The Scarlet Letter Vs. Easy

The Scarlet Letter is a well known novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The novel is composed and written in Salem and Concord, as well as Boston, Massachusetts in the late 1840's. The narrator of the novel is in an omniscent state, meaning he knows more about the characters than the characters know about themselves. Although the narrartor is omniscent, he also makes sure to include his ideas and opinions on situations, making him also greatly subjective. Being subjective, as well as omniscent, historical fiction along with a story displaying constant symbolism is evident.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of America's most renowned authors, demonstrates his extraordinary talents in two of his most famed novels, The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables. To compare these two books seems bizarre, as their plots are distinctly different. Though the books are quite seemingly different, the central themes and Hawthorne's style are closely related (Carey, p. 62). American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne is most famous for his books THE SCARLET LETTER and THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES, which are closely related in theme, the use of symbolism, characterization, and style.

1. Hester Prynne is portrayed as a Christ figure in The Scarlet Letter. She displays self-sacrifice, saintlike features, and exemplifies some biblical teachings throughout the book. The first, which is self-sacrifice, is shown when Hester is standing on the scaffold in front of the whole town and will not uncover the other participant in the adultery. Reverend Wilson questions her of this man that helped commit this crime, “Speak out thy name! That, and thy repentance, may avail to take the scarlet letter off thy breast” (60), with the attempt to bribe her by promising the possible removal of the scarlet A. She refuses to sell out her secret lover with the responses “Never” and “I will not speak!” (60) but the young clergyman keeps questioning Hester. She is willing to take the fall for the both of them and stand up there with the humiliation of their actions. “It is too deeply branded. Ye cannot take it off. And would that I might endure his agony, as well as mine!” (60). This reinforces her firmness in protecting Dimmesdale and from completely razing his name as a minister by telling the public. She is willing to endure the ignominy from the public without exposing him, which is an example of self-sacrifice. With saying that, Hester is like Jesus Christ because he was crucified for our sins as a form of self-sacrifice so we could have eternal life and go to Heaven. Hester's actions for Dimmesdale caused her much more agony and humiliation by the public because of the

Hester allegorically rips off the scarlet letter and

"Ironically, we were studying ‘The Scarlet Letter,’ but isn’t that always the way with these teenage tales? The literature you read in class always seems to have a strong connection with whatever angsty adolescent drama is being recounted.” Olive Penderghast, like Hester Prynne, was ostracized, however, rather than an act of adultery the social humiliation began from a little white lie she told her friend. Throughout Easy A, we see Olive is ostracized from her peers in high school socially similarly to how Hester is publicly humiliated by the townspeople who thought very lowly of her.

Even with evil leaking into the world, it is needed to keep a equilibrium. However, in The Scarlet Letter other characters let seed manifest in their mind and desires. Creating a society of people who can barely tell good, from evil.Additionally, Chillingworth tree of darkness affects all those around him, leaving a permanent stain on Dimmesdale's life especially. On the flip side, Hester doesn’t let the temptation of true evil plant a parement seed into her heart. Fundamentally, it is impossible for the human kinds to be completely aware of their inner ignorance, but it’s still possible to ward off the evil.

The connecting theme between these works is that humans group up to avoid being singled out, and will do almost anything to stay in the group. In The Scarlet Letter, the narrator says ““Lastly, the inhabitants of the town (their own interest in this worn-out subject languidly reviving itself, by sympathy with what they saw others feel)"(ch 22). The author is putting on display how people will change based on what the people around them are doing to not look different. All these new people come to town, and they all stare at the scarlet letter because they have only heard rumors/legends about it. This seems normal, but people who have lived around it every day for several years suddenly discover their curiosity and do the same, solely based on the reaction of the visitors. They just want to belong to the group, and that is what the group is doing, even at the cost of Hester's dignity. They had accepted Hester as much as they would, and that meant leaving her alone for the most part. Yet they changed

The novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and the movie adaptation of it contain similarities, but many of their aspects differ from each other. Both the movie and the book maintain the same theme of the story, which is an important part, but many scenes were also added to capture a more modern audience. Nevertheless, the movie differs from the novel mainly in terms of point of view, the focus of the plot, and the symbolism.

The scarlet letter is an old story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Easy A is a movie written by Brett V. Royal which is a modern version of a scarlet latter. In the scarlet letter and Easy A, both Hester and olive are shunned also despised toward their peers, losing companions and beloved ones along the best approach. The Scarlet latter is about Puritan women name Hester Prynne. She married a young man who she does not love him and then she traveled alone in America. Here she had affair with a puritan guy and which resulted in a young daughter. She kept who the father is secreted. This secretes punish her lot for her entire life. She rejected by society because committing betrayal and forced to wear a red A on her chest. The movie Easy A

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s use of Puritan Society as a whole as the antagonist in The Scarlet Letter shows that societal norms and what is considered socially acceptable causes people to act and judge the way they do. With religion being the bond that hold the Puritan community together, The Bible and the teachings of the church dictate what people in that society interpret as right or wrong. There is no true villain in the novel because in order for there to be a villain there must be a clear struggle between good and evil, and the struggles in The Scarlet Letter cannot be classified as explicitly good and evil, because based on the reader’s opinion on the sins the characters committed, who is truly ‘good’ and who is truly ‘evil’ will vary. While

There are some very clear differences in how the movie and the book depict events in the Scarlet Letter. The difference between the two probably result from the difference in cultural background and social values. The modern background of the movie gives it more flexibility and allows the points to be expressed to a greater extent. The attitude of the main characters clearly expresses the difference in determination that is cast by time. Olive in "Easy A" brings the rumor to its greatest extent and actually nourishes the growth of the rumor by falsely admitting that she is actually getting paid to have sex.

Cover or the movie... Two things by which a book shouldn't be judged. While evaluating a story we should consider that a book and a movie are two seperate things. As you can see from many examples like Harry Potter, 1984 and Scarlet Letter; script writers create a new story from a book. They cease the events, change them or even add new ones to the plot. So even if movie and the book have the same basis; they become two discrete creation. There are just a few instances that the book and the movie has the same sequence of events.

The genre drama is a very broad genre that can go with multiple subgenres; whether the subgenre be romance, sports, or war. But unlike most other films a drama has characters in it that are in realistic situations with the main character or characters that are in a conflict that is taking place in his or her everyday lives. An example of this is Hester Pryne in The Scarlet Letter who becomes pregnant out of wedlock and in turn, is punished for her sin. In Easy A, a modern day remake of The Scarlet Letter, Olive Prenderghast, a normal teenage girl, who describes herself as a typical teenager who is not usually seen becomes the subject of everyone’s attention and conversations within a couple of hours. The setting, hidden meanings, almost like

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Awakening by Kate Chopin share common themes that can be related to the poem ‘’The Journey’’ by Mary Oliver. The Awakening which was an interesting novel depicted strong themes of identity, love, women and femininity, society and class, respect, reputation, as well as life and existence. The Scarlet Letter was a really strong novel with a powerful character, and represented themes such as revenge, women and femininity, natural world, isolation, love, judgment, forgiveness, guilt, and supernatural. As developed in the previous sentences the two novels definitely shared some very strong and common themes which can be related to the poem. The poem shares a theme of finding a voice and transforming into one’s true self.

Scarlet Letter a novel of contemporary time where the principles, culture and reputation of women are very strong. Hester Prynne become pregnant without her husband being present and is criticized and condemned to prison. Hester never mentioned who was the father of the child she carried in her womb. His reputation is stained and society branded with the letter A, which puts herself on her shirt. Hester never said who the father despite strong accusations era. Olive the other side of the film Easy A, is a teenager who lies to her friend saying she lost her virginity. It is heard by a very religious student and this is the one who tells others about the reputation of Olive. This religious is responsible for tarnishing the reputation of Olive