Studying Revenge in The Scarlet Letter and Moby Dick
This essay considers the theme of revenge in two novels: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Moby Dick by Herman Melville. In The Scarlet Letter, Roger Chillingworth finds out that he has been wronged by the priest Arthur Dimmesdale, who has had a relationship with Chillingworth’s wife, He...
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ftiisteojs:oai:ojs.localhost:article/15269 2023-07-23T04:22:10+02:00 Studying Revenge in The Scarlet Letter and Moby Dick Althubaiti d, Turki 2014-08-31 application/pdf https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/view/15269 eng eng The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE) https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/view/15269/15635 https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/view/15269 Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher. The Editors reserve the right to edit or otherwise alter all contributions, but authors will receive proofs for approval before publication. Copyrights for articles published are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. The journal/publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work. It is the author's responsibility to bring an infringement action if so desired by the author. Journal of Education and Practice; Vol 5, No 24 (2014); 139-145 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Peer-reviewed Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2014 ftiisteojs 2023-07-01T18:32:58Z This essay considers the theme of revenge in two novels: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Moby Dick by Herman Melville. In The Scarlet Letter, Roger Chillingworth finds out that he has been wronged by the priest Arthur Dimmesdale, who has had a relationship with Chillingworth’s wife, Hester Prynne. Hester’s daughter Pearl is born out of this relationship, and Hester has to spend a term in jail, stand on the scaffold for three hours, and take all the blame of the merciless Puritan community in Boston. According to Chillingworth, this is also enough to justify inflicting all sorts of pains on the priest or even killing him. Of course, Hester is not exempted from Chillingworth’s wrath, but as she is exposed to public shame, Chillingworth decides that that is enough for her and that he must direct his revenge upon her partner, who decides to keep his sin a secret. In Moby Dick, Captain Ahab, who has lost his leg while hunting the white whale Moby Dick, does not take the loss of his leg to Moby Dick as an accident that might befall any whaler. This loss touches his deepest sense of honour, and he decides to avenge himself upon the whale. He feels insulted and the artificial leg, which replaces his real one, works as a constant reminder of his wounded pride and urges him to go on in his revenge scheme. The two men’s schemes of revenge reach extreme levels. This essay will compare the concept of revenge between Hawthorne and Melville as they explore it in the presentation of the characters of Ahab and Chillingworth. Article in Journal/Newspaper White whale International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE): Journals Ahab ENVELOPE(-62.178,-62.178,-65.434,-65.434) Captain Ahab ENVELOPE(-57.617,-57.617,-62.000,-62.000) Hawthorne ENVELOPE(-98.250,-98.250,-72.333,-72.333) |
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This essay considers the theme of revenge in two novels: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Moby Dick by Herman Melville. In The Scarlet Letter, Roger Chillingworth finds out that he has been wronged by the priest Arthur Dimmesdale, who has had a relationship with Chillingworth’s wife, Hester Prynne. Hester’s daughter Pearl is born out of this relationship, and Hester has to spend a term in jail, stand on the scaffold for three hours, and take all the blame of the merciless Puritan community in Boston. According to Chillingworth, this is also enough to justify inflicting all sorts of pains on the priest or even killing him. Of course, Hester is not exempted from Chillingworth’s wrath, but as she is exposed to public shame, Chillingworth decides that that is enough for her and that he must direct his revenge upon her partner, who decides to keep his sin a secret. In Moby Dick, Captain Ahab, who has lost his leg while hunting the white whale Moby Dick, does not take the loss of his leg to Moby Dick as an accident that might befall any whaler. This loss touches his deepest sense of honour, and he decides to avenge himself upon the whale. He feels insulted and the artificial leg, which replaces his real one, works as a constant reminder of his wounded pride and urges him to go on in his revenge scheme. The two men’s schemes of revenge reach extreme levels. This essay will compare the concept of revenge between Hawthorne and Melville as they explore it in the presentation of the characters of Ahab and Chillingworth. |
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