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The Scarlet Letter

Index The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter: A Romance, an 1850 novel, is a work of historical fiction written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. [1]

58 relations: Adam and Eve, Angel and Apostle, Ann Hibbins, Anne Hutchinson, Bathsheba, Boston, Boston in fiction, Brenda Wineapple, Christian, Colonial history of the United States, D. H. Lawrence, David, Dignity, Edgar Allan Poe, Edwin Percy Whipple, Elizabeth Pain, Escutcheon (heraldry), Evert Augustus Duyckinck, Fredric Kroll, George Eliot, Guilt (emotion), Gules, Henry James, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hester Prynne, Historical fiction, Illegitimacy in fiction, James Thomas Fields, John Eliot (missionary), John Winthrop, King's Chapel Burying Ground, Legalism (theology), Martin Luther, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Novella, Orestes Brownson, Pilgrimage, Puritans, Reformation, Repentance, Rhode Island, Richard Bellingham, Romanticism, Sable (heraldry), Salem, Massachusetts, Scaffolding, Shunning, Sin, Sophia Hawthorne, ..., The Church Review and Ecclesiastical Register, The Song of Hiawatha, Thomas Overbury, Ticknor and Fields, United States dollar, University of Massachusetts Press, Washington Irving, Whore of Babylon. Expand index (8 more) »

Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve, according to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, were the first man and woman.

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Angel and Apostle

Angel and Apostle is a novel written by Deborah Noyes and published in 2005.

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Ann Hibbins

Ann Hibbins (or Hibbons; Hibbens) was a woman executed for witchcraft in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 19, 1656.

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Anne Hutchinson

Anne Hutchinson (née Marbury; July 1591 – August 1643) was a Puritan spiritual adviser, mother of 15, and an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy which shook the infant Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638.

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Bathsheba

Bathsheba was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, according to the Hebrew Bible.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Boston in fiction

This articles lists various works of fiction that take place in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Brenda Wineapple

Brenda Wineapple is an American nonfiction writer, literary critic, and essayist.

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Christian

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Colonial history of the United States

The colonial history of the United States covers the history of European colonization of the Americas from the start of colonization in the early 16th century until their incorporation into the United States of America.

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D. H. Lawrence

Herman Melville, Friedrich Nietzsche, Arthur Schopenhauer, Lev Shestov, Walt Whitman | influenced.

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David

David is described in the Hebrew Bible as the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah.

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Dignity

Dignity is the right of a person to be valued and respected for their own sake, and to be treated ethically.

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic.

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Edwin Percy Whipple

Edwin Percy Whipple (March 8, 1819 – June 16, 1886) was an American essayist and critic.

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Elizabeth Pain

Elizabeth Pain (c. 1652 – 26 November 1704), sometimes spelled Elizabeth Paine or Elisabeth Payne, was a settler in colonial Boston who was brought to trial after the death of her child.

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Escutcheon (heraldry)

In heraldry, an escutcheon is a shield that forms the main or focal element in an achievement of arms.

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Evert Augustus Duyckinck

Evert Augustus Duyckinck (pronounced DIE-KINK) (November 23, 1816 – August 13, 1878) was an American publisher and biographer.

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Fredric Kroll

Fredric Joseph Kroll (born February 7, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American-German composer and writer.

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George Eliot

Mary Anne Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively "Mary Ann" or "Marian"), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.

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Guilt (emotion)

Guilt is a cognitive or an emotional experience that occurs when a person believes or realizes—accurately or not—that he or she has compromised his or her own standards of conduct or has violated a universal moral standard and bears significant responsibility for that violation.

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Gules

In heraldry, gules is the tincture with the colour red, and belongs to the class of dark tinctures called "colours." In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of vertical lines or else marked with gu. as an abbreviation.

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Henry James

Henry James, OM (–) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline.

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Hester Prynne

Hester Prynne is the protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter.

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Historical fiction

Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past.

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Illegitimacy in fiction

This is a list of fictional stories in which illegitimacy features as an important plot element.

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James Thomas Fields

James Thomas Fields (December 31, 1817 – April 24, 1881) was an American publisher, editor, and poet.

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John Eliot (missionary)

John Eliot (c. 1604 – May 21, 1690) was a Puritan missionary to the American Indians whom some called "the apostle to the Indians" and the founder of Roxbury Latin School in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1645.

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John Winthrop

John Winthrop (12 January 1587/88 – 26 March 1649) was an English Puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second major settlement in New England, following Plymouth Colony.

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King's Chapel Burying Ground

King's Chapel Burying Ground is a historic cemetery on Tremont Street, near its intersection with School Street, in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Legalism (theology)

Legalism (or nomism), in Christian theology, is the act of putting the Law of Moses above the gospel, which is 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, by establishing requirements for salvation beyond faith (trust) in Jesus Christ, specifically, trust in His finished work - the shedding of His blood for our sins, and reducing the broad, inclusive, and general precepts of the Bible to narrow and rigid moral codes.

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Martin Luther

Martin Luther, (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation.

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691) was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century around the Massachusetts Bay, the northernmost of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne (né Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer.

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Novella

A novella is a text of written, fictional, narrative prose normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel, somewhere between 7,500 and 40,000 words.

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Orestes Brownson

Orestes Augustus Brownson (September 16, 1803 – April 17, 1876) was a New England intellectual and activist, preacher, labor organizer, and noted Catholic convert and writer.

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Pilgrimage

A pilgrimage is a journey or search of moral or spiritual significance.

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Puritans

The Puritans were English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England from its "Catholic" practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed.

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Reformation

The Reformation (or, more fully, the Protestant Reformation; also, the European Reformation) was a schism in Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther and continued by Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin and other Protestant Reformers in 16th century Europe.

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Repentance

Repentance is the activity of reviewing one's actions and feeling contrition or regret for past wrongs, which is accompanied by commitment to change for the better.

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States.

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Richard Bellingham

Richard Bellingham (c. 1592 – 7 December 1672) was a colonial magistrate, lawyer, and several-time governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the last surviving signatory of the colonial charter at his death.

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Romanticism

Romanticism (also known as the Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1850.

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Sable (heraldry)

In heraldry, sable is the tincture black, and belongs to the class of dark tinctures, called "colours".

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Salem, Massachusetts

Salem is a historic, coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States, located on Massachusetts' North Shore.

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Scaffolding

Scaffolding, also called scaffold or staging, is a temporary structure used to support a work crew and materials to aid in the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings, bridges and all other man made structures.

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Shunning

Shunning can be the act of social rejection, or emotional distance.

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Sin

In a religious context, sin is the act of transgression against divine law.

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Sophia Hawthorne

Sophia Amelia Peabody Hawthorne (September 21, 1809 – February 26, 1871) was a painter and illustrator as well as the wife of American author Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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The Church Review and Ecclesiastical Register

The Church Review and Ecclesiastical Register was an Episcopal American journal publishing (under a number of different names) on theological and religious matters from 1848 until 1891.

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The Song of Hiawatha

The Song of Hiawatha is an 1855 epic poem in trochaic tetrameter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that features Native American characters.

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Thomas Overbury

Sir Thomas Overbury (baptized 1581 – 14 September 1613) was an English poet and essayist, also known for being the victim of a murder which led to a scandalous trial.

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Ticknor and Fields

Ticknor and Fields was an American publishing company based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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University of Massachusetts Press

The University of Massachusetts Press is a university press that is part of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Washington Irving

Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.

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Whore of Babylon

The Whore of Babylon or Babylon the Great is a mythological female figure and also place of evil mentioned in the Book of Revelation in the Bible.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Letter

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