The Scarlet Letter ====================================================== Book by Nathaniel Hawthorne Essay by Landen Stroh In The Scarlet Letter, Hester made a scarlet letter, "A" which she had to wear on her chest. This was the Puritan way of treating her as a criminal, for the crime of adultery. The Puritan treatment continued, and as Hester would walk through the streets, she would be looked down upon as if
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of shameful mistakes, is associated with infirmity, cowardice, and self-centeredness due to the fear of exposure. These three mesmerizing works, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Pie” by Gary Soto and, “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, address the theme of guilt and the consequences of concealing one’s guilt. The Scarlet Letter considered one of the most famous of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, is set in the1850s in Boston, Massachusetts. The plot revolves around a Puritan community and
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How Technology Has Changed Our Language Internet Knowledge: Some words have taken on a very new meaning thanks to technology. Not very long ago, the word “tweet” referred simply to something that birds do. Now it is also used to represent the process of posting a 140 character message on the social network Twitter. Social media’s been responsible for a lot of new words, for example tweeps, twitterverse and retweet. The word “friend” has become a verb, as in “she friended me on Facebook”. The
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Reactions Negative reactions to inauspicious events can pile up on the situation to make matters worse. Eventually there will be a large web of causes and effects as a result of one poor reaction to a single event. Such a situation occurs in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a book about a Puritan reaction to adultery. In the novel, the adultery of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale causes Roger Chillingworth, who is the betrayed husband, to react negatively to the events outside of his control
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撰写英语毕业论文是每个英语专业大学生离开校园，走向工作岗位之前必须完成的一项任务。此项任务完成得好坏，顺利与否直接关系到毕业生的按期毕业问题。毕业论文也是对学生进行综合实践训练，培养学生科学研究能力和创新能力，提高学生综合素质的重要环节。因此，笔者认为有必要向学生介绍一些写英语毕业论文的技巧，以便他们能顺利完成此项任务。本文虽然主要介绍如何写英语毕业论文，但从写论文的步骤、方法等方面来看对其他专业的学生也有一定的可借鉴之处。撰写英语毕业论文主要分以下几个阶段：准备、撰写提纲、第一稿、第二稿、第三稿、定稿与答辩。 I. 英语毕业论文准备 学生可以根据本专业教学大纲选定研究范围（英语教育、文学、翻译及外贸等），英语毕业论文选题应符合下列要求： 1.结合专业特点，符合专业培养目标的要求。 2.尽可能与社会实践实际相结合。 3.题目的难度和分量要适当。 在这个阶段学生们遇到的主要问题是如何限定课题范围。最好是课题已在学生脑子里酝酿了好长时间，并且他现在急于将他的思想观点诉诸纸上，与他人分享；最差的是课题由导师布置给他。他应该时刻牢记他要讲有用之词，而不仅仅是
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The Scarlet Letter 10 “Among many morals which press upon us from the poor minister’s miserable experience, we put only this into a sentence: Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!”(Ch.24: 236) Hawthorne expresses the purpose of writing this novel in that short sentence. He creates characters who have sin and disguise these sins for their own salvation. Slowly these sins evolve the characters, it strengthens
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claims that such qualities are embodied among ordinary people put under various pressures to create an evil situation. These traits repeatedly appear among characters in both American literature and history in The Crucible by Arthur Miller, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, and the events related to McCarthyism. Authority gives one the right the apparent right to demand obedience and expect the norm from “their people”. They are expected to use beneficial judgment
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Jennifer Cifuentes Scarlet Letter Essay April 3, 2014 Coach Roberts Chillingworth’s Revenge in The Scarlet Letter Admittedly, some people have a twisted vision of justice and evil. The scarlet letter is a historical fiction romance novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne that gives a great example of this. This story takes place in the late 1640s in Boston, Massachusetts. In this particular society of puritans there seems to be no room for error. Hester Prynne is the main character whom commits
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message of a letter such as "sincerely" and "truley yours." 12. Organization- A process through which you identify what you want to say and the results you hope to attain with your communication. 13. Simplified- Format similar to full-blocked, except that open punctuation is used, no salutation or complimentary closing is included, a subject line in all capital letters must be used, the word "subject" is omitted, the signer's identification appears in all capital letters, and lists are
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Circle/Spherical Motif in The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is in many ways a symbolic novel, in which many tangible images/motifs to represent larger and intangible ideas or themes such as passion and goodness. Many of these motifs intertwine with the plot, developing and forming it, as well as developing the characters of the novel and bringing them to life. Some of the most significant are seen throughout the novel, from start to finish, even contributing to the resolution
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