Adultery is a sin. Hester Pyranne is convicted of adultery because she didn’t have the acknowledgement of love when her husband failed to arrive in Boston, and has a probable death. She wears an “A” on her chest, which stands for “Adulterer”; it was said that she has committed adultery and has given birth to an illegal child.
The women of the town criticize her for embroidering the scarlet letter, the symbol of her shame, with such care and in such a flashy manner. Hester accepts the “sin” and its symbol as part of herself, and who she is. Hester is set apart from society and asked not to intervene with anyone from that society, but her physical isolation causes problems.
As she’s holding her infant, she emerges from prison doors and makes …show more content…
Dimmesdale is said to also be the devil coming to tempt her for the reverend. Dimmesdale is extremely sick and begins to have visions and dreams about the sin he committed. He believes he found the remedy to his sickness; he holds a vigil on the platform where Hester committed her sin, many years ago. As he mounts the platform, he screams in pain and is nervous the town may hear him, but it is mistaken for a witch’s scream. He then gets ridiculous thoughts and thinks about how the town would feel seeing their minister standing in the place of one’s public shame. He then hears a laugh after he laughs, and turns and finds Pearl, whom he had no idea was there.
Hester and Pearl hold his hands to create a chain. Dimmesdale said he felt an electrical feeling between them. When Hester asks him to stand with her on the platform, he denies and says maybe another time. They then see a meteor that lightens up the sky and puts an “A” (like adulterer) in red.
Hester believes that her and Chillingworth, her legal husband, are not solely committed to another, but her and Dimmesdale are bounded by mutual sin. Hester hates her husband, and think if she was once happy with him it was because of
The women of the town criticize her for embroidering the scarlet letter, the symbol of her shame, with such care and in such a flashy manner. Hester accepts the “sin” and its symbol as part of herself, and who she is. Hester is set apart from society and asked not to intervene with anyone from that society, but her physical isolation causes problems.
As she’s holding her infant, she emerges from prison doors and makes …show more content…
Dimmesdale is said to also be the devil coming to tempt her for the reverend. Dimmesdale is extremely sick and begins to have visions and dreams about the sin he committed. He believes he found the remedy to his sickness; he holds a vigil on the platform where Hester committed her sin, many years ago. As he mounts the platform, he screams in pain and is nervous the town may hear him, but it is mistaken for a witch’s scream. He then gets ridiculous thoughts and thinks about how the town would feel seeing their minister standing in the place of one’s public shame. He then hears a laugh after he laughs, and turns and finds Pearl, whom he had no idea was there.
Hester and Pearl hold his hands to create a chain. Dimmesdale said he felt an electrical feeling between them. When Hester asks him to stand with her on the platform, he denies and says maybe another time. They then see a meteor that lightens up the sky and puts an “A” (like adulterer) in red.
Hester believes that her and Chillingworth, her legal husband, are not solely committed to another, but her and Dimmesdale are bounded by mutual sin. Hester hates her husband, and think if she was once happy with him it was because of