https://padlet.com/jc02209/1xeul5cogz46 en-us 2018-09-06 13:43:30 UTC 2018-09-30 17:22:56 UTC hello@padlet.com jc02209 https://padlet.com/jc02209/1xeul5cogz46/wish/278416749 1. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nathaniel-Hawthorne
2.https://www.shmoop.com/scarlet-letter/themes.html
3.https://www.shmoop.com/scarlet-letter/pearl-hester-daughter-symbol.html
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5.]]> 2018-09-06 13:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jc02209/1xeul5cogz46/wish/278416749 jc02209 https://padlet.com/jc02209/1xeul5cogz46/wish/278417130 Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4th, 1804 in Salem Massachusetts and died on May 19th, 1864. Nathaniel was best known for his two literatures; The Scarlet Letter and The House of The Seven Gables.

When Nathaniel's father died at sea, he left his young wife and three children-two daughters and Nathaniel age 4- with no way to pay for living expenses, she moved in with her brothers The Mannings in Raymond, Maine, on the shores of the Sebago Lake.

Nathaniel lived there for most of his life, though eventually moved back to Salam in 1825, after attending four years at Bowdoin College in Brunswick Maine. Nathaniel was different from the other gentlemen his age and instead spent his time throughout the years, reading and mastering the arts of literature by writing fiction.


]]> 2018-09-06 13:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jc02209/1xeul5cogz46/wish/278417130 jc02209 https://padlet.com/jc02209/1xeul5cogz46/wish/280811442 Nathaniel wrote many varieties of literature, but his well known piece is The Scarlet Letter. The novel centers around a young woman (Hester Prynne) who is forced to wear a scarlet A on her chest because she is an adulture and had a child with a man not her husband who was previously assumed dead, and is out to find the father of Hester's daughter Pearl.

Hawthorne has such a high ranking in American literature because of three things; he was such a skillful craftsman with his writing that he completely captivated his readers, his morals were what kept him separated from those around him, and the third being his use of allegories and themes in his novels. ]]> 2018-09-13 13:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jc02209/1xeul5cogz46/wish/280811442 jc02209 https://padlet.com/jc02209/1xeul5cogz46/wish/281961735 One central theme of The Scarlet Letter would be Sin. Sin is a common recurrence throughout the novel and is represented in many different forms; Hester's' daughter born of adultery, the scarlet letter on every piece of her clothing and how she must show her shame publicly for all to see. The reality is that while all sins may not have been expressed publicly, they still have consequences and affects those around.

Hester refused to name the father of her daughter Pearl because of her own free will not to do so, but what's been discussed in class we can infer that the father would be Dimmsdale the clergy who's very being began to disintegrate as the guilt he felt slowly killed him from the inside out as he was tormented by Chillington- Hester's husband. ]]> 2018-09-16 16:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jc02209/1xeul5cogz46/wish/281961735 jc02209 https://padlet.com/jc02209/1xeul5cogz46/wish/281962046 Another theme for The Scarlet Letter  is hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is expressed in the way that reverend Dimmesdale can preach the word of God and the consequences of sin and still have a child with a married woman, how instead of revealing himself as the father of Pearl, he whips himself as punishment for loving someone he couldn't have because he can't deal with the consequences of his actions. 

He is a man of God, vowing to do what is best for the people in his community and yet he can't stand to bare the thought of any outcome where he is revealed to be the man Hester Prynne gave herself to. ]]> 2018-09-16 16:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jc02209/1xeul5cogz46/wish/281962046 jc02209 https://padlet.com/jc02209/1xeul5cogz46/wish/287350870 Pearl, Hester's daughter born of an unmarried union and is both the symbol of the result of sin and the chance for redemption.

 Hester names her daughter Pearl "as being of great price—purchased with all she had—her mother's only treasure!" The "pearl of great price" is a reference to the Biblical Gospel of Matthew.

On the one hand, Hester loves Pearl exactly because she had to suffer so much to get her—not just in childbirth (a huge risk for any woman back before about 1900 or so), but also because she's a perpetual outcast. In exchange for Pearl, she gave up everything else: her reputation, her community, and even her religion. Pearl also ends up being Dimmesdale's "pearl of great price": when he finally acknowledges her, he gives up his life… but in return he gains forgiveness from God.]]> 2018-09-30 17:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jc02209/1xeul5cogz46/wish/287350870 jc02209 https://padlet.com/jc02209/1xeul5cogz46/wish/287351751 The Scarlet Letter is also a big symbol when regarding the novel]]> 2018-09-30 17:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jc02209/1xeul5cogz46/wish/287351751