Although, many will argue Hester along with the other characters in the book are human and nobody is perfect hence why they commit sin there is an exception the characters in the book portray to be someone who they are not. Because even though someone can hide the fact that they have committed sin it will still come back around somehow and they will have to face reality.
In Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet letter is written about Hester’s love life, the sin she committed, and morality. In the book, he creates the different points of views on the characters. Hawthorne writes each character to make their own decisions on to choose a path that is morally correct or wrong. Many will question is Hester Prynne the victim or the woman who tempted Dimmesdale …show more content…
The man who Hester Prynne commits adultery with Reverend Dimmesdale. Because this act resulted in a child, she was unable to hide her wrongdoing while Dimmsdale’s sin went unnoticed. Her punishment was to stand on a scaffold as “this scaffold constituted a portion of a penal machine, which now, for two or three generations past, has been merely historical and traditional among us, but was held, in the old time, to be as effectual an agent in the promotion of good citizenship, as ever was the guillotine among the terrorists of France (Hawthorne 48). Hester’s punishment for her sin was notable meaning this made her be publicly humiliated in front of the townspeople. Hawthorne describes what Hester’s punishment felt when he states, “In all her communication with society, however, there was nothing that made her feel as if she belonged to it. Every gesture, every word, and even the silence of those with whom she came in contact, implied, and often expressed, that she was banished.” (Hawthorne 44). Although Hester was somewhat emotionally damaged through public humiliation and isolation, Hester was actually internally happy at the fact that she was paying for her crime. The consequences which Hester faced for her actions were the result of her admission of guilt. This proved to be much less harsh than the internal price which Dimmesdale …show more content…
Hawthorne explored this theme by four distinctive levels of sin. Although each level was equally displayed throughout the novel, the communal sin of man's inhumanity to man outranked all else. The primary characters are each guilty of one or more of the following levels of sin; the sin of vengeance, the sin of hypocrisy, and the sin of adultery. Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth are all sinners, but they each handle their guilt in different ways. Hester tries to earn forgiveness by acts of service. Dimmesdale allows his guilt to build up to the point that it kills him. Chillingworth becomes obsessed with getting revenge. At the end, they all faced the truth of being an imperfect human being and accepting
In Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet letter is written about Hester’s love life, the sin she committed, and morality. In the book, he creates the different points of views on the characters. Hawthorne writes each character to make their own decisions on to choose a path that is morally correct or wrong. Many will question is Hester Prynne the victim or the woman who tempted Dimmesdale …show more content…
The man who Hester Prynne commits adultery with Reverend Dimmesdale. Because this act resulted in a child, she was unable to hide her wrongdoing while Dimmsdale’s sin went unnoticed. Her punishment was to stand on a scaffold as “this scaffold constituted a portion of a penal machine, which now, for two or three generations past, has been merely historical and traditional among us, but was held, in the old time, to be as effectual an agent in the promotion of good citizenship, as ever was the guillotine among the terrorists of France (Hawthorne 48). Hester’s punishment for her sin was notable meaning this made her be publicly humiliated in front of the townspeople. Hawthorne describes what Hester’s punishment felt when he states, “In all her communication with society, however, there was nothing that made her feel as if she belonged to it. Every gesture, every word, and even the silence of those with whom she came in contact, implied, and often expressed, that she was banished.” (Hawthorne 44). Although Hester was somewhat emotionally damaged through public humiliation and isolation, Hester was actually internally happy at the fact that she was paying for her crime. The consequences which Hester faced for her actions were the result of her admission of guilt. This proved to be much less harsh than the internal price which Dimmesdale …show more content…
Hawthorne explored this theme by four distinctive levels of sin. Although each level was equally displayed throughout the novel, the communal sin of man's inhumanity to man outranked all else. The primary characters are each guilty of one or more of the following levels of sin; the sin of vengeance, the sin of hypocrisy, and the sin of adultery. Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth are all sinners, but they each handle their guilt in different ways. Hester tries to earn forgiveness by acts of service. Dimmesdale allows his guilt to build up to the point that it kills him. Chillingworth becomes obsessed with getting revenge. At the end, they all faced the truth of being an imperfect human being and accepting