The Theme Of Sin

The Theme of Sin in The Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter revolves around the theme of sin and the severe effects of sin on the mind, body, and soul. Unique sins were committed by several main characters in the novel. For the duration of the novel Hawthorne indicates that sin, no matter how frivolous or consequential, is still sin. There have been various literary discussions on precisely which character exemplifies the worst sin, but Hawthorne cultivates each sin throughout his novel, seeking to get the audience to appreciate his reasoning. Adultery, the sin encircling Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale, was the sin which the novel was largely based on. Hester performed adultery with Dimmesdale, a Puritan minister, and

He promptly suspected the minister, and would not halt until vengeance was accomplished. Chillingworth purported to be a practitioner and was to tend to Dimmesdale, but all the while he was gradually poisoning and abusing him physically and mentally. "Calm, gentle, passionless, as he appeared, there was yet, we fear, a quiet depth of malice, hitherto latent, but active now...which led him to imagine a more intimate revenge than any mortal had ever wreaked upon an enemy." As you can clearly recognize, sin was apparent in each and every one of these characters ' lives. Hawthorne did not merely deal with solely the sin, but also how sin is capable of affecting an individual if not

Hester, who did in fact admit her sin of adultery, bore the scarlet letter “A” signifying her disloyal sin and through the entirety of the novel, subsisted as a public fugitive in the Puritan community. She was stigmatized as a model of what not to do. Pearl, Hester 's spirited and unruly daughter, is the living product of Hester 's sin, and typically the duo lived jointly in shame and guilt. While they encounter mockery and scorn throughout the novel, eventually, as a denouement of Hester 's confession, her sin does not impair her, but rather drives her to be resolute and audacious. Hester thrives notwithstanding the symbol on her bosom. "Such helpfulness was found in her- so much power to do and power to sympathize- that many people refused to interpret the scarlet `A ' by its original signification. They said that it meant `Able '; so strong was Hester Prynne, with a women 's