The True Shame behind Sinning
Hunter S. Thompson one said that “there’s a huge difference between being arrested and being guilty.” Guilt can often cause more trouble than sin. Sin, especially in seventeenth century America, and even the romantic era has a lot of influence on the puritan society. Often, bad deeds are paid through self inflicted or forced punishment. The romantic era is also home to gothic literature. This style of writing includes aspects of deep emotion, horror, isolation and basically any other thing that present day vampire shows showcase. Another major impact on culture and writing in particular throughout this era is Christianity. Throughout history religion has played some major roles in just about anything. Nathaniel …show more content…
The reason that The Scarlet Letter is considered to be possibly the best novel of its era is the fact that it was written with astonishing expertise. The techniques that the author used to attract readers and get them talking is why he’s famous. The arguably best use of irony in the entire narrative was written when “With a convulsive motion (Dimmesdale) tore away the ministerial band from before his breast (and the scarlet letter) was revealed” (186). Nobody would have ever guessed that the minister could commit such a sin. It is greatly known that Hawthorne loved to incorporate irony and poetic justice. In The Scarlet Letter, he used his family heritage of Puritanism to influence his writing. He liked to challenge humanity and its values. In this novel, he used irony as a tool to deliver the meaning of sin and guilt. While Hester paid her debts, she was able to redeem herself, whereas Dimmesdale wallowed in his own guilt until he died. Basically, when all of this irony gets mixed together, the result is a whole lot of poetic justice. Hawthorne used this to portray the theme of sin throughout The Scarlet Letter. He wrote of the consequences of owning up to your actions of …show more content…
It eats people alive and destroys them. Guilt is the monster that constantly haunts us. It is scarier than any monster. It unexpectedly destroyed Dimmesdale, who ironically who ironically was one of the biggest sinners in The Scarlet Letter. Of course, if The Scarlet Letter didn’t take place in such a puritan society, none of this would create such a problem. This proves that in the end, everything revolves back to social context. The Scarlet Letter is a classic novel of the romantic era. It showcases all the different kinds of important characteristics, such as the gothic style of writing, the effects of Puritanism, and of course, the irony and poetic justice that Hawthorne, like many others of the romantic era, loved to put to god use. Sin has haunted our race since the beginning of time. Nobody is perfect. As humans, we simply must learn to live up to our mistakes as Hester did, and not wallow in our guilt and sorrow like Dimmesdale. We need to take our pride off the shelf and man
Hunter S. Thompson one said that “there’s a huge difference between being arrested and being guilty.” Guilt can often cause more trouble than sin. Sin, especially in seventeenth century America, and even the romantic era has a lot of influence on the puritan society. Often, bad deeds are paid through self inflicted or forced punishment. The romantic era is also home to gothic literature. This style of writing includes aspects of deep emotion, horror, isolation and basically any other thing that present day vampire shows showcase. Another major impact on culture and writing in particular throughout this era is Christianity. Throughout history religion has played some major roles in just about anything. Nathaniel …show more content…
The reason that The Scarlet Letter is considered to be possibly the best novel of its era is the fact that it was written with astonishing expertise. The techniques that the author used to attract readers and get them talking is why he’s famous. The arguably best use of irony in the entire narrative was written when “With a convulsive motion (Dimmesdale) tore away the ministerial band from before his breast (and the scarlet letter) was revealed” (186). Nobody would have ever guessed that the minister could commit such a sin. It is greatly known that Hawthorne loved to incorporate irony and poetic justice. In The Scarlet Letter, he used his family heritage of Puritanism to influence his writing. He liked to challenge humanity and its values. In this novel, he used irony as a tool to deliver the meaning of sin and guilt. While Hester paid her debts, she was able to redeem herself, whereas Dimmesdale wallowed in his own guilt until he died. Basically, when all of this irony gets mixed together, the result is a whole lot of poetic justice. Hawthorne used this to portray the theme of sin throughout The Scarlet Letter. He wrote of the consequences of owning up to your actions of …show more content…
It eats people alive and destroys them. Guilt is the monster that constantly haunts us. It is scarier than any monster. It unexpectedly destroyed Dimmesdale, who ironically who ironically was one of the biggest sinners in The Scarlet Letter. Of course, if The Scarlet Letter didn’t take place in such a puritan society, none of this would create such a problem. This proves that in the end, everything revolves back to social context. The Scarlet Letter is a classic novel of the romantic era. It showcases all the different kinds of important characteristics, such as the gothic style of writing, the effects of Puritanism, and of course, the irony and poetic justice that Hawthorne, like many others of the romantic era, loved to put to god use. Sin has haunted our race since the beginning of time. Nobody is perfect. As humans, we simply must learn to live up to our mistakes as Hester did, and not wallow in our guilt and sorrow like Dimmesdale. We need to take our pride off the shelf and man