Describe the image of the other "countenance" Hester Prynne sees in the mirror in the end of Chapter II. Consider everything about this being as possibly symbolic, and surmise what this could tell the reader about this person?
At the end of Chapter II, Hester Prynne sees another figure in the mirror besides her own reflection. Her vision captures a thin, older man who is pale in complexion and wearing studious glasses. The lenses are described as having the ability to "read the human soul"(41). Hester's visual perception of this man symbolizes her awareness of his insight and the guilt of what she has done to wrong him. His description communicates his great intelligence to the audience.
The image Hester sees in the mirror is,a pail thin version of her husband.The image she sees mocks Hester in a sense;the image of Roger in the mirror is wearing huge bifocal glasses,which can stand for Roger's deep preception.It stands for him knowing everything about Hester and whatever she is trying to hide.The fact that she sees him in the the mirror shows that she thinks he knows everything and can see right through her.
In chapter two of THE SCARLET LETTER, Nathaniel Hawthorne describes an image as a countenance. It is the image of a man described as "a man well stricken in years, a pale, thin, scholar-like visage with eyes dim and bleared by the lamp-light that had served them to pore over many ponderous books"(Hawthorne 41). The man also has one shoulder higher than the other. This whole description can be symbolic to describe the opposite of Hester Prynne at that time. Her image in the mirror is described as "glowing with girlish beauty"(Hawthorne 41). The reader later on discovers that this man turned out to be her husband. This images represents how opposite they were from each other when they got married and how they still are. He was mature and wise while she was still a girl with an innocent character.
The image of the other "counterance" that Hester Prynne sees int the mirrior is the image of her husaband. Hester Prynne thinks that he knows every thing that she has just done. He was shape very oddly and look differently.
In chapter two of The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne vividly describes Hester Prynne viewing her own reflection in a mirror and seeing of another countenance. "She saw her own face, glowing with girlish beauty,"(41). In the text stated is "A man well stricken in years, a pale, thin, scholar-like visage,"(41). With these two sentences Hawthorne contrasts Hester Prynne and the man in the crowd (later known as her husband Roger Chillingworth). Hawthorne is basically stating since the beginning of their marriage they have been complete opposites and still are to this day. Hester Prynne a beautiful and ravishing young woman, and a man not so handsome with years of age visible has always had "his head in the books."
Also when Hester Prynne views her image in the "interior of the dusky mirror," she saw of someone else. "Yet those same bleared optics had a strange, penetrating power, when it was their owner's purpose to read the human soul." Within this text Hawthorne is stating how Hester Prynne can feel the man penetrating right through her and is able to see the sin she committed which was of adultery. Even though she can not possibly hide the fact that she committed a sin with the enormous “A” on her clothing, the man is able to sense her guilt, worries, and everything along with it, almost as if he can literally read the genetic code of her soul
Their is an image Hester sees in the mirror. It is a pail, thin man with studious glasses and this vision is thought of being her husband. The image she sees somewhat mocks Hester.His glasses can symbolize him as knowing everything about Hester and her plans to hide.Since Hester sees this in the the mirror, it shows that she thinks he knows alot about her and knows her like he knows the back of his hand.
The image in the mirror is a "man well stricken in years, a pale, thin, scholar-like visage"(41). His "optics had a strange penetrating power"(41) which allowed him to"read the human soul." The man was "slightly deformed" as his "left shoulder was a trifle higher than the right"(41). The description tells the reader that this man is intelligent. The physical deformity reveals that his character is crooked, in other words he is normal and good.
Hawthorne vividly describes the images Hester Prynne sees in the mirror. She sees herself "glowing with girlish beauty, and illuminating all the interior of the dusty mirror she was looking at"(41). Then she sees "a man well stricken in years, pale, thin, scholar-like visage, with eyes dim and bleared by the lamp-light..."(41). Hester Prynne sees Roger Chillingworth in the mirror. The two contrast each other in so many ways. One, Prynne is young and beautiful and Chillingworth is old and ugly. The continued descrition of Rogaer Chillingworth states that he was slightly deformed and he had a, "strange, penetrating power, when it was their owner's purpose to read the human soul"(41). Expressing to the reader that he is an intelligent man. Hester Prynne feels as though the crooked man is seeing through her to her guilty soul and sensing all her worries and problems. She is worried he will figure out her secret, but then she comes back to reality and clings to the scarlet letter on her bosom and looks to make sure that the infant and shame were still real.
Hester Prynne has a heavy conscience, and this is evident in chapter 2, where she believes she sees another image besides her own in the reflection of the mirror. She sees a pale, thin man with the look of a scholar. Her conscience tells her that the man can see right through her soul and knows her secret.
In chapter 2 the other countenance is described as "a man well well stricken beyond his years, pale, thin,[with a]scholar-like visage...with eyes dim [that] pore[d] over many books" (41). From this quote, the reader can conclude the the countenance in the the mirror is a very intelligent man.
Hester believes that there was a man in the mirror when she lloked into it. The man is described as "a man well stricken beyond his years, pale, thin, scholar lookingvisage... With eyes dim pore over many books" (41) From how the older man is expressed one could insiffer that the man is a wise old man, with years of wisdom, and eyes of knowledge.
Catrina Donner When hester looks into the mirror she believes that she sees "a man well stricken beyond his years, pale, thin, scholar-like visage... with eyes dim pore over many books" (41) From how the man is expressed, one can insiffer that the man is an elder man with eyes full of wisdom, and years of knowledge, and when she looks into the mirror, someone wise and full of wisdom is looking back at her.
In Ashley Jones’ blog, addressing the description of the image of the other ”countenance” Hester Prynne sees in the mirror in the end of Chapter II, she states, “she sees herself glowing with girlish beauty, and illuminating all the interior of the dusky mirror, then she sees a man well stricken in years, pale, thin, with eyes dim and bleared by the lamp-light….”(41). Hester sees Roger Chillingworth in the mirror; the two contrast each other in so many ways. One, Hester is young and beautiful, and Chillingworth is old and ugly. This proves true when one considers how Hester feels about Chillingworth. Hester Prynne feels as though the crooked man is seeing through her to her guilty soul and sensing all her worries and problems. She is worried he will figure out her secret, but then she comes back to reality and clings to the scarlet letter on her bosom and looks to make sure that the infant and shame were still real.
In Chelsea’s blog addressing the image of the other “countenance” Hester sees in the mirror she states, “Hester Prynne has a heavy conscience…” This proves true when one considers the image she sees in the mirror. She sees a pale thinner version of her husband he is wearing large glasses. This shows his deep understanding and knowledge showing that he can see right through her and knows the truth she keeps from him.
In Catrina Donner's blog addressing the description of the image of the other ”countenance” Hester Prynne sees in the mirror in the end of Chapter II, she states, "When Hester looks into the mirror she believes that she sees "a man well stricken beyond his years, pale, thin, scholar-like visage... with eyes dim pore over many books" (41)". This proves true when one considers how the two contrast each other in so many ways. One, Prynne is young and beautiful and Chillingworth is old and ugly. Hawthorne is basically stating since the beginning of their marriage they have been complete opposites and still are to this day. However as ugly as Chillingworth is, he still professes to be able to see into Hester's very soul,indicating to the reader that he acknowledges her sin, and her guilt.
In Silvia Aguirre's blog, addressing the description of the image of the other "countenance" Hester sees in the mirror, she states, "It is the image of a man described as 'a man well stricken in years, a pale, thin, scholar-like visage with eyes dim and bleared by the lamp-light that had served them to pore over many ponderous books'(Hawthorne 41)." This proves true when one considers the guilt that has come back to hunt her. It symbolizes her true feelings for him. Hester later discovered that the man is her husband and that they are very opposite.
In Kayla Johnson's blog addressing the "countenance" in the mirror, she states,"At the end of Chapter II, Hester Prynne sees another figure in the mirror besides her own reflection. Her vision captures a thin, older man who is pale in complexion and wearing studious glasses. The lenses are described as having the ability to "read the human soul"(41)". This proves true when one considers the other image in the mirror to be of a wise, intelligent man. The image in the mirror was also brought to Hester Prynne that it was her husband, Roger Chillingworth.
In Aminah Richards's blog addressing the description of the image of the other "countenance" Hester sees in the mirror, she states, "Their [SIC] is an image Hester sees in the mirror. It is a pail, thin man with studious glasses and this vision is thought of being her husband. The image she sees somewhat mocks Hester. His glasses can symbolize him as knowing everything about Hester and her plans to hide." This proves true when one considers how the man can be used to show how someone with wisdom views Hester and her sin.
At the end of Chapter II, Hester Prynne sees another figure in the mirror besides her own reflection. Her vision captures a thin, older man who is pale in complexion and wearing studious glasses. The lenses are described as having the ability to "read the human soul"(41). Hester's visual perception of this man symbolizes her awareness of his insight and the guilt of what she has done to wrong him. His description communicates his great intelligence to the audience.
ReplyDeleteThe image Hester sees in the mirror is,a pail thin version of her husband.The image she sees mocks Hester in a sense;the image of Roger in the mirror is wearing huge bifocal glasses,which can stand for Roger's deep preception.It stands for him knowing everything about Hester and whatever she is trying to hide.The fact that she sees him in the the mirror shows that she thinks he knows everything and can see right through her.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter two of THE SCARLET LETTER, Nathaniel Hawthorne describes an image as a countenance. It is the image of a man described as "a man well stricken in years, a pale, thin, scholar-like visage with eyes dim and bleared by the lamp-light that had served them to pore over many ponderous books"(Hawthorne 41). The man also has one shoulder higher than the other. This whole description can be symbolic to describe the opposite of Hester Prynne at that time. Her image in the mirror is described as "glowing with girlish beauty"(Hawthorne 41). The reader later on discovers that this man turned out to be her husband. This images represents how opposite they were from each other when they got married and how they still are. He was mature and wise while she was still a girl with an innocent character.
ReplyDeleteThe image of the other "counterance" that Hester Prynne sees int the mirrior is the image of her husaband. Hester Prynne thinks that he knows every thing that she has just done. He was shape very oddly and look differently.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter two of The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne vividly describes Hester Prynne viewing her own reflection in a mirror and seeing of another countenance. "She saw her own face, glowing with girlish beauty,"(41). In the text stated is "A man well stricken in years, a pale, thin, scholar-like visage,"(41). With these two sentences Hawthorne contrasts Hester Prynne and the man in the crowd (later known as her husband Roger Chillingworth). Hawthorne is basically stating since the beginning of their marriage they have been complete opposites and still are to this day. Hester Prynne a beautiful and ravishing young woman, and a man not so handsome with years of age visible has always had "his head in the books."
ReplyDeleteAlso when Hester Prynne views her image in the "interior of the dusky mirror," she saw of someone else. "Yet those same bleared optics had a strange, penetrating power, when it was their owner's purpose to read the human soul." Within this text Hawthorne is stating how Hester Prynne can feel the man penetrating right through her and is able to see the sin she committed which was of adultery. Even though she can not possibly hide the fact that she committed a sin with the enormous “A” on her clothing, the man is able to sense her guilt, worries, and everything along with it, almost as if he can literally read the genetic code of her soul
Their is an image Hester sees in the mirror. It is a pail, thin man with studious glasses and this vision is thought of being her husband. The image she sees somewhat mocks Hester.His glasses can symbolize him as knowing everything about Hester and her plans to hide.Since Hester sees this in the the mirror, it shows that she thinks he knows alot about her and knows her like he knows the back of his hand.
ReplyDeleteThe image in the mirror is a "man well stricken in years, a pale, thin, scholar-like visage"(41). His "optics had a strange penetrating power"(41) which allowed him to"read the human soul." The man was "slightly deformed" as his "left shoulder was a trifle higher than the right"(41). The description tells the reader that this man is intelligent. The physical deformity reveals that his character is crooked, in other words he is normal and good.
ReplyDeleteHawthorne vividly describes the images Hester Prynne sees in the mirror. She sees herself "glowing with girlish beauty, and illuminating all the interior of the dusty mirror she was looking at"(41). Then she sees "a man well stricken in years, pale, thin, scholar-like visage, with eyes dim and bleared by the lamp-light..."(41). Hester Prynne sees Roger Chillingworth in the mirror. The two contrast each other in so many ways. One, Prynne is young and beautiful and Chillingworth is old and ugly. The continued descrition of Rogaer Chillingworth states that he was slightly deformed and he had a, "strange, penetrating power, when it was their owner's purpose to read the human soul"(41). Expressing to the reader that he is an intelligent man. Hester Prynne feels as though the crooked man is seeing through her to her guilty soul and sensing all her worries and problems. She is worried he will figure out her secret, but then she comes back to reality and clings to the scarlet letter on her bosom and looks to make sure that the infant and shame were still real.
ReplyDeleteHester Prynne has a heavy conscience, and this is evident in chapter 2, where she believes she sees another image besides her own in the reflection of the mirror. She sees a pale, thin man with the look of a scholar. Her conscience tells her that the man can see right through her soul and knows her secret.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 2 the other countenance is described as "a man well well stricken beyond his years, pale, thin,[with a]scholar-like visage...with eyes dim [that] pore[d] over many books" (41). From this quote, the reader can conclude the the countenance in the the mirror is a very intelligent man.
ReplyDeleteHester believes that there was a man in the mirror when she lloked into it. The man is described as "a man well stricken beyond his years, pale, thin, scholar lookingvisage... With eyes dim pore over many books" (41) From how the older man is expressed one could insiffer that the man is a wise old man, with years of wisdom, and eyes of knowledge.
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ReplyDeleteWhen hester looks into the mirror she believes that she sees "a man well stricken beyond his years, pale, thin, scholar-like visage... with eyes dim pore over many books" (41) From how the man is expressed, one can insiffer that the man is an elder man with eyes full of wisdom, and years of knowledge, and when she looks into the mirror, someone wise and full of wisdom is looking back at her.
In Ashley Jones’ blog, addressing the description of the image of the other ”countenance” Hester Prynne sees in the mirror in the end of Chapter II, she states, “she sees herself glowing with girlish beauty, and illuminating all the interior of the dusky mirror, then she sees a man well stricken in years, pale, thin, with eyes dim and bleared by the lamp-light….”(41). Hester sees Roger Chillingworth in the mirror; the two contrast each other in so many ways. One, Hester is young and beautiful, and Chillingworth is old and ugly. This proves true when one considers how Hester feels about Chillingworth. Hester Prynne feels as though the crooked man is seeing through her to her guilty soul and sensing all her worries and problems. She is worried he will figure out her secret, but then she comes back to reality and clings to the scarlet letter on her bosom and looks to make sure that the infant and shame were still real.
ReplyDeleteIn Chelsea’s blog addressing the image of the other “countenance” Hester sees in the mirror she states, “Hester Prynne has a heavy conscience…” This proves true when one considers the image she sees in the mirror. She sees a pale thinner version of her husband he is wearing large glasses. This shows his deep understanding and knowledge showing that he can see right through her and knows the truth she keeps from him.
ReplyDeleteIn Catrina Donner's blog addressing the description of the image of the other ”countenance” Hester Prynne sees in the mirror in the end of Chapter II, she states, "When Hester looks into the mirror she believes that she sees "a man well stricken beyond his years, pale, thin, scholar-like visage... with eyes dim pore over many books" (41)". This proves true when one considers how the two contrast each other in so many ways. One, Prynne is young and beautiful and Chillingworth is old and ugly. Hawthorne is basically stating since the beginning of their marriage they have been complete opposites and still are to this day.
ReplyDeleteHowever as ugly as Chillingworth is, he still professes to be able to see into Hester's very soul,indicating to the reader that he acknowledges her sin, and her guilt.
In Silvia Aguirre's blog, addressing the description of the image of the other "countenance" Hester sees in the mirror, she states, "It is the image of a man described as 'a man well stricken in years, a pale, thin, scholar-like visage with eyes dim and bleared by the lamp-light that had served them to pore over many ponderous books'(Hawthorne 41)." This proves true when one considers the guilt that has come back to hunt her. It symbolizes her true feelings for him. Hester later discovered that the man is her husband and that they are very opposite.
ReplyDeleteIn Kayla Johnson's blog addressing the "countenance" in the mirror, she states,"At the end of Chapter II, Hester Prynne sees another figure in the mirror besides her own reflection. Her vision captures a thin, older man who is pale in complexion and wearing studious glasses. The lenses are described as having the ability to "read the human soul"(41)". This proves true when one considers the other image in the mirror to be of a wise, intelligent man. The image in the mirror was also brought to Hester Prynne that it was her husband, Roger Chillingworth.
ReplyDeleteIn Aminah Richards's blog addressing the description of the image of the other "countenance" Hester sees in the mirror, she states, "Their [SIC] is an image Hester sees in the mirror. It is a pail, thin man with studious glasses and this vision is thought of being her husband. The image she sees somewhat mocks Hester. His glasses can symbolize him as knowing everything about Hester and her plans to hide." This proves true when one considers how the man can be used to show how someone with wisdom views Hester and her sin.
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