For every deed that is done in the body one must understand that their is a price to pay. Puritans lived by strict standards; believing that they had been chosen by God to follow His divine law and that they had the right to punish those that went against it. This idea is evident in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Witchcraft in Salem by USHistory.org. The concept that sin has consequences is seen in The Scarlet Letter by the labeling, public humiliation and imprisonment of the time. While Witchcraft in Salem illustrates the outcome of sin by executions and stonings. It is inevitable that no sin goes unpunished; everyone will be judged by others and have to answer to a higher power some day. Often it is within human nature that some believe that their sins go unpunished.
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Counting other people’s sins does not make you a saint. This saying sheds light on the idea that everyone sins. The fact that pointing out other people’s wrongdoings does not make yours disappear is very evident in The Scarlet Letter and Witchcraft in Salem. In both cases people’s immoral actions are being brought to the focal point of the townspeople, who immediately begin to judge the accused as if they themselves have never sinned. In The Scarlet Letter the women would shout at Hester saying things like she deserved more of a punishment or that she should be labeled for the rest of her life. In Witchcraft in Salem the townspeople judged those accused for witchcraft before they were ever even convicted. Those that were accused of these wrongdoings were then put through a 5 step trial. The trial consisted of a test, physical evidence, a witnesses testimony, spectral evidence, and a confession. Those that confessed had to ask forgiveness from the townspeople and often had things taken from them but those that refused received the punishment of public
Counting other people’s sins does not make you a saint. This saying sheds light on the idea that everyone sins. The fact that pointing out other people’s wrongdoings does not make yours disappear is very evident in The Scarlet Letter and Witchcraft in Salem. In both cases people’s immoral actions are being brought to the focal point of the townspeople, who immediately begin to judge the accused as if they themselves have never sinned. In The Scarlet Letter the women would shout at Hester saying things like she deserved more of a punishment or that she should be labeled for the rest of her life. In Witchcraft in Salem the townspeople judged those accused for witchcraft before they were ever even convicted. Those that were accused of these wrongdoings were then put through a 5 step trial. The trial consisted of a test, physical evidence, a witnesses testimony, spectral evidence, and a confession. Those that confessed had to ask forgiveness from the townspeople and often had things taken from them but those that refused received the punishment of public