Hawthorne paints a pessimistic picture of the role of women in Puritan society. Does he strike you as an advocate of women's rights? IDo any of Hawthorne's observations on this issue apply to today's society?
I think that he is an advocate for woman's rights, but he feels that in the Puritan society/way of life it would be very unlikely for equal rights to ever come about.
I agree with both Anna and Rachel that Hawthornw is an advocate for women,s rights. Also like anna and rachel said that society would have to rebulid for this to happen. And i think that today's society did that and that why we, women, have the rights we have.
I agree with everyone that he is an advocate and that he feels the society needed drastic change to overcome it. The views of change have been shared by many people, not just on women suffrage, to challenge our society and the way we view others.
I also agree that, to me, he seems like an advocate for wonmen's rights. From my perspective, he painted a pessimistic picture of women because, like question 14, I think he is mocking the Puritan religion. Although the entire story is based upon Hester's sin, he proves Hester is a strong women. A women who will admit to her sin and grow from it, not struggle against it.
I think that in a way his observations do apply to our society today. Women have come a long way since that time, we have more right's than we ever had. But at the same time, our society hasn't reached equilibrium. I think predjudices will always be apart of society.
I agree with Angela, he does seem like an advocate for the rights of women, and he does portray Hester as a strong independant woman who can take care of herself and her daughter as well as take full responsibility for her sin. I also feel that he saw the fact that society had to completely change in order for women to gain equal rights.
I do believe he is an advocate for womens rights. Like others have said, Hawthorne makes Hester an able and determined woman who is willing to take full obligation for the sin that she commited. She also raised Pearl on her own and was able to provide for her. This shows that he believes that women are fully able to do things on their own that men couldn't always do back in the time of the Puritains.
I think Hawthorne is an advocate for womans rights. Yet in the same boat I dont think he has very much faith that women will ever have the rights they deserve. If that does happen he thinks a lot of change will need to take place.
I agree with what everyone else has said. He is an advocate for woman's rights but he doesn't believe that the change that is necessary will happen in the puritan society. He even says that society will need to be rebuilt.
I basically agree with everyone else, that he is an advocate for woman's rights, although in the society of the puritans the issue with these rights were not fair and probably wouldn't change unless they built a new society.
I agree that he is an advocate of women's rights. Looking at Hester's character, he shows her as strong, willing and brave, even with everything that she has been through. Not all of the women in that time were like Hester, but things have certainly changed now and women are seen differently. We have more rights and are given more opportunities and freedom.
I agree that hawthorne is an advocate of women's rights. With his character Hester, he is showing that women can be strong and fight for what they want out of life, even better than some men can which is why Dimesdale is having so much trouble telling anyone about his sin. But over all in the Puritan society it was very unlikely for women to have the same equal rights as the men had.
i believe Hester is an advocate for women's rights. she holds her head up in town even with an embarassing symbol displayed for all to see, which proves she is stronger than even some men such as the priest. also even when she has her own problems she still is helpful to others that may need it as well.
I agree that Hawthorne is advocate of women's rights too. I agree with Taylor that he shows how women can be strong like men too, and hold their heads up high with pride like Hester does having to live with the scarlet letter on her chest.
I agree with Angela that this sort of foreshadows our society today. Women still aren't treated completely equal as we would like, we have still come a long way.
He is an advocate for womens right. He might not believe we will get all the rights that we actually have now. He proves in his writing that he thought women were just as capable as men back then.
I believe he is an advocate for womens rights like everyone else said. He made hester into a strong and dependable women who has to support herself and raise a child by herself which shows womens rights and independence.
For the most part it seems like Hawthorne is a woman's rights advocate. However I think he realizes that he will probably never have an impact on their rights in his current society. As far as today of course woman have gotten better treatment and respect. On the other hand there will always be some sexual prejudices as I believe that this is just human nature T.J. Draper
He is an advocate. And things like this still do happen, though in a more subtle and invisible way. For instance, where a male would be considered a "player" people would called a female a "slut". It's merely on reputation, but it's there.
i think he is a advocate of women's rights. he made Hester seen strong. even though she has a letter representing her sin on her chest, she is also a single and going through the hard all on her own. Hawthorne must have thought her as a strong women that can do well on her own. he doesn't have her begging for dimmesdale to help her and tell everyone the truth. she is fine with taking care of herself and Pearl all by herself.
A very debatable question. To me though it seems that yes he is an advocate to women's rights as he should be. But the down side to this was he had stated that great change would be needed in order for women to receive the rights they deserved. This shows that he did not have much faith in his belief
Hawthorne is an advocate for woman's rights. He says that to let woman have equal rights that society as a whole would have to be rebuilt itself. Billy Keene 3rd hour
I deffinatly think Hawthorn is an advocate for women's rights. But for women's rights to come into play the Puritan religon would have to have some drastic changes. I think that Hawthron does not agree with the Puritan religion.
I like what Caroline said about how he was willing to admit that a woman could do things that most men at that time couldn't have done. For example, the prideful way she faced the punishment and the raising of Pearl, let alone the way Hester thought (equal to the thinking of any other person, man or woman). This almost proves Hawthorne as an advocate for woman's rights. I don't think that much of what he said applies to this issue in modern society. Men and women have slightly different, but equal roles. Neither is looked down upon more than the other.
I agree with many of the other posts. I believe Hawthorne is an advocate for women's rights because most of the novel is about Hester's strength in a situation where most people would crumble.
Although he was an advocate he was pessimistic about women ever gaining full rights.
I also beleive that Hawthorne is an advocate for women's rights because he paints Hester to be a strong woman when he could have easily had her fall to pieces. Instead he had her stay strong and keep living her life.
I think it can somewhat apply to today's society because although women have gained a lot of respect and rights, there are still situations where men come first. If you look at general charts for salaries being compared with the level of education someone has, a woman could have a higher education but still get paid less then a male with a lower education which, to me, doesn't seem fair at all.
I definitely agree that Hawthorn was an advocate for women's rights. If not the story line would have been completely different. While reading, I felt sympathy for Hester. If Hawthorn hadn't cared about women's rights, he would have made Hester look like scum. He also made her look like a very strong and intelligent girl, even though she had sinned.
I agree that Hawthorn was an advocate for woman's rights also. And he doesn't think that women should have equal rights, they would have to start from scratch if they did.
I think he was an advocate of greater freedom for women, but not necessarily women's rights, like voting and such. As for applying to society today, I don't really think so. I mean, women still aren't completely and totally equal, but they enjoy so many more freedoms than Puritan women that I think any point Hawthorne raises becomes moot in application.
i think he is an womans rights advocate because he showed hester being independent and strong throughout the whole story. Hester never acted as though she couldnt handle what was going on in her life.
I wouldn't exactly say that he is for women's rights, more that he's just speaking the story from a woman's point of view. I think that even in today's society many women are still looked down upon in jobs and politics. There are many people in the world that still believe women are just a small part in a man's world.
I think the author is an advocate for woman's rights, because he paints Hester as a strong, independant, and brave woman, therefore i think he wishes to in a way share with everyone what women are capable of doing. However, even in our society now, although woman's rights have increased greatly, there are some people in our society who just can't get past the image that men can do anything better than women can. Sadly, i do not believe that this prejudice is anywhere near disappearing.
The author seems like an advocate for women to me, because even though he paints a pessimistic picture of the women of Puritan society, he portrays Hester as a strong woman who is capable of taking care of herself, kind of as an example of what women in society are capable of doing. However he understands that prejudice against women is something that will take a VERY LONG time to abolish, if it ever happens.
I think that he was an advocate for women. As Hanna has stated he portrays Hester has a strong women, which wasn't seen a lot in Puritan societies. While, women didn't really have rights in Puritan societies. It is different than nowadays. Women have rights which took a while, but is a big change.
I think he is an advovate for women rights and that puritan women did not have many rights and today women do have all of the same rights as men do and that for the puritans they would of had to rebuil the entire society.
I'm not sure if he's an advicate, but his writing shows that he definately believes women should be on equal ground with men.
This dominance of the male gender is no longer a major part of American society, but it is still present in many other regions around the world (ex. Middle East).
I think Hawthore is a woman's rights advocate. But at the same time I don't think he has the faith that women will have any rights soon. Elizabeth Berryman 6th Hour
Yes,He says something to the effect of society would need to be rebuilt to achieve this.
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ReplyDeleteyes, he is an advocate for womens rights, but to give women eqal rights, he said it was highly improbable, like rachel said
ReplyDeleteAnna Mason, 3rd hour
I think that he is an advocate for woman's rights, but he feels that in the Puritan society/way of life it would be very unlikely for equal rights to ever come about.
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I agree with both Anna and Rachel that Hawthornw is an advocate for women,s rights. Also like anna and rachel said that society would have to rebulid for this to happen. And i think that today's society did that and that why we, women, have the rights we have.
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I agree with everyone that he is an advocate and that he feels the society needed drastic change to overcome it. The views of change have been shared by many people, not just on women suffrage, to challenge our society and the way we view others.
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I also agree that, to me, he seems like an advocate for wonmen's rights. From my perspective, he painted a pessimistic picture of women because, like question 14, I think he is mocking the Puritan religion. Although the entire story is based upon Hester's sin, he proves Hester is a strong women. A women who will admit to her sin and grow from it, not struggle against it.
ReplyDeleteI think that in a way his observations do apply to our society today. Women have come a long way since that time, we have more right's than we ever had. But at the same time, our society hasn't reached equilibrium. I think predjudices will always be apart of society.
I agree with Angela, he does seem like an advocate for the rights of women, and he does portray Hester as a strong independant woman who can take care of herself and her daughter as well as take full responsibility for her sin. I also feel that he saw the fact that society had to completely change in order for women to gain equal rights.
ReplyDeleteI do believe he is an advocate for womens rights. Like others have said, Hawthorne makes Hester an able and determined woman who is willing to take full obligation for the sin that she commited. She also raised Pearl on her own and was able to provide for her. This shows that he believes that women are fully able to do things on their own that men couldn't always do back in the time of the Puritains.
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ReplyDeleteI think Hawthorne is an advocate for womans rights. Yet in the same boat I dont think he has very much faith that women will ever have the rights they deserve. If that does happen he thinks a lot of change will need to take place.
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I agree with what everyone else has said. He is an advocate for woman's rights but he doesn't believe that the change that is necessary will happen in the puritan society. He even says that society will need to be rebuilt.
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Like Bethany said he is a women's advocate but in the Puritan society it will be unlikely for women to havae equal rights.
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I basically agree with everyone else, that he is an advocate for woman's rights, although in the society of the puritans the issue with these rights were not fair and probably wouldn't change unless they built a new society.
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I agree that he is an advocate of women's rights. Looking at Hester's character, he shows her as strong, willing and brave, even with everything that she has been through. Not all of the women in that time were like Hester, but things have certainly changed now and women are seen differently. We have more rights and are given more opportunities and freedom.
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I agree that hawthorne is an advocate of women's rights. With his character Hester, he is showing that women can be strong and fight for what they want out of life, even better than some men can which is why Dimesdale is having so much trouble telling anyone about his sin. But over all in the Puritan society it was very unlikely for women to have the same equal rights as the men had.
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i believe Hester is an advocate for women's rights. she holds her head up in town even with an embarassing symbol displayed for all to see, which proves she is stronger than even some men such as the priest. also even when she has her own problems she still is helpful to others that may need it as well.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Hawthorne is advocate of women's rights too. I agree with Taylor that he shows how women can be strong like men too, and hold their heads up high with pride like Hester does having to live with the scarlet letter on her chest.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Angela that this sort of foreshadows our society today. Women still aren't treated completely equal as we would like, we have still come a long way.
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ReplyDeleteHe is an advocate for womens right. He might not believe we will get all the rights that we actually have now. He proves in his writing that he thought women were just as capable as men back then.
ReplyDeleteI believe he is an advocate for womens rights like everyone else said. He made hester into a strong and dependable women who has to support herself and raise a child by herself which shows womens rights and independence.
ReplyDeleteFor the most part it seems like Hawthorne is a woman's rights advocate. However I think he realizes that he will probably never have an impact on their rights in his current society.
ReplyDeleteAs far as today of course woman have gotten better treatment and respect. On the other hand there will always be some sexual prejudices as I believe that this is just human nature
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Yes, I beleive he is an advocate to woman's rights, but he knows that society would have to be rebuilt for this to happen.
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He is an advocate. And things like this still do happen, though in a more subtle and invisible way. For instance, where a male would be considered a "player" people would called a female a "slut". It's merely on reputation, but it's there.
ReplyDeletei think he is a advocate of women's rights. he made Hester seen strong. even though she has a letter representing her sin on her chest, she is also a single and going through the hard all on her own. Hawthorne must have thought her as a strong women that can do well on her own. he doesn't have her begging for dimmesdale to help her and tell everyone the truth. she is fine with taking care of herself and Pearl all by herself.
ReplyDeleteA very debatable question. To me though it seems that yes he is an advocate to women's rights as he should be. But the down side to this was he had stated that great change would be needed in order for women to receive the rights they deserved. This shows that he did not have much faith in his belief
ReplyDeleteYes, he is advocate to womens right, but in all honest that the equal rights will probably not evolve.
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Hawthorne is an advocate for woman's rights. He says that to let woman have equal rights that society as a whole would have to be rebuilt itself.
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I deffinatly think Hawthorn is an advocate for women's rights. But for women's rights to come into play the Puritan religon would have to have some drastic changes. I think that Hawthron does not agree with the Puritan religion.
ReplyDeleteI like what Caroline said about how he was willing to admit that a woman could do things that most men at that time couldn't have done. For example, the prideful way she faced the punishment and the raising of Pearl, let alone the way Hester thought (equal to the thinking of any other person, man or woman). This almost proves Hawthorne as an advocate for woman's rights. I don't think that much of what he said applies to this issue in modern society. Men and women have slightly different, but equal roles. Neither is looked down upon more than the other.
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I agree with many of the other posts.
ReplyDeleteI believe Hawthorne is an advocate for women's rights because most of the novel is about Hester's strength in a situation where most people would crumble.
Although he was an advocate he was pessimistic about women ever gaining full rights.
Bri Groble, 3rd hour.
I also beleive that Hawthorne is an advocate for women's rights because he paints Hester to be a strong woman when he could have easily had her fall to pieces. Instead he had her stay strong and keep living her life.
ReplyDeleteI think it can somewhat apply to today's society because although women have gained a lot of respect and rights, there are still situations where men come first. If you look at general charts for salaries being compared with the level of education someone has, a woman could have a higher education but still get paid less then a male with a lower education which, to me, doesn't seem fair at all.
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I definitely agree that Hawthorn was an advocate for women's rights. If not the story line would have been completely different. While reading, I felt sympathy for Hester. If Hawthorn hadn't cared about women's rights, he would have made Hester look like scum. He also made her look like a very strong and intelligent girl, even though she had sinned.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Hawthorn was an advocate for woman's rights also. And he doesn't think that women should have equal rights, they would have to start from scratch if they did.
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I think he was an advocate of greater freedom for women, but not necessarily women's rights, like voting and such. As for applying to society today, I don't really think so. I mean, women still aren't completely and totally equal, but they enjoy so many more freedoms than Puritan women that I think any point Hawthorne raises becomes moot in application.
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ReplyDeletei think he is an womans rights advocate because he showed hester being independent and strong throughout the whole story. Hester never acted as though she couldnt handle what was going on in her life.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't exactly say that he is for women's rights, more that he's just speaking the story from a woman's point of view. I think that even in today's society many women are still looked down upon in jobs and politics. There are many people in the world that still believe women are just a small part in a man's world.
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I think the author is an advocate for woman's rights, because he paints Hester as a strong, independant, and brave woman, therefore i think he wishes to in a way share with everyone what women are capable of doing.
ReplyDeleteHowever, even in our society now, although woman's rights have increased greatly, there are some people in our society who just can't get past the image that men can do anything better than women can. Sadly, i do not believe that this prejudice is anywhere near disappearing.
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The author seems like an advocate for women to me, because even though he paints a pessimistic picture of the women of Puritan society, he portrays Hester as a strong woman who is capable of taking care of herself, kind of as an example of what women in society are capable of doing. However he understands that prejudice against women is something that will take a VERY LONG time to abolish, if it ever happens.
ReplyDeleteI think that he was an advocate for women. As Hanna has stated he portrays Hester has a strong women, which wasn't seen a lot in Puritan societies. While, women didn't really have rights in Puritan societies. It is different than nowadays. Women have rights which took a while, but is a big change.
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I think he is an advovate for women rights and that puritan women did not have many rights and today women do have all of the same rights as men do and that for the puritans they would of had to rebuil the entire society.
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I'm not sure if he's an advicate, but his writing shows that he definately believes women should be on equal ground with men.
ReplyDeleteThis dominance of the male gender is no longer a major part of American society, but it is still present in many other regions around the world (ex. Middle East).
Sarah Walker
3rd Hour
I think Hawthore is a woman's rights advocate. But at the same time I don't think he has the faith that women will have any rights soon.
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