The Scarlet Letter is a historical fiction novel originally published in 1850 by Ticknor, Reed, and Fields. Written by Nathanial Hawthorne.(http://www.bartleby.com/br/83.html) The novel gives an inside look at the puritan religious structure and the impact of their belief. The setting of the narrative is taken in Boston, Massachusets in the middle of the seventeenth century. The narrator analyzes each character by telling their stories and introducing them to the reader. Yet, never introducing himself, voices his own personal interpretations and notions of things including: sin, identity, and the nature of evil in the puritan society. The protagonist of the book is Hester Prynne who engaged in an extramarital affair with the priest-Authur
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Hester's husband, Roger Chillingworth, who was captured by Indian vowed to seek revenge from the one who committed adultery with his wife. In the Scarlet Letter Chillingworth is portrayed as an evil being, while the narrator sympathizes Hester and Dimmesdale. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, the theme of evil is not illustrated through the act of adultery committed by Hester and Dimmesdale. Ironically, both of these personas are used to emerge the theme of good. While Hester and Dimmesdale's act is seen as a source of evil according to the puritan philosophy, Hawthorne presents them as the theme of good to the reader. Nevertheless, both character suffers tremendously(Hester publicly and Dimmesdale privately), with distinct triggering factors. For Hester, her isolation from the public plays an enormous section of her suffering. While for Dimmesdale his heartfelt guilt plays the majority of his suffering with the help of Chillingworth evoking him of his wrongdoing indirectly. Despite all difficulties, both characters continue using their position in the puritan society in a positive way. Hester is caring and tries to be helpful to those in need by making those clothes, although many denied her sincerity and refuse to accept her help. Dimmesdale remains his function at a high class- a pastor, despite the debilitating guilt he
Hester's husband, Roger Chillingworth, who was captured by Indian vowed to seek revenge from the one who committed adultery with his wife. In the Scarlet Letter Chillingworth is portrayed as an evil being, while the narrator sympathizes Hester and Dimmesdale. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, the theme of evil is not illustrated through the act of adultery committed by Hester and Dimmesdale. Ironically, both of these personas are used to emerge the theme of good. While Hester and Dimmesdale's act is seen as a source of evil according to the puritan philosophy, Hawthorne presents them as the theme of good to the reader. Nevertheless, both character suffers tremendously(Hester publicly and Dimmesdale privately), with distinct triggering factors. For Hester, her isolation from the public plays an enormous section of her suffering. While for Dimmesdale his heartfelt guilt plays the majority of his suffering with the help of Chillingworth evoking him of his wrongdoing indirectly. Despite all difficulties, both characters continue using their position in the puritan society in a positive way. Hester is caring and tries to be helpful to those in need by making those clothes, although many denied her sincerity and refuse to accept her help. Dimmesdale remains his function at a high class- a pastor, despite the debilitating guilt he