... than public shame is Dimmesdale's own cruel inner shame. Knowing what only he and Hester know, the secret of theirs eats away at Dimmesdale's weakening and slowly killing him As the Puritans would call Dimmesdale a sinner, the Romantics level him as a human. The Scarlet Letter is wrapped in a deluge of allegorical theories and philosophies. Ranging from Puritanical to Romantic, Nathaniel Hawthorne embodies his ideas to stress his ... brings out the loneliness, the innocent recklessness, and the wild beauty within her. Reverend Dimesdale's image radiates the dark, gloomy truth of his imp...

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... signification," (110) and now believed it to represent the concept of "able." Many the townspeople realized what a high quality of character Hester possessed. They would call to each other, "Do you see that woman with the embroidered badge? It is our Hester- the town's Hester ." (111). The changing attitudes of the people in her society did eventually acknowledge the brave, strong woman Hester always had been. However, ... . Hester's own acceptance of herself and her pride transformed the scarlet letter to being much more than a symbol, it was a guide, " her passport into regions where ...

• Word Count: 1352
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... is a reason for Hester to live revitalizing her sprits whenever she has the urge to give up. Pearl is always drawing or crafting the letter "A- in the sand, with seaweed, flowers and brambles. "In the afternoon of a certain summer's day, after Pearl grew big enough to run about, she amused herself with gathering handfuls of wild flowers, and flinging them, one by one, at her mother's bosom ... while Hester's has had time to grow old. The last significant event in which Pearl is the embodiment of the scarlet letter is in the forest. This last event proves that Hester is not complete with...

• Word Count: 1536
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... is a reason for Hester to live revitalizing her sprits whenever she has the urge to give up. Pearl is always drawing or crafting the letter "A- in the sand, with seaweed, flowers and brambles. "In the afternoon of a certain summer's day, after Pearl grew big enough to run about, she amused herself with gathering handfuls of wild flowers, and flinging them, one by one, at her mother's bosom ... while Hester's has had time to grow old. The last significant event in which Pearl is the embodiment of the scarlet letter is in the forest. This last event proves that Hester is not complete with...

• Word Count: 1529
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School