They were very strict about sins, like lying and adultery, and believed in forgiveness and fair treatment of others. ... Hypocrisy being a major element, Hawthorne also used guilt, confession, and sin as smaller elements to get his feelings across on the Puritans" shortcomings. ... All he can think about when he sees these people are their sins which, whether it was a dream or not, he also committed. On the Sabbath day, when the congregation were singing a holy psalm, he could not listen because an anthem of sin rushed loudly upon his ear and drowned all the blessed strain. ... He ...

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The Scarlet Letter is a book revealing lives of sin, social identity, and humanity. ... The townsman then tells of Hester's sin, having an affair, and her punishment, to forever wear a scarlet letter on her breast as an eternal reminder of shame. ... They proclaim her sin and pressure her to reveal the identity of her illegal child's father. ... Pearl is a symbol in the story; she is Hester's salvation, pride, and joy, and also acts as an eternal reminder of Hester's sin. ...

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She tries to make the images in front of her vanish by thinking about her past. ... The man informs him of her past, telling how she was sent to Boston to await her husband, and how she ended up with a child instead. ... Wilson steps forward and delivers a sermon against sin, after which Hester is allowed to return to the prison. ... Hawthorne puts it, "it gave her a sympathetic knowledge of the hidden sin in other hearts." ... Hester is afraid that nothing good can come from her sin, and thus she fears that Pearl will in some way be retribution for her sinful passion. ...

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David Leeb wrote a very compelling, unpublished paper titled "Shades of Goodman Brown". In this paper, Leeb discussed a common "yarn" that presented itself in Young Goodman Brown, The Man that Corrupted Hadleyberg, Monster, and The Devil and Daniel Webster. He writes that "It is truly curious that ...

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Introduction In this research paper, we are going to deal with the short story 'Rappaccini's Daughter'. It is the work of the American romantic writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. Our topic is built around symbolism. In fact, after a first reading of the short story, we have noticed a list of symbols...

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