In The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, many Puritan Laws are broken. Hawthorns story of sin and buried guilt, becomes a portrait of a tormented courageous women, and an inquiry into her chances of redemption. The protagonist of the novel, Hester Prynne is a young woman who commits many of the law breaking sins which put her in a place of despair and sorrow. It is a story of a woman dealing with her torment and dying to redeem herself. Throughout the novel Hawthorne tells the lifestyle of Puritan living and how going against these rules turn into cruel punishment. The ideal lifestyle of a Puritan is everyone should be just like each other and no one should have nice things. Evidently Hester does not follow this rule because
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Arthur Dimmesdale was a young, educated man who is also a priest. Dimmesdale is a priest in the Puritan community and being so he is the highest form of an example of Puritan life. The sin Dimmesdale committed caused him much suffering and pain, both physically and mentally. Arthur only admits his wrong doing privately but is unable to public admit his wrong doing which causes him to be unable to repent his sin. In private he is abusive to himself and develops a heart problem because of his guilt. Dimmesdale although unable to move past his sin still has the ability to give sermons that are very meaningful to his congregation and becomes very compassionate. Being a strong believer in the Puritan faith letting go of his guilt will require him to publicly admit his sin but he is unable to do this. “Be not silent from from any mistaken pity and tenderness from him, for believe me, Hester, though he were to step down from a high place, and stand there beside thee, on thy pedestal, yet better were it so, than to hide a guilty heart through life.” (N. Hawthorne 26) Eventually his guilt over breaking Puritan law and also being a reverend causes him to die of a heart condition finally giving him the final Puritan punishment. Pearl was born from an adulterous relationship and is not given the chance for a normal childhood but becomes a living example of wrong and non Puritan law. Pearl also broke …show more content…
This event occurred in the seventeenth-century Boston.
The young women who committed the sin is Hester Prynne. Hester had to live with her sin no matter how hard she tried to get away from them. Hester Prynne had committed this sin with a Puritan minister named Roger Chillingworth. Roger Chillingworth had sent Hester to America while he was staying behind in Europe, but was supposed to follow Hester. The result of Chillingworth not following Hester was a baby girl named Pearl. Pearl was taken from Hester Prynne and this happens because Hester defies the law, religion, and community of the
Arthur Dimmesdale was a young, educated man who is also a priest. Dimmesdale is a priest in the Puritan community and being so he is the highest form of an example of Puritan life. The sin Dimmesdale committed caused him much suffering and pain, both physically and mentally. Arthur only admits his wrong doing privately but is unable to public admit his wrong doing which causes him to be unable to repent his sin. In private he is abusive to himself and develops a heart problem because of his guilt. Dimmesdale although unable to move past his sin still has the ability to give sermons that are very meaningful to his congregation and becomes very compassionate. Being a strong believer in the Puritan faith letting go of his guilt will require him to publicly admit his sin but he is unable to do this. “Be not silent from from any mistaken pity and tenderness from him, for believe me, Hester, though he were to step down from a high place, and stand there beside thee, on thy pedestal, yet better were it so, than to hide a guilty heart through life.” (N. Hawthorne 26) Eventually his guilt over breaking Puritan law and also being a reverend causes him to die of a heart condition finally giving him the final Puritan punishment. Pearl was born from an adulterous relationship and is not given the chance for a normal childhood but becomes a living example of wrong and non Puritan law. Pearl also broke …show more content…
This event occurred in the seventeenth-century Boston.
The young women who committed the sin is Hester Prynne. Hester had to live with her sin no matter how hard she tried to get away from them. Hester Prynne had committed this sin with a Puritan minister named Roger Chillingworth. Roger Chillingworth had sent Hester to America while he was staying behind in Europe, but was supposed to follow Hester. The result of Chillingworth not following Hester was a baby girl named Pearl. Pearl was taken from Hester Prynne and this happens because Hester defies the law, religion, and community of the