The Scarlet Letter Essential Settings - 1231 Words

The Scarlet Letter has two essential settings. They include the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the mid 17-century (the town), and the forest which surrounds the town. Hester, Dimmesdale, Pearl, Chillingworth and the other characters all live in the town. It is Puritan town, and they really believe in purity, and punishments for not being â€Å"pure† were extremely harsh. The entire Puritan community is based heavily around enforcing law and religion. The forest/woods that surround in the town is also a major setting. The forest that surrounds the town is thought to be the devil’s place. An immense part of the novel has to take place in a 17-century Puritan formed town. In the novel everybody lives in the town. The town enforces harsh punishments when the law is not followed. As well as the religion, purity is a huge thing they believe in and has strict guidelines and punishments if broke. In the town there was a prison with a courtyard. It was a very dark place, even though, through all the dark and gloominess there was a rose garden that bloomed brightly and had a sense of hope. To go along with the prison and courtyard there was a scaffold. It was a platform in the middle of the town, but still close enough to the prison for the criminal to walk to it in shame. â€Å" It was no great distance, in those days, from the prison-door to the market-place. Measured by the prisoner’s experience, however, it might be reckoned a journey of some length† (Hawthorne 62). Prisoners areShow MoreRelatedThe Scarlet Letter : Essential Settings1231 Words   |  5 PagesThe Scarlet Letter has two essential settings. They include the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the mid 17-century (the town), and the forest which surrounds the town. Hester, Dimmesdale, Pearl, Chillingworth and the other characters all live in the town. It is Puritan town, and they really believe in purity, and punishments for not being â€Å"pure† were extremely harsh. 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In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne focuses on integrating many aspects of nature, which stand as representations of the characters, to capture the essence of the characters. The setting itself, or often integrated to the setting, is nature and its quality to alter and enforce the perception of how a character is identified by both charactersRead MoreEssay on Nathaniel Hawthornes Life in His Works1556 Words   |  7 PagesHawthorne threw his life into every single piece of his writing. His experiences, background, and the setting in which his life took place are prominent in everything he wrote. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in the Salem, Massachusetts area of New England, in which the Puritan history had a great surrounding influence. It was from these influences that he wrote his most famous book, The Scarlet Letter. The earliest American Hawthorne relatives were brothers John and William Hathorne, both judges. The Scarlet Letter Essential Settings - 1231 Words The Scarlet Letter has two essential settings. They include the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the mid 17-century (the town), and the forest which surrounds the town. Hester, Dimmesdale, Pearl, Chillingworth and the other characters all live in the town. It is Puritan town, and they really believe in purity, and punishments for not being â€Å"pure† were extremely harsh. The entire Puritan community is based heavily around enforcing law and religion. The forest/woods that surround in the town is also a major setting. The forest that surrounds the town is thought to be the devil’s place. An immense part of the novel has to take place in a 17-century Puritan formed town. In the novel everybody lives in the town. The town enforces harsh punishments when the law is not followed. As well as the religion, purity is a huge thing they believe in and has strict guidelines and punishments if broke. In the town there was a prison with a courtyard. It was a very dark place, even though, through all the dark and gloominess there was a rose garden that bloomed brightly and had a sense of hope. To go along with the prison and courtyard there was a scaffold. It was a platform in the middle of the town, but still close enough to the prison for the criminal to walk to it in shame. â€Å" It was no great distance, in those days, from the prison-door to the market-place. Measured by the prisoner’s experience, however, it might be reckoned a journey of some length† (Hawthorne 62). Prisoners areShow MoreRelatedThe Scarlet Letter : Essential Settings1231 Words   |  5 PagesThe Scarlet Letter has two essential settings. They include the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the mid 17-century (the town), and the forest which surrounds the town. Hester, Dimmesdale, Pearl, Chillingworth and the other characters all live in the town. It is Puritan town, and they really believe in purity, and punishments for not being â€Å"pure† were extremely harsh. Th e entire Puritan community is based heavily around enforcing law and religion. The forest/woods that surround in the town is alsoRead MoreComparing The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthrone and The Crucible by Arthur Miller1394 Words   |  6 Pagesdeemed unfit for society. Two works of literature that display both aspects of this society very accurately are The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel   Hawthorne, and The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. The Scarlet Letter displays a society that treats two people very differently who commit the sin of adultery together. The woman, Hester Prynne, admits her sin, is forced to always wear a scarlet letter A on her bosom, and is ostracized from society. The man, Reverend Dimmesdale, hides his sin from the world, isRead MoreThe Scarlet Letter : Wilderness Vs. Society1259 Words   |  6 Pages Wilderness vs. society In the novel Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne presenting the idea for humans to endure the laws of nature and conscience, rather than following the laws of man, to fulfill happiness. The novel consists of a young woman named Hester Prynne carrying her infant daughter named Pearl. The golden letter A embroidered on Hester’s bosom symbolizes adultery, a vile sin which is looked down upon in her community. She encountersRead MoreIn Nathaniel HawthorneS The Scarlet Letter, There Are948 Words   |  4 Pagess The Scarlet Letter, there are many important scenes. But there are five scenes that stood out and pushed the plot forward. This includes Hester walking out of the prison, Chillingworth finds out about Dimmesdale’s scarlet letter, and Dimmesdale stands on the scaffold with Hester and Pearl. The final two being Hester meeting Dimmesdale in the forest and the Dimmesdale confessing his sin. These scenes are the key points in his novel. The first major scene in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is theRead MoreThe Scarlet Letter, By Nathaniel Hawthorne1510 Words   |  7 PagesAlthough Hawthorne goes back two hundred years to create a romantic setting for his famous novel The Scarlet Letter, he also envisions a hopeful future for women in which â€Å"sacred love should make [them] happy† (166). However, our present setting tells us a different story. We are presented with the problem of â€Å"slut shaming†: a subtle, yet deadly transfiguration of a woman’s passion and â€Å"sacred love† into moral frailty and opprobrium. As a male, I do not have the same authority to speak on this topicRead MoreEssay about The Scarlet Letter Critical Analysis1251 Words   |  6 PagesThe Scarlet Letter Critical Analysis Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, the direct descendant of John Hawthorne, and a judge at the infamous Salemwitchcraft trials. The guilt that Hawthorne felt over the actions of his ancestor had an enormous impact on his writings. In his introduction of The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne accepts the guilt from his forefathers and offers to repent for their crimes (Waggoner, 5). This unusual way of viewingRead MoreThe Sexist Surroundings that Etrap the Narrator in Various Literary Works Supresss the Respective Protagonists Identitties as Women1671 Words   |  7 PagesWallpaper,† Miss Emily Grierson in â€Å"A Rose for Emily,† and Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter ultimately suppress the respective protagonists’ identities as women, leading them to suffer in isolation. II. TOPIC SENTENCE I: The protagonists in the â€Å"The Yellow Wallpaper,† â€Å"A Rose for Emily,† and The Scarlet Letter all live in a sexist environment that confines their lives. A. MAJOR I: The history of each respective setting within the all the stories set the stage for the sexism that ultimately ruinsRead MoreThe Scarlet Letter And The Other Wes Moore841 Words   |  4 Pagesbringing this message about is author of The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne tells the story of Hester Prynne, a Puritan women in seventeenth century Boston, Hester, having committed adultery, is branded with a scarlet ‘A’ on her chest. The story describes the animosity that society feels towards her and her daughter Pearl, through the story Hester redefines the meaning of the ‘A’ and Pearl’s life is formed in a new light. While the setting of twentieth century Baltimore is unlike thatRead MoreNature And Character Of The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne1424 Words   |  6 PagesNature and Character Nature can signify various different aspects in literature. It is commonly used to set the setting and/or mood for the plot in stories. In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne focuses on integrating many aspects of nature, which stand as representations of the characters, to capture the essence of the characters. The setting itself, or often integrated to the setting, is nature and its quality to alter and enforce the perception of how a character is identified by both charactersRead MoreEssay on Nathaniel Hawthornes Life in His Works1556 Words   |  7 PagesHawthorne threw his life into every single piece of his writing. His experiences, background, and the setting in which his life took place are prominent in everything he wrote. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in the Salem, Massachusetts area of New England, in which the Puritan history had a great surrounding influence. It was from these influences that he wrote his most famous book, The Scarlet Letter. The earliest American Hawthorne relatives were brothers John and William Hathorne, both judges.