The Importance Of Sin In Hawthorne's Original Sin, By Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Loving you isn’t right...It’s original sin “Original sin”: is the Puritan belief that all sin developed from women due to the fact that Eve, the first woman, made the first sin by giving into temptation and offering it to men. The Puritan men have always believed that men should be held accountable for the actions of women and have power over the women. So when Adam didn’t stop Eve from taking the apple, the Puritans saw him as weak and frail for not having control over her actions. Adam was mesmerized by Eve and had trust in her, so when Eve gave into temptation by biting into the apple, Adam followed because he loved her and believed in her actions and ways.This is why the Puritans made the belief that all children created are a sinner and should take responsibility for the act of Adam and Eve. In the …show more content…
Hawthorne uses the Rose Bush by the prison door as an image of sympathy. The rose bush shows something that is fragile and vulnerable to the human eye. Its an act of empathy as Hawthorne says “offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in, and to the condemned criminal as he came forth to his doom, in token that the deep heart of Nature could pity and be kind to him.”(Pg.73) Hawthorne uses nature to create images about humans or to humans, he shows that nature is benevolent to humans than humans are to humans.
There are several examples of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter, her own daughter is an example of symbolism. Pearl 's name shows the purification that Hester wants Pearl to have in her life and the lifestyle she wishes Pearl could have, but the town sees her as the devil 's child due to the fact that the child has no father and has a sinful mother and she was not just a child, she was different. Pearl 's name also symbolizes a bible quote (“Gospel of Matthew: “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly

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