Effects 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 they confront their sins.Chillingworth is the embodiment of how sins can shape a person. He committed two major sins. The first occurs before the book even begins when he marries Hester although he knows that she does not return his love. Chillingworth acknowledges that it was wrong for him to marry her and because of this, he is not mad at Hester for her infidelity. He says to Hester in the jail cell, "‘Mine was the first wrong, when I betrayed thy budding youth into this false and unnat
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Nathaniel Hawthorne's, Eventually Hester, Pearl Pearl, Roger Chillingworth's, Chillingworth Hester's, Dimmesdale Chillingworth, scarlet letter, hester's sin,
Approximate Word count = 632
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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