D.H. Lawrence, writer of the essay, The Scarlet Letter, expresses his perspective on Hester Prynne by emphasizing her pretentious behavior and analyzing her sin. Lawrence incorporates literary techniques to degrade Hester with his use of strong diction to promote her sin, an assertive tone, and including an organized syntax to clearly explain his argument. Lawrence includes strong diction in his argument to persuade his audience that Hester demolished the purity of those influenced by her sinful behavior. He reiterates Mistress Prynne;s sin by allowing his readers to fully understand the destruction she causes toward other characters. He emphasizes the importance of behind “keeping up pure appearances” and “the power of pure appearances” to restate his claim that Hester abolished the cleanliness and sinless qualities of men who encountered her beauty. The words he chose to describe Hester attracts his readers with his intriguing phrases such as the quote above. Prynne is an example for women who has committed sinful deeds. In order to dramatize her character, Lawrence repeatedly labels Hester as an “adulteress” or “the great alpha” to publicize her decisions. This repetition is …show more content…
effective for his readers to understand the severity and importance of her actions. Also, his use of firm diction helps him achieve his purpose by connecting Hester’s situation to societies appeal to sin. D.H.
Lawrence incorporates hyperbole to amplify his reason for classifying Hester as a malicious woman, who uses her beauty to rob men of their purity. Hester is recognized by readers to be a heroic figure with her strong and mature qualities; however, Lawrence focuses on her appearance that inclines pure males. He references Hester as “the great nemesis of women” to effectively convince his readers of her dishonorable decisions. This helps him achieve his purpose by exaggerating his ideas to his audience to explain the severity of her actions. Hyperbole supports Lawrence’s motivation to clearly propose his argument. He magnifies Hester’s character by saying: “his spiritual love was a lie,” to allow readers to empathize for him through ethos to persuade with negative aspects of her
traits. Throughout D.H. Lawrence’s essay, he organizes his argument in a syntax language to concisely and clearly claim that Hester is an adulteress and is guilty of Dimmesdale’s death. By arranging hi sentences to form brief arguments, it allows Lawrence to be direct with his point while supporting it with information. His formation of words saying: “Abel!” or “Adulteress!” is in bullet structure to reveal the lengthy list of negatives Hester supports. The essay has abbreviated sentences to generate focus towards his main purpose which is Hester’s dangerous advantage with beauty. The arrangement of his phrases allows Lawrence to analyze Hester’s character flaws and simply get his point across to his audience. Another example of the essayist’s sentence structure is the abrupt jumps to various topics regarding Miss Prynne. He discusses “the first thing she does is to seduce him” and on the next line “ the first thing he does is to be seduced.” His separation of sentences reveals the chronological order Hester has circulated toward destruction. This format allows readers to effectively understand Lawrence’s point that she is causing an unstable effect. Words selected in D.H. Lawrence’s essay reflect his intentions to portray Hester’s craving for attention and seeking men to seduce. His motivation to influence his views on society in order to acknowledge Hester Prynne, the sinner, rather than a strong and heroic behavior. His use of strong diction, an assertive tone, and an organized syntax supports his point of Hester seizing men’s purity by seducing them. Society identifies Hester as a sinful woman who does not deserve recognition for her courageous attitude and defends those who were seduced out of their purity.
In The Scarlet Letter, author Nathaniel Hawthorne efficiently conveys his purpose to the audience through the use of numerous rhetorical devices in his novel. Two such rhetorical strategies Hawthorne establishes to convey his purpose of informing the audience of valuable life lessons in The Scarlet Letter are characterization and the theme of duality.
I chose this word because the tone of the first chapter seems rather dark. We hear stories of the hopes with which the Puritans arrived in the new world; however, these hopes quickly turned dark because the Purtains found that the first buildings they needed to create were a prison, which alludes to the sins they committed; and a cemetery, which contradicts the new life they hoped to create for themselves.
In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s well known novel, The Scarlet Letter, extensive diction and intense imagery are used to portray the overall tone of the characters. In particular, Hester Prynne, the wearer of the Scarlet Letter, receives plentiful positive characterization throughout the novel. Hester’s character most notably develops through the town’s peoples ever-changing views on the scarlet letter, the copious mentions of her bravery, and her ability to take care of herself, Pearl, and others, even when she reaches the point where most would give up and wallow in their suffering.
As the American people’s standards and principles has evolved over time, it’s easy to forget the pain we’ve caused. However, this growth doesn’t excuse the racism and violence that thrived within our young country not even a century previous. This discrimination, based solely on an ideology that one’s race is superior to another, is what put many people of color in miserable places and situations we couldn’t even imagine today. It allowed many Caucasian individuals to inflict pain, through both physical and verbal attacks, and even take away African Americans ' God given rights. In an effort to expose upcoming generations to these mass amounts of prejudice and wrongdoing, Harper Lee 's classic novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, tells the story of
Throughout The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne attempted to expose the varying ways in which different people deal with lingering guilt from sins they have perpetrated. The contrasting characters of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale ideally exemplified the differences in thought and behavior people have for guilt. Although they were both guilty of committing the same crime, these two individuals differed in that one punished themselves with physical and mental torture and the other chose to continue on with their life, devoting it to those less fortunate than they.
In his essay On the Scarlet Letter, D.H. Lawrence explores Nathaniel Hawthorne’s portrayal of Hester Prynne. Lawrence focuses on and condemns Hester’s sin itself rather than its consequences. Instead of supporting Hawthorne's depiction of Hester as an innocent character, Lawrence sheds light on what he believes is her true character, a deceiver. He argues that Hester Prynne has a false appearance of purity through his use of critical diction, sarcastic tone, and biblical allusions.
Hester Prynne is seen by many as worthy of respect and admiration throughout Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter. She is ultimately seen as a hero in many areas of the novel. Literary critic Mark Van Doren argues that Hester Prynne is a heroic citizen who rises above the consequences of her sin. Van Doren argues that Hester Prynne should be seen as a noble hero through his use of repetition, praiseworthy diction, and admirable tone.
In D.H. Lawrence’s essay, “On The Scarlet Letter,” he criticizes Nathaniel Hawthorne’s wrongful idolization of Hester Prynne. Throughout The Scarlet Letter, Hester is treated as a victim rather than the criminal Lawrence believes her to be. In Lawrence’s essay, he analyzes Hester’s sin and mocks the book for becoming a farce. He focuses on the causes of Hester's sin, rather than the consequences. In analyzing Hester Prynne, Lawrence is effective in achieving his purpose due to his satirical tone, choppy syntax, and use of biblical allusions.
Hester Prynne is a character who gave up everything, even love, for her child. Hester Prynne sacrificed her peace, her beauty, her entire being for her child and this shows her determination and profound understanding of the world. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s piece, “The Scarlet Letter” shows the other side of the sinner’s story and not as a villain, but a victim.
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is seen as a hero by some and as corruption and sin itself by others. She commits adultery, perceived as one of the worst sins by Puritan society, but also comes to terms with it. D.H. Lawrence conveys his thoughts on the subject of whether the protagonist of the novel should be considered a hero in his essay “On Hester Prynne”. He claims that the whole idea of Hester being a hero is ridiculous because The Scarlet Letter was meant to be satirical when relating to the topic of who is seen as a hero. Lawrence believes that she has corrupted Dimmesdale, the young and pure minister, and does not deserve the praise she is receiving from Hawthorne and other authors like Van Doren. Hester
D.H. Lawrence criticizes Nathaniel Hawthorne’s portrayal of Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter in his essay “On the Scarlet Letter.” By focusing on Hester’s sin itself rather than its causes and consequences, Lawrence expresses his opinion on the role of Hester in the novel. Lawrence utilizes choppy syntax, biblical allusions, and a sarcastic tone to clearly reveal his objection towards Hawthorne’s depiction of Hester as a victim of Puritan society’s condemnation.
The repetition of words such as pure, seduce, adultery, American, and Abell help to guide the reader’s emotions and thoughts about Hester and her sin. When Lawrence describes her, his sinful diction is revealed by mocking her as an “A. Adulteressl Abell Abell Abell Admireabel” (Lawrence 22). These words of sin emphasize the negative and evil faces of Hester Prynne and associates herself as a person not commendable. Hester’s character is continuously used as a reminder that she goes with her sin. He reminds us again by commenting that it “all begins with A. Adultress. Alpha. Abel. Adam. A. America” (Lawrence 28-29). Continual reminders force the readers to become more conscious of Hester Prynne's non-admirable character, thus Lawrence’s sinful diction is more
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s character, Hester Prynne’s, actions creates a lot of controversy regarding Prynne’s sin, resulting in Hawthorne writing his critical essay, “On the Scarlet Letter.” D.H Lawrence critiques Hawthorne because he believes that Hawthorne favors Hester Prynne to an unnecessary extent , in The Scarlet Letter. Lawrence uses several devices that allow him to express his viewpoints about Hester Prynne and her sin. D.H. Lawrence uses biblical allusions, bullet-point syntax, and a mocking tone to convey his thoughts on why Hawthorne gives Hester Prynne too much credit.
Hester Prynne committed a crime so severe that it changed her life into coils of torment and defeat. In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester is publicly recognized as an adulteress and expelled from society. Alongside the theme of isolation, the scarlet letter, or symbol of sin, is meant to shame Hester but instead transforms her from a woman of ordinary living into a stronger person.
Director Steven Spielberg and auther Markus Zusak, in their intriguing production, movie Saving Private Ryan and book The Book Thief, both taking place during World War II. However , in Saving Private Ryan Spielberg focus on a lot of complications that occur during war , but guilt was one difficulty that stood out to me. Zusak, on the other hand , showas that having courage during war can be a advantage and also an disadvantage depending on the situation. Both director and author grabed the audience attention with emotional and logical appeal.