If a sexton says that “A pure hand needs no glove to cover it”, then I say that we all need gloves. The scarlet letter is a magnum opus written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850 and it was a first American novel that caused a big resonance in Europe. It was a first novel for Hawthorne and nonetheless it was received warmly by readers and critics, the priests wanted to restrict it for its “prostitution, adultery, and effeminate priest”. Notwithstanding that it was restricted in some countries it remains one of the greatest American oeuvre known by the whole word.
The Scarlet Letter takes place in the far XVII century in Boston, Massachusetts. Hester Prynne is a married woman in her middle ages. While her husband is far away working as a servant in the Custom House, she becomes the biggest sinner in the town. Prynne stays on the Scaffold holding a newborn baby while every citizen of Boston hates her. Hester Prynne has a baby from another man! What a sinner! She stays there with dignity and refuses to say the name of the …show more content…
While continues preaching he understands that as a Puritan Minister he made a big sin, his guilty makes him stay silenced and he doesn’t have enough strength to admit that he is a sinner but decides to punish himself with eating nothing, whipping his shoulders, and having no sleep. As a Puritan Minister he does his duties perfectly and other people continue to love him while he can’t find peace in himself and even tells Hester: “`Happy are you, Hester, that wear the scarlet letter openly upon your bosom! Mine burns in secret! Thou little knowest what a relief it is, after the torment of a seven years' cheat, to look into an eye that recognizes me for what I am!” so we can see that Arthur is not strong enough to live with such a burden and in the end of the novel he finally admits his sin while standing on the scaffold and
The Scarlet Letter takes place in the far XVII century in Boston, Massachusetts. Hester Prynne is a married woman in her middle ages. While her husband is far away working as a servant in the Custom House, she becomes the biggest sinner in the town. Prynne stays on the Scaffold holding a newborn baby while every citizen of Boston hates her. Hester Prynne has a baby from another man! What a sinner! She stays there with dignity and refuses to say the name of the …show more content…
While continues preaching he understands that as a Puritan Minister he made a big sin, his guilty makes him stay silenced and he doesn’t have enough strength to admit that he is a sinner but decides to punish himself with eating nothing, whipping his shoulders, and having no sleep. As a Puritan Minister he does his duties perfectly and other people continue to love him while he can’t find peace in himself and even tells Hester: “`Happy are you, Hester, that wear the scarlet letter openly upon your bosom! Mine burns in secret! Thou little knowest what a relief it is, after the torment of a seven years' cheat, to look into an eye that recognizes me for what I am!” so we can see that Arthur is not strong enough to live with such a burden and in the end of the novel he finally admits his sin while standing on the scaffold and