Sin In Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

Sin, “an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.” While acknowledging this term, many individuals obtain their own interpretation of what’s known as “sinful deeds”. Considering the contrasting personalities in humanity, separate religion and distinctive faith will guide the individual following the act. In Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne, a woman encountering the inadequate features of life, endures the path of sin through transgressional choices, repentance, and courage. Firstly, Hester encountered the traumatic act of Puritan consequences through the defective choices she produced. In the beginning of the novel, the town was made aware of the pregnancy she formulated with an anonymous being. Regarding …show more content…
Following the faulty works of society towards her and her daughter, Hester decided to commit superior donations towards various individuals throughout her community. For example, she contributed her creations of sewing and clothing to the public, “It was our Hester-the town’s own Hester-who is so kind to the poor, so helpful to the sick, so comforting to the afflicted!” (159). This proves the point to which sin might maintain its critical impacts and rejection, but there are always ways to dedicate back to the community. Throughout the time period of Hester’s repentance, there were various opinions of the qualities she portrayed: “Such helpfulness was found in her-so much power to do and power to sympathize-that many people refused to interpret the scarlet ‘A’ by its original signification. They said that it meant “Able” (158). While there wa s a great part of the population that respected her contributions, there was also a majority that remained unforgiving. Succeeding past this point, she finally gained enough nerve to move past her immoral …show more content…
Comparable to the 1800s, society obtains a great aspect of judgement towards humans who act in an unnatural manner. For example, Hester was judged by almost all of the population around her, “Here she said to herself, had been the scene of her earthly punishment; and so, perchance, the torture of her daily shame would at length purge her soul and work out another purity…” (77). Due to this, she was forced among severe punishments. However, in the present time period, our discipline doesn’t meet the austerity it had met back in the day. Despite the punishments and judgements, Hester was faced upon Chillingworth, one who caused a substantial amount of her hardships: “The old man, on the other hand, had brought himself nearer to her level, or perhaps below it, by the revenge which he had stooped for” (164). In correlation to the current days, people with similar qualities of Chillingworth still exist in society. Although many upgrades have been made in today’s humanity, there are still various parallels to the time of the