Scarlet Letter
Final Prep: Hawthorne, Miller, Clemens, Crane The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawtorne takes place in the seventeenth century, New England colony of Massachusetts. Hester Prynne is the protagonist of the novel. She is an English woman and the wife of Roger Chillingworth. She is tried and condemned for her sin of adultery with Dimmesdale and charged to wear the scarlet letter, "A", an indication of adultery, on the bosom of her gown forever. Even though she has a daughter out of wedlock, she refuses to reveal who the father is. Arthur Dimmesdale is a young, handsome, and unmarried pastor of Hester's church. He commits adultery with Hester, he is guilty of hiding his sin. His suffering is reflected in his physical appearance. He is also considered a protagonist, like Hester. Roger Chillingworth is a physician who has sent his wife ahead of him to America. He fails to join her quickly, because he is captured by Indians from where he gathers the knowledge of herbal medicine. He is an old, evil, vicious, ugly, and deformed man. His vengeance on Dimmesdale, while pretending to treat him, makes him evil. Pearl is the daughter of Hester and Dimmesdale. She is the living symbol of the scarlet
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Henry's Mother, John Proctor, Roger Chillingworth, Tom Sawyer, Arthur Dimmesdale, Betty Parris, Tall Soldier, Dimmesdale Pearl's, Jim Huck, Civil War, john proctor, scarlet letter, duke dauphin, reverend parris, jim runaway slave, protagonist novel, runaway slave, hester prynne, jim runaway, arthur dimmesdale, civil war,
Approximate Word count = 1459
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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