Scarlet Letter: The Power of Sin
Sin is a powerful force that has the ability to destroy anything that comes in its path. In life, sin is able to control people and manipulate them into different individuals. Nowhere is this capability more evident than in Hawthorneˇ¦s writing. Hawthorne uses powerful stories to display the pain and troubles even the smallest peccadillo can cause. In both ˇ§Young Goodman Brownˇ¨ and The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne demonstrates that shame and guilt caused by sin are capable of escalating to mask the true humans behind their curtains. The scarlet letter disables Hester Prynne from fulfilling her potential, yet she is able to survive by becoming a different person. She can no longer live the life she once had. The letter, which represents all sins, hides Hesterˇ¦s beauty and passion, to the extent that she only becomes known as the carrier of the letter. As the narrator states, The effect of the symbolˇXor rather, of the position in respect to society that was indicated by itˇXon the mind of Hester Prynne herself, was powerful and peculiar. All the light and graceful foliage of her character had been withered up by this red-hot brand, and had long ago fallen away, leaving a bare and harsh outline, which might have been repulsive,
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Approximate Word count = 1595
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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