In chapter five, Hawthorne writes "Another peculiar torture was felt in the gaze of a new eye. ... Another reason that she is able to live her life free of personal recriminations is that she sewed the 'A' herself and she herself made the decision to wear it. She is taking control of her punishment and conveying a message to her community that she is aware of her sin, and she is taking full responsibility for that sin.  As Hester grows and changes over the course of the novel, the 'A' on her chest that once labeled her as an adulterer starts to change in the eye of the pu...

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Hester, who has grown up in Europe, does not see eye to eye with the Puritans; they are angered by her beauty, and feel that her punishment is not sufficient for the nature of the crime. ... She believes that the sin has a consecration of its own (Hull). ... Another positive force that the sin has had on Hester is that she is now able to see the hidden sin in others. ... At the end of the story Nathaniel Hawthorne shows that sin had a positive affect on Hester when she returns to Boston, even though she does not have to do so. ... In the setting of the tale, Brown would fall under the Half...

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Hester, who has grown up in Europe, does not see eye to eye with the Puritans; they are angered by her beauty, and feel that her punishment is not sufficient for the nature of the crime. ... She believes that the sin has a consecration of its own (Hull). ... Another positive force that the sin has had on Hester is that she is now able to see the hidden sin in others. ... At the end of the story Nathaniel Hawthorne shows that sin had a positive affect on Hester when she returns to Boston, even though she does not have to do so. ... In the setting of the tale, Brown would fall under the Half...

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Because she dealt with her sin upfront, and didn't try to hide it, unlike Dimmesdale, she is rewarded with an early repentance of forgiveness. ... She is able to start a new because in a way she has forgiven herself along with her town. By Hester publicly repenting for her sin, she earns a certain respect from her peers. ... Dimmesdale's effect of his sin has caused him a lifetime full of painful sickness that would have been forgotten, just like Hester's was only if he would have told the truth. ... "To Hester's eye, the Reverend Mr. ...

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When she firsts meets him when she is a baby, she [holds] up [her] little arms, with a half plaintive murmur, meanwhile she started crying when Chillingworth came near her (47). ... Since Hester decided to stay in her town even though she was given the option of moving away, as an attempted of redemption she stayed at the eye of where she could face all of her guilt and humility. ... When the minister and governor come to talk to her, she shows them no respect, leaving Hester in a position where she feels even more shameful than she already is. ... Because of how Hester sets up Pearl to a life...

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The Scarlet Letter To the naked eye, the story of The Scarlet Letter appears to just be a well-written love story within a puritan society full of unexpected flips and turns. ... Although the strictly religious community was full of straightedge, godly people, they also contributed to Hawthorne's theme of revenge. ... She returned an almost evil smile; proud of what she had done, taunting them. ... She was fully aware of the minister's strengths and weaknesses; therefore she knew that confessing that he was her partner would be an easy way out for him. ... She became so skil...

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The Scarlet Letter To the naked eye, the story of The Scarlet Letter appears to just be a well-written love story within a puritan society full of unexpected flips and turns. ... Although the strictly religious community was full of straightedge, godly people, they also contributed to Hawthorne's theme of revenge. ... She returned an almost evil smile; proud of what she had done, taunting them. ... She was fully aware of the minister's strengths and weaknesses; therefore she knew that confessing that he was her partner would be an easy way out for him. ... She became so skill...

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She does this just to avoid confrontations, so she can live her life peacefully as it is already hectic enough (Baym 36). ... With Pearl, Hester has to assume full responsibility, because she is responsible for the proper upbringing of this child. Hester loves Pearl because she is her daughter, but she is also a symbol of Hester's sin (Ziff 38). This is very difficult for Hester because she sees a child that she loves and then she sees the outcome of her sin. ... "No eye could see him, save that ever-wakeful one which had seen him in his closet wielding the bloody scourge. ...

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