Guilt
In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, there’s many arguments that are apparent throughout the novel. But the one that should be the most noted is that people are bound to sin so everyone should learn to not be harsh on others. The scarlet letter itself is a main part of the argument Hawthorne makes as it shows the hypocrisy of Puritan Society. Obviously, the Puritans are appeared to be "civilised" in a few ways: they have an arrangement of standards and disciplines. In any case, the text, in various distinctive ways, investigates the genuine way of this "civilisation" by recommending that, indeed, the Puritans are not really what we would call “civilised”. Hawthorne had ancestors involved in Puritan society, William Hathorne, …show more content…
In the novel, people see him as a holy figure that is a powerful speaker, making him a well respected person in the community. So, of course, no one would ever believe he would be a sinner. However, he lives many years of his life with guilt since he is built on a foundation of lies, causing him to torture himself physically and mentally. In a sense, Dimmesdale could function as a symbol in this novel which contains so many symbols of the way that Puritanism is built around hypocrisy. For example, on the night when Dimmesdale stands on the scaffold and screams out in distress, he becomes scared that he will get caught. The few people that do hear his cry believe it’s some witch. Also, Reverend Wilson walks by the scaffold which really gets Dimmesdale nervous about being discovered and as well as being questioned by the other Reverend. Although, like everyone else, Revered Wilson for some reason does not notice Dimmesdale on the scaffold. This is a clear representation of the blindness and hypocrisy Hawthorne wants to elicit since everyone in this town cannot imagine someone with a high position of power could ever commit a …show more content…
Mistress Hibbins is Governor Bellingham's sister, yet she is likewise regularly known to be a witch. Be that as it may, due to her high social rank in society no one tries to make a move. Unmistakably, Mistress Hibbins is a witch since she welcomes Hester to a gathering in the woods where she says the Devil will present. Clearly, Hester denies this invitation. The genuine hypocrisy is that this lady, who is a known witch, is not all that cruelly judged as Hester Prynne was when everyone found out she committed adultery. It appears just as the Puritans would have treated somebody who messed around with witchcraft all the more cruelly, as that could physically hurt somebody, than somebody who submitted infidelity, as infidelity just affects the people involved. Be that as it may, this is not the situation as Mistress Hibbins is the sister of the governor. In spite of the fact that, it can be guaranteed that on the off chance that somebody who was not at such a high social standing as Mistress Hibbins was thought to have been a witch, the townspeople would have rebuffed or executed that individual
In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, there’s many arguments that are apparent throughout the novel. But the one that should be the most noted is that people are bound to sin so everyone should learn to not be harsh on others. The scarlet letter itself is a main part of the argument Hawthorne makes as it shows the hypocrisy of Puritan Society. Obviously, the Puritans are appeared to be "civilised" in a few ways: they have an arrangement of standards and disciplines. In any case, the text, in various distinctive ways, investigates the genuine way of this "civilisation" by recommending that, indeed, the Puritans are not really what we would call “civilised”. Hawthorne had ancestors involved in Puritan society, William Hathorne, …show more content…
In the novel, people see him as a holy figure that is a powerful speaker, making him a well respected person in the community. So, of course, no one would ever believe he would be a sinner. However, he lives many years of his life with guilt since he is built on a foundation of lies, causing him to torture himself physically and mentally. In a sense, Dimmesdale could function as a symbol in this novel which contains so many symbols of the way that Puritanism is built around hypocrisy. For example, on the night when Dimmesdale stands on the scaffold and screams out in distress, he becomes scared that he will get caught. The few people that do hear his cry believe it’s some witch. Also, Reverend Wilson walks by the scaffold which really gets Dimmesdale nervous about being discovered and as well as being questioned by the other Reverend. Although, like everyone else, Revered Wilson for some reason does not notice Dimmesdale on the scaffold. This is a clear representation of the blindness and hypocrisy Hawthorne wants to elicit since everyone in this town cannot imagine someone with a high position of power could ever commit a …show more content…
Mistress Hibbins is Governor Bellingham's sister, yet she is likewise regularly known to be a witch. Be that as it may, due to her high social rank in society no one tries to make a move. Unmistakably, Mistress Hibbins is a witch since she welcomes Hester to a gathering in the woods where she says the Devil will present. Clearly, Hester denies this invitation. The genuine hypocrisy is that this lady, who is a known witch, is not all that cruelly judged as Hester Prynne was when everyone found out she committed adultery. It appears just as the Puritans would have treated somebody who messed around with witchcraft all the more cruelly, as that could physically hurt somebody, than somebody who submitted infidelity, as infidelity just affects the people involved. Be that as it may, this is not the situation as Mistress Hibbins is the sister of the governor. In spite of the fact that, it can be guaranteed that on the off chance that somebody who was not at such a high social standing as Mistress Hibbins was thought to have been a witch, the townspeople would have rebuffed or executed that individual