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The Scarlet Letter: Admitted, Hidden & No Guilt
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Puritans believe that confession is a means of purifying the soul. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story, The Scarlet Letter, admitted guilt, such as that of Hester Prynne, who wore a scarlet letter pinned on her shirt, cleanses the soul, whereas hi .... Middle of Term Paper
... In the beginning she has no friends, but then the townspeople forget her past difficulties and start to appreciate her help. From the beginning she kept her head held high. “She was self-ordained a Sister of Mercy.” The letter “A” comes to stand as meaning able, instead of adultery as before. She willingly comes back to the town and lives there with the scarlet “A” on her chest, after she had left for so many years.
Hidden guilt preys on a conscience and brings about hypocrisy. Dimmesdale does not confess his sin, which troubles his conscience as well as his “red stigma,” the unhealed wound on his breast. He becomes paranoid and beg ... |
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