Liberation from Suffering
Among the many themes of A Scarlet Letter, there is shame, hatred, and suffering. Three of which are a few of the most intense emotions that humans experience. Hawthorne, being a romantic writer, entertained the ideas of individual, internal hardships over society’s. In order to do this, Hawthorne adopts the use of irony, parallelism, and symbolism to support the idea that, though there is shame, there is an escape from it. In addition to that, in order to liberate oneself from shame, one must cast off their burdens by claiming the cause of it, much like Mr. Dimsdale had.
Mr. Dimsdale, smothered by his “crime of adultery,” holds himself accountable, and, compelled by his own guilt, under the eyes of his god, does
Among the many themes of A Scarlet Letter, there is shame, hatred, and suffering. Three of which are a few of the most intense emotions that humans experience. Hawthorne, being a romantic writer, entertained the ideas of individual, internal hardships over society’s. In order to do this, Hawthorne adopts the use of irony, parallelism, and symbolism to support the idea that, though there is shame, there is an escape from it. In addition to that, in order to liberate oneself from shame, one must cast off their burdens by claiming the cause of it, much like Mr. Dimsdale had.
Mr. Dimsdale, smothered by his “crime of adultery,” holds himself accountable, and, compelled by his own guilt, under the eyes of his god, does