Mistress Hibbins In Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter'

According to One News Now, Annie Meadows from the time she was girl she had been drawn to the mystic arts. This fascination that she possessed eventually turned into something much darker as she looked deeper and deeper into the occult. After years of amercing herself in the Wicca a chain of events took place in which she would have to choose between God and her current life style. I’ll come back to the story in a moment but first what do you think of these people who have fallen to this sin? There was a group at one point in history that was so paranoid by these people that they would burn them at the stake. There also is another group that shows love, compassion and mercy to this group. Because I am part of the second group I believe full heartedly that Mistress Hibbins should not have been put to death for the sin of Witch-craft. I will support my claim with three proofs which are: She needed help, she needed love and she needed Jesus. …show more content…
We are told in the Scarlet Letter that she lived with her brother who was a man power and authority. No, I am saying she needed help in her mental and emotional state. It’s no secret that her physiological state was in need of aid. We clearly see this from the satanic and demonic statements she had said to Hester and Pearl as they returned home. Her impaired emotional state was shown through her ability to juggle multiple moods. We would be talking serious one second and then burst out in a horrifying laugh the next. But she didn’t just need help putting her mental and emotional life back