and to her, the letter worn around Hester's neck, is Pearl's way of saying that what Hester did ... . She was a beautiful woman who was strong and the other women crowded around her because of jealousy. In that remarkable forest scene in The Scarlet Letter, the long repressed/suppressed sexuality of Hester is suddenly exposed when she releases her hair. The reader immediately recognizes that the complex art of ... began to fa...

• Word Count: 1408
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... the first stanza of this poem, before you know she is married, but romantically involved with someone else, Piatt's words show that there relationship is doomed. "And to give me a little scarlet bud, that was dying of frost, to wear" (801). While this man is indeed giving her a flower, it is a dying flower. The flower symbolizing their love which is dying because ... death. Not in that death is romantic, but that love is proved through dying. In her poem In Kittery Churchyard, she sets up a graveyard scene with vivid detail. "Crushing the scarlet strawberries in the grass, I kneel to re...

• Word Count: 1554
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... the one occasion that they were not careful, they conceive a baby. China's statement is ironic, almost ominous: "I will never, never be like those breeders that bring their puffed-up squalling little red-faced babies to class" (616). She and Jeremy see to it that their baby does not get a chance to "squall". The only sound that the newborn makes is "the ... , torture her, drag her weeping through the streets in a dirty white dress with "Baby Killer" stitched over her breast in scarlet letters - was to see Jeremy. Just that. Because what really mattered was what he was thinking. (621) It ...

• Word Count: 1452
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School