Ross Montanti
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Montanti: Conclusion: In the concluding chapter the second paragraph tells the reader more about the people who were in the crowd that day that Dimmesdale testified. They said they had seen a scarlet letter on the chest of the minister much like the one Hester Prynne wore on hers, many say that that day both Hester and Dimmesdale began a course of penance, others appreciated the ministers sensibility and operation of his spirit upon his body. Hawthorne tells the reader that it is up to them to decide one of the theories, but to me all of the theories elude to the forgiveness of the minister for the sin he has committed and shows that anything can be forgiven no matter how bad it may have been ultimately showing the message Hawthorne was trying to convey to the reader throughout the novel, but the reader also learns that the story ended in the previous chapter and that this one just serves as a conclusion.
The Scarlet Letter
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Montanti: The ministers day: Dimmesdale finally finishes his sermon and the crowd erupts into applause for they all spoke about never until now had someone spoken so wisely, so high, and so holy a spirit as he did that day, nor had inspiration been shared as well as he shared it. His influence upon them was apparent they embraced him and soon he would leave them in tears as he would leave the town after he revealed the truth to all of them and he had transcended almost to the profits, for this was his brightest day. It shows that with the truth anything can happen no matter your past, the truth can always set you free and help you be accepted by those you wronged as shown in this passage with Dimmesdale confessing his sin to the entire town. He shows them the inspiration to be great but at the same time be true to those around you which Hawthorne is portraying all along through the novel.
The Scarlet Letter
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Montanti: One more passenger: Toward the end of the holiday Hester is approached by the mariner who she had planned to leave with after the days events were over with the minister. The mariner approaches Hester and tells her that they need to take another passenger other than her and Dimmesdale; he explains that the ship needs a physician and tells her that Chillingworth has been added to the voyage. Hester looks around and spots Roger in the crowd who is in turn looking at her and smiles across the crowd with a devilish grin, this single moment turns the mood and brings a new fearful one. This single event changes the plot and adds an unexpected twist and foreshadows something bad for Hester and Dimmesdale’s future and may end up changing their plan to leave New England, this ends the chapter and leaves the reader lost in what could possibly happen next to the two. (responce thourgh end of chapter)
The Scarlet Letter
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Montanti: Ministers mind: Dimmesdale leaves the forest before Hester and Pearl, on his way out he glances back at the two expecting to find a traced feature of the mother and child fading into the twilight but what he saw was Hester still sitting on the tree trunk. He also saw Pearl, who continued to dance around the brook; the intrusive third person was gone. The minister could not free his mind from Hester and Pearl as he realized the earths burden was pressing on the two of them, he probably realized that the two were lonely and needed someone else. He saw Hester finally getting a single hours rest and solace, and Pearl dancing by herself around the brook and that the pair were lonely and needed someone else to help them get through the tough time and that maybe that person was Dimmesdale himself and helped him realize the plan Hester had formulated could have been a cry for help rather than an escape.
The Scarlet Letter
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Montanti: Need the letter?: In this passage Pearl is standing at the brook gazing at Hester and Dimmesdale who were sitting together waiting for her to join them. At that moment the brooks water seemed to stand still and show the beauty of pearl and everything around her, Pearl stood there in an odd fashion looking into the brook at her reflection. The mood in the forest then seemed to change and in the reflection another child appeared and at that time Pearl looked at her mother who felt astringed from her daughter and started to feel lonely. Her time without the scarlet letter had seemed to run out and all started turning gloomy again as if Hester only had a certain amount of time without the letter that was acceptable. Hester realizes here that the letter is and will always be apart of her and Pearls life and is an essential part as well and she feels as though she needs to put the letter back on.
The Scarlet Letter
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Montanti: Free from the letter: Hester throws the scarlet letter into the stream and now the stigma was gone, Hester sighs deeply and feels the burden and shame get lifted from her spirit in great relief. She had no idea of the real weight of the letter until she was free from it, with another impulse she takes off her cap and let’s down her hair all the actions seemed to make her glow with charm and softness, and all of a sudden the entire forest light up from a great beam from the sun and all seemed happy for Hester in the forest. The passage almost seems to show that the letter confined Hester from living her life, it seemed to burden her in everything that she did and confined her from being happy, and that it was just a mindset that she couldn’t escape unless the letter was removed and upon removal it would be out of her memory and allow her to live the live she was suppose to.
The Scarlet Letter
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Montanti: Hester hurts the Minister: Hester realizes the great pain she is attributed for bringing upon the minister by having him lie for so many years. Arthur Dimmesdale was very weak and Hester didn’t take it into consideration due to her selfishness to her own troubles, she left but still pondered the sympathies she felt for him and felt the presence of Chillingworth torturing the minister physically and spiritually. This passage builds to the climax of where Hester’s head is mentally, she is growing as a person ever since the letter had been assigned to her and Hawthorne is showing us how much she has grown as a person since we first met her. He is almost telling the reader that it was god’s intention for all of these events to happen to these specific people in order to show themselves and the reader their true identity and help them grow as people into what god had planned for them.
The Scarlet Letter
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Montanti: Sunlight: The passage shows Hester and Pearl in the forest, Pearl points out in an earlier paragraph during this chapter that her mother cannot touch any sunlight. Hester walks up to a ray of light and reaches out in hopes to be able to touch it, but to her disappointment the sunshine vanished. Meanwhile Pearl is dancing in the bright sunlight and it seemed to bring out her features, Hester wishes the child could absorb the light into herself and it would give her a path instead of her falling into a gloomy shade. Hester was pleased that she saw a new un-transmitted vigor in her daughter’s nature, because it showed she had no disease. This passage may show some foreshadowing, even though Pearl was birthed from a sin that that sin will not affect the rest of her life, Hester realizes here that she gave Pearl a better life than she ever had, which is what all moms want.
The Scarlet Letter
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Montanti: Hester & Pearl: Pearl takes her mothers hand and stares inter her eyes with a earnestness, Hester felt a childlike confidence in Pearl and in the best way Pearl could she showed a certain sympathy toward her mother. Hester embraces the sympathy and there is a moment of intense affection between the two. The mood is very strong in this passage not only in the mother daughter bond that Hester and Pearl are sharing but also it is shown in nature as the wind breezes bringing inexplicable passion in every gust. Hester sees Pearl in a new light, a light in which she and Pearl may become friends, showing Pearls character emerging as one with courage, will pride, and self discipline into self respect. The emotion in the paragraph is great as Pearl is starting to blossom out of the evil attributes in which she inherited from Hester in to a noble woman and a mature one for her age as well.
The Scarlet Letter
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Montanti: Chillingworth: In this passage Hester starts to notice as she looks at Chillingworth that he has changed over the years. She noticed that it wasn’t age that made the difference as she says he wears his age well, but it was his intellect and his calm quite mannerisms were gone and he was no longer a studious man either. Instead those traits were replaced with an eager, searching, fierce, and guarded new personality that was masked with a smile. Hester knew the mask was false and she could see a darkness about him and a red glare in his eyes as if his soul were on fire. Inside of Roger the fire was smoldering inside his chest until he acted with passion in which the smoke would turn into a flame for the moment of passion. Any spectator could see the devil in Chillingworth and he knew they could too, as soon as a passionate moment occurred he repressed and tried to cover it immediately.
The Scarlet Letter
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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