Then, they explore the sin and according punishment for the Puritan Community. ... "Punishment was a tool to create a civilized society in a savage world,"" stated Williams, "there severe punishment reflected the harsh environment that surrounded them."" ... There were five crimes that were punishable by death in Plymouth Colony.  ... Crime Punishment Adultery Severely whipped on two separate occasions, one in public, and to wear the capital letters AD sewn on back of the upper garment  or sleeve. ... From the vantage point of scripture, all crimes are sin, but not every sin is a cr...

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As a punishment for her sin, she must stand on a scaffold and receive the insults of the people for three hours and she must wear a scarlet "A" on her bosom for the rest of her life as a symbol for her sin. ... However, he still refused to admit his crime in front of the town. Finally, when the book reaches its climax, Arthur succeeds in winning back the spirit that he had lost years before, and he prepares to tell his congregation of his horrible crime. ... It is intended to serve as a form of punishment for Hester Prynne's forbidden act of passion. ... At the beginning, the scaffo...

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Even though it wasn't only Hester's fault, she was the one who had to get a punishment. Her punishment for her crime was to spend a few hours on the scaffold to face public humiliation, and she was forced to wear the letter "A" on her clothes for the rest of her life. Hester's punishment for her sin was distinguished in that the results of her actions were for the most part external. ... In the novel The Scarlet Letter, Dimmesdale was not publicly punished for his crime while Hester was. ... It was the town's people's wrongdoing to only give punishment to a woman. ...

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As you can see examples of shunning are directly expressed through the fact that TMZ released a video on the actions of Ray rice and the fact that people described his punishment as mild. ... This was Hester's punishment for committing her "crime." it was described as humiliating to Hester and was considered immorall to the citizens and shunned upon as a "sin". ... As you can see, both victims of such crimes are seen differently and were once normal human beings before the news broke out of their "sins." ... Another comparison between Ray Rice and Hester is that their punishments were co...

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Darkness is used to portray hatred and punishment, or in the puritan society sin. ... Although he was not punished, he brought himself down with his own guilt, which for him was a very injurious punishment. ... He is obsessed with finding Hester's partner in crime. ... They both share the same crime, and like Hester, he was once light but darkness slowly took over him. ... Dimmesdale knew that he should also be going through the same punishment, which made him feel extremely guilty. ...

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Her punishment was concluded that she would have to wear a stitched red letter A on her chest as long as she remained in Boston. After being released from prison Hester is forced to stand in shame on the town scaffold for three hours in front of the whole town as, "... the unhappy culprit sustained herself as best a woman might, under the heavy weight of a thousand unrelenting eyes all fastened upon her, and concentrated on her bosom..." (57) From that point on Hester punishment includes displaying the letter A on her chest at all times to show to everyone the adulterous act she committed. ......

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In the beginning of the book Hester Prynne is publicly humiliated as a punishment for breaking a Puritan belief and one of the Ten Commandments; adultery. ... They almost took a delight in her punishment, having thought they cleansed the town, and therefore only leaving a "pure" society. ... She suffered these ordeals and punishments because she was an affront to them; she is an individual and that scares them. ... Their fault was that they only saw Hester for the crime she had committed but not as the woman she was. ... With this the people are beginning to consider that maybe Hester has fulf...

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Yet, in the forest, they may feel free to do as they wish and not have to worry about their sin or punishments. ... In the beginning of the novel, the scarlet letter "A" symbolizes shame and punishment. ... Instead of escaping her crime, Hester embraces it. ... Hester accepts her punishment, which is the scarlet letter and knows that it is, in essence, her consequence for her sin. ... The villagers see the "A" as public punishment and a consequence for the sin of adultery that Hester commits. ...

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Hester Pryness, a young, tall, and beautiful woman of the Boston community does not believe that her sin is actually a crime (Eldritch Press). ... 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. ... Hawthorne shows us that Hester grows strong from her punishment, and has learned to live and learn from what she did as well. ...

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Hester Pryness, a young, tall, and beautiful woman of the Boston community does not believe that her sin is actually a crime (Eldritch Press). ... 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. ... Hawthorne shows us that Hester grows strong from her punishment, and has learned to live and learn from what she did as well. ...

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The Scarlet A Multiple meanings and discussion providing insight into the letter The letter "A" was to be worn as a punishment, to be worn in shame, to be worn as "adulteress." ... The letter therefore becomes an example of crime and acts as a deterrent for others in the community. ... Yet once it was placed back on her breast, once again she was confined to her own punishment. It was a punishment she could remove or hide, but her own pride sustains her from the opening scene until she dies, still bearing the scarlet A on her breast. ...

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The scarlet letter is a sign by which the colonial authority seeks to fix the crime of adultery and the criminal, Hester Prynne. ... Some reasons to explain this could be that Dimmesdale did it out of self-punishment and the inability to confess his sin, or it was simply a hallucination of Chillingworth, consumed with evil and hatred. ... This shows that Hester is not the worst evil in the world, but does have one of the worst punishments, which is labeled unfair by most. ...

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When he finally found Hester's man, Dimmesdale, he stuck by Dimmesdale's side like a leech, gently pressing Dimmesdale to confess his sin and take his punishment. ... Hester and Dimmesdale both committed adultery together and sinned equally yet Dimmesdale easily escaped from his rightful punishment. ... Men can effortlessly elude punishments and complicated situations. ... If they did not commit any crimes they will be the scapegoat for the hard times that hit their towns. ...

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It is ironic that Dimmesdale, a highly regarded Puritan clergyman, had a hand in Hester's punishment when he engaged in the same sinful act. ... It was there that Hester was charged, where Dimmesdale came to seek comfort in the night, and where he eventually admitted his crime to the Puritan people. ...

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All of his stories are those of persons whom some crime, or misunderstood virtue, or misfortune, has set by themselves, or in a worse companionship of solitude (Symons 1597). ... This is her punishment, the heaviest that man can afflict upon her. ...

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Young Goodman Brown vs. The Cask of Amontillado. All people have problems with the community in which they live. Their conflicts are either with the people or the ideas of the community. In the story "Young Goodman Brown," Nathaniel Hawthorne shows his main character, the innocent, pure, and love...

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He than asks who the baby's father is and the man tells him that Hester didn't tell them who she had the baby with therefore she must take the punishments. ... Pearl is symbolized with a rose because even though there was a crime committed while making her she is still a beautiful human being. ... He wants Dimmesdale to confess to his crime but at the same time does not want Dimmesdale to think anything is going on. ...

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