Judgement in Each Stage of Life
The Scarlet Letter was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1874. In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne proves to the reader that within each stage of life, a person is judged by society. Hester Prynne, the main character, is judged and placed in the center of town with a scarlet letter ‘A’ on her chest because of a sin she committed, having a child out of wedlock. In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses various characters to explain the effects of judgemental and social pressure
Hester Prynne was in the adult stage of life and society judged her based upon the poor decisions she made. Society increased Hester’s strength through the judgement of her sin. Due to Hester’s sin, “Man had marked this woman’s sin by …show more content…
Pearl was unlike any of the people around her. Within The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne states that, “Hester could not help questioning, at such moments, whether Pearl were a human child” (Hawthorne 124). Pearl’s very own mother sometimes questioned if she was even a real human. The differences between Pearl and the children her age are that Pearl participates in activities that her peers would not be involved in, and she remained by her mother’s side for most of her life. Pearl is unlike other people within The Scarlet Letter, “Hawthorne’s novel deals with sin, guilt, the nature of evil, and the consequences of failing to conform to community standards” (Bomarito and Whitaker). Pearl fails to blend in with everyone around her, therefore the Bostonian community looks at her …show more content…
Hester remained brave while in the face of judgement, while Pearl was in the face of judgement her whole life it made her wild, and when Dimmesdale faces judgment, he sinks. Dimmesdale fears being judged because he was a priest, “When he learns that the father of Prynne’s child is Arthur Dimmesdale a saintly young minister who is the leader of those pressuring Prynne to name the child’s father, Chillingsworth proceeds to torment the guilt stricken young man” (Britannica np). Dimmesdale lives in fear of being seen in this sin within the public eye. According to Hawthorne, “Else you would surely have heard of Mistress Hester Prynne, and her evil doings. She hath raised a great scandal, I promise you, in godly Master Dimmesdale’s church” (Hawthorne 82). Hester was a member of Minister Dimmesdale’s church, and was shunned from the church and the community; if the congregation knew that Dimmesdale is Pearl’s father, he also would no longer be part of the church
The Scarlet Letter was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1874. In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne proves to the reader that within each stage of life, a person is judged by society. Hester Prynne, the main character, is judged and placed in the center of town with a scarlet letter ‘A’ on her chest because of a sin she committed, having a child out of wedlock. In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses various characters to explain the effects of judgemental and social pressure
Hester Prynne was in the adult stage of life and society judged her based upon the poor decisions she made. Society increased Hester’s strength through the judgement of her sin. Due to Hester’s sin, “Man had marked this woman’s sin by …show more content…
Pearl was unlike any of the people around her. Within The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne states that, “Hester could not help questioning, at such moments, whether Pearl were a human child” (Hawthorne 124). Pearl’s very own mother sometimes questioned if she was even a real human. The differences between Pearl and the children her age are that Pearl participates in activities that her peers would not be involved in, and she remained by her mother’s side for most of her life. Pearl is unlike other people within The Scarlet Letter, “Hawthorne’s novel deals with sin, guilt, the nature of evil, and the consequences of failing to conform to community standards” (Bomarito and Whitaker). Pearl fails to blend in with everyone around her, therefore the Bostonian community looks at her …show more content…
Hester remained brave while in the face of judgement, while Pearl was in the face of judgement her whole life it made her wild, and when Dimmesdale faces judgment, he sinks. Dimmesdale fears being judged because he was a priest, “When he learns that the father of Prynne’s child is Arthur Dimmesdale a saintly young minister who is the leader of those pressuring Prynne to name the child’s father, Chillingsworth proceeds to torment the guilt stricken young man” (Britannica np). Dimmesdale lives in fear of being seen in this sin within the public eye. According to Hawthorne, “Else you would surely have heard of Mistress Hester Prynne, and her evil doings. She hath raised a great scandal, I promise you, in godly Master Dimmesdale’s church” (Hawthorne 82). Hester was a member of Minister Dimmesdale’s church, and was shunned from the church and the community; if the congregation knew that Dimmesdale is Pearl’s father, he also would no longer be part of the church