Comparison and contrast the Scarlet letter

1. Name- Jyotiba Gohil
Paper-10 American Literature
Roll no 13
Submitted to –Smt.S.B. Gardi ,
Department of English
Topic – Comparison and
contrast The Scarlet letter with
Film Kya Kahna

2. Comparison and contrast The Scarlet
Letter with Film Kya kehna
FilmThe novel

3. Protagonist in Novel , Protagonist in film
• Hester Prynne
• Arthur Dimmesdale
• Chilling worth
• Priya
• Rahul
• Ajay

4. Comparison of male character
Arthur Dimmesdale Rahul

5. Comparison
• Both are good looking male character.
• Both entry of hero in film and in novel like
Bollywood style.
• Both have affair with beautiful women.
• Both male characters not ready to accepted the
child as a father.
• Both are in high position. Dimmesdale was Prist
and Rahul belongs to upper class.

6. Continue…
• Physical relation before marriage
• Selfish, think about their Position
• Society more important
• Dominating ego overpowering
• No courage

7. Contrast Dimmesdale and Rahul
• Dimmesdale only love
with Hester.
• Dimmesdale was
taking pain as much as
Hester is facing
• Dimmesdale was love
to Hester and his child
so meet her in private
place and taking care
of child.
• Rahul flirts with every
beautiful girl.
• Rahul was not having
any kind of guilt. He
don’t care of Priya
• Rahul was not love
priya he only attract to
her so he did not care
what situation she
faced alone

8. Comparison of Hester with Priya

9. Comparison with
female character
•Hester and Priya
both are beautiful,
young, and very
strong women.
•Both have extra
marital affair
•Both became
pregnant without
marriage.
•Both gave to birth
child without
marriage

10. Continue…
• Hester and priya both correct at their place.
• Both done same mistake to make physical
relationship without marriage.
• Both facing many problems.
• Both fighting against the society and keeping their
child safe.
• Both take very brave decision to birth child which
many women can’t do.
• Both are Humiliation in public.
• Both has gone against culture, tradition and
society.

11. Contrast Character of Hester with Priya
• Lady with past
• Society gave to her
wear ‘A’ symbol
• Her Family was the
only child pearl and
she faced society
alone Dimmesdale
was there but he was
not supported every
time.
• Not having past
• Society not gave her
punishment
• Her parents,
brothers, and her
friend Ajay all are
with her to gave her
support to face
society.

12. Continue…
• Hester’s child didn’t
gets the name of
father
• Hester has tough
situation in both
condition before
child birth and after
child
• Hester suffering
alote and she suffers
alone.
• Priya ‘s child gets the
name of father in the
end.
• Priya was tough
situation before child
birth.
• Priya has not face
much difficulties
because she has
family support. She
was not alone.

13. Society role played in both female
characters
Hester and Priya
• Punishment to Wear an
‘A’
• Priya ‘s Family not
accept her
• Society insulted both in
Public place

14. The scaffold scene
• Both faced the crowed and
people insulted both in
this scene.
• People thinks that given
birth without marriage it
was wrong
• In this scene the crowd
wanted to know name of
father of child and in play
try to make her realize that
she should not live more.
• But both are thinks that
they are right individually .

15. Conclusion
• Same condition of woman
• Suffering in society
• Woman face humiliation alone
• Not questing on male character
• Not ready to accept the child as Father
• Society judge the Female characters