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Lasting Effect Of Sin
1,805 wordsThe past always comes back to haunt us throughout our lives. Puritan society is highly based upon a persons reputation. Without an honorable reputation a person is not worthy of respect from others in their society. Characters in this novel go through their lives struggling with themselves trying to cope with the guilt and shame associated with their actions. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter, he shows the lasting effect that sin has on Hester and Dimmesdale. Hester Prynne's gui...
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Shame And Society In The Scarlet Letter
459 wordsIn "The Scarlet Letter", Nathaniel Hawthorne presents this novel in a dramatic point of view, starting with the scene of the prison. Hester is displayed as an adulterous woman in a Puritan society, where sin is harshly accounted for. She is forced to wear her badge of shame throughout life along side her daughter Pearl, yet the irony of it all is that she becomes one of the most helpful, phenomenal, virtuous people in her society. Hawthorne uses symbols to convey his theme of the effects of sin....
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Young Goodman Brown Effects Of Sin
1,231 wordsCritical Analysis of Young Goodman Brown Nathaniel Hawthorne s short story of Young Goodman Brown is a reflection of the Puritan faith as well as man s conflict between good and evil. This analysis will emphasize on the theme of Young Goodman Brown as well Hawthorne s usage of symbolism and allegories throughout the story. Literary critic D. M. Mckeithan says that the theme of the story is sin and the terrible effect sin has on mankind. Mckeithan also believes that the theme to Hawthorne s; Youn...
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Effects Of Sin Scarlet Letter
1,156 wordsScarlet Letters Use Of Symbolism To Show Scarlet Letters Use Of Symbolism To Show Psychological Effects Of Sin " The act? gross and brief, and brings loathing after it. " This was said by St. Augustine, regarding immorality. This is discovered to be very true by the main characters in The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne's story of a woman (Hester) who lives with the Puritans and commits adultery with the local minister (Dimmesdale). In his novel, Hawthorne shows that sin, known or ...
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Effects Of Sin Members Of The Community
638 wordsEffects of Sin in Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter was Nathaniel Hawthorne's greatest literary masterpiece. Because of his Puritan heritage, he is able to tell the story of the effects of an adulterous affair on a small Puritan community like no one else could. Hawthorne clearly used this story to teach several moral lessons. Throughout this book he spends much of his time concentrating on how sin affects the life of his characters. Each of his characters lives are shaped by how the...
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Dimmesdale And Chillingworth Effects Of Sin
2,081 wordsIn Adams fall, we sinned all. This old Sunday-school saying applies well to Nathaniel Hawthorne? s characters in The Scarlet Letter. The main characters, Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth, as well as the townspeople, all sinned. The story is a study of the effects of sin on the hearts and minds of Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth. Sin strengthens Hester, humanizes Dimmesdale, and turns Chillingworth into a demon. Hester Prynne? s sin was adultery. This sin was regarded v...
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