Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Transcendentalism and anti transcendentalism in Scarlett letter

Scarlett letter








The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. Set in Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne who conceives a daughter through an affair and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. The book explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt. The Scarlet Letter was one of the first mass-produced books in America. It was popular when first published and is considered a classic work today.


Transcendentalism

"A system developed by Immanuel Kant, based on the idea that, in order to understand the nature of reality, one must first examine and analyse the reasoning process which governs the nature of experience".


In Scarlett letter we see transcendentalism in chacharacter of pearl, Hester, Dimmesdale. Hawthorne portrait transcendentalism in character of the Hester. Hester lives figuratively and literally on the outskirts of the Puritan community with Pearl, the daughter Hester conceived during her affair. They believed that social institutions, from schools to hospitals to churches, warped the human soul and spirit. Hester and Pearl live as social outcasts who can't attend Church services, and Pearl is not accepted into the Puritan school. They both are the alone they  can't live freely in the society.

Anti-transcendentalism

Anti-Transcendentalism was an opposition movement to the Transcendentalist. The Transcendentalist were writers who supported the beauty of Nature, the kindness of Humans and a distrust in government.

 Anti-Transcendentalism was an opposition movement to the Transcendentalist. The Transcendentalist were writers who supported the beauty of Nature, the kindness of Humans and a distrust in government. We see the character of Hester and pearl they live their life with the full of problems and they suffer throughout the novel. 

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