Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is an epic tale of sin and inner conflict with morality. The novel is based in the 1600’s in the puritan settlement of Boston. The story revolves around four main characters: Hester Prynne, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth, and Hester’s young daughter, Pearl. All four characters play a key role in developing and highlighting the novel’s theme of inner conflict of morality. The story is of two lovers’ sin together and its eventual destruction of them both. Dimmesdale and Hester are both living symbols of inner conflict although they each have their own separate ways of dealing with it. The young clergyman, Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale, sticks out like a soar thumb when I think of the ways the characters in this novel deal with their inner-conflict. It is obvious throughout the story that Dimmesdale is a good man at heart and is truly sorry for his sin. It is his inability to bring himself to admit publicly his sin and accept his punishment that he experiences inner torment that eats away and agonizes his health. Despite his failing health, he is able to turn his experience and torment into inspired preaching. This makes him very popular as a clergyman.
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Approximate Word count = 1158
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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