Both Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter, show that one person with his or her own views may contradict a society. ... In this novel, Huck overcomes the bigotry that society preached. ... Not many people would go out of their way to help someone else and that is illustrated in the novel The Scarlet Letter. ... During the seventeenth century, in the town of Boston, Puritans went by the Bible, especially the Eighth Commandment "Thou shall not commit adultery." As of this, Hester wore the Letter A, which symbolized adultery. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Secret sin is one of the themes most focused on in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. ... Although Hester is protagonist, and her sin is very influential, Dimmesdale's sin is probably the most important sin in The Scarlet Letter because it started the whole story. ... While the sins of the other characters were sins against society, Chillingworth's sin is a sin against another person's heart and soul. ... Chillingworth's view of confession, which is that each sinner must confess his sin and that if someone does confess his or her sins, that person would be ph...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter, Arthur Dimmesdale struggles to overcome sin, guilt, and public shame in Puritan society. ... Dimmesdale thinks of his sin as not showing loyalty to God; However, he avoids confessing his sin due to the fear of judgement, and losing his upheld reputation in the society. ...

• Word Count: 939
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School