Monday, February 11, 2019

Sin in The Scarlet Letter :: Scarlet Letter essays

misdeed in The Scarlet Letter        Since the dawn of time people deport read, studied and enjoyed books in which the hero or heroes f every(prenominal) from grace. No depicted object who those heroes ar- the human race in The Bible,the demon prince Lestat in Anne Rices Vampire Chroniclesor a certain Thane of Cawdor in Macbeth- criminalityning plays a greatpart in all of their downfalls and subsequent ressurections.And the three main characters in Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter-Dimmesdale, Chillingsworth, and Hester Prynne- are no different.          All three characters are flung from the normal rolesthat society has place upon them- minister, housewife, doctor-into new roles- sinner, whore, and vengance crazed sadist.These new roles are not necessarily unvarnished to all in town.However, even though the townspeople do not know of thesinners, God does. And in Gods eyes, whose sin was greater?That, I cannot answer. exactl y in this mere mortals opinion, the sin of Chillingsworth far outdid the sin of Dimmesdale or Hester Prynne, for Chillingsworths sin was one of revengeand one of secrecy. He was not driven by an kindle at his ownsin, but by the sin of others. He used feigning andmanipulation to make the life of another miserable. He wasnot flung from societys view as if he were a dirty secretlike Hester was he was embraced by it. However, his sin didtake its toll.  He was disfigured horribly and became atwisted man, scarred by sin. He also was robbed of thepleasure of destroying Dimmesdale which was his reason forliving. He died shortly after Dimmesdale.          Hester Prynne, however, was the complete opposite of Chillingworth in that her sin gave her life, not destroyed it. She took her punishment and embraced it, using it to rebuild herself not as a pathetic sinner, but as a pseudo-saint. At first, the town shunned her as a sinner. However,after they saw tha t she was good, and her sin was of love,the same town embraced and loved her. Her sin drew her moredeeply into the society of Boston than she ever was before.And when her time to die came, she did so with honor. HesterPrynne - sinner and saint.     However, Hesters sin was shared. Whereas she was asinner on the outside and a saint on the inside, ArthurDimmesdale is the reverse, both literally and figuratively.

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