The scarlet letter is a symbol which demonstrates that even when sins are committed, they can be confessed and forgiven. However, even after forgiveness, they can never be destroyed. The importance of the letter is shown by Hester's sin which was committed only by love for Dimsdale. This love results by the creation of Pearl. Pearl emphasizes the beauty of sin and how it can not only be a bad outcome, but a lesson to learn. The reactions of the sin affects the lives of many, but over time it will be forgotten. To those who committed the sin, it will never fade away.
The sin committed by Hester and Dimsdale was very wrong due to the fact that Hester was married to Roger Chillingworth and Dimsdale was a priest. The secret affair between the two resulted in a passionate love which was shown by the birth of Pearl. Hester did feel sorrow for herself, so she wore the letter around her neck to symbolize this sin she had committed. This letter was very large and was filled with ruby jewels. Hester was not trying to hide her sin. She wore this letter to show that she understood her mistake. Hawthorne is using the letter to demonstrate that everyone commits sins and they should be confessed and let out so there is no guilt left. Hester showed this and did not care what the Puritans thought of her. In Hester's heart she loves Dimsdale and has a beautiful child whom she hopes will grow up to marry for love and not follow the path she did. .
Pearl is the living scarlet letter that was created by sin and to her, the letter worn around Hester's neck, is Pearl's way of saying that what Hester did was wrong. .
Before the sin was committed, Hester's appearance was stunning. She had long, rich brown hair and brown eyes. She was a beautiful woman who was strong and the other women crowded around her because of jealousy. In that remarkable forest scene in The Scarlet Letter, the long repressed/suppressed sexuality of Hester is suddenly exposed when she releases her hair.
So then what is sin? ... Have they sinned? ... Imputed sin is the belief that in some way the entire human race sinned when Adam sinned4. ... If sin is indeed a state of being spiritually separated from God, and if we are all indeed in a state of sin, and if sin is punishable by death, how then may we escape it? ... While in the flesh we are in a state of sin. ...
Sin and the Prodigal Son Sin, Second chances, and the letter of the law. ... This represents Christian belief of what sin is, Sin is not only the commission specific actions, but also one's refusal to obey, and follow God. In short sin is anything that is not in God's will. As result of sin one steps out of the will of God for there lives, and is now subject to the wages of sin which is death. ... Christianity calls these bad decisions sin. ...
Two examples of these fantasy novels are The Hobbit and The Neverending Story. ... The Neverending Story is quite similar in this sense. ... The Neverending Story created the same atmosphere with its magical world Fantastica. ... The Neverending Story is much the same and it is up to the reader to get into it and develop his or her creativity with the help of books. ... The Neverending Story. ...
These sinners, in their desolation and despair, were destined to suffer eternal punishment that were designed to replicate the horrors of their sins. ... As Dante and Virgil descended down far from the top into Hell, they encountered the shades guilty of more severe sins, and these shades or souls perfectly represented a suitable fate of each circle of Hell. Their eternal suffering reflects their sins from their time before death, sins that were put in order according to the morals of the time. ... For Dante Alighieri, to be a traitor like Judas or Brutus was the worst sin of all. ... Thus, th...
Bastian Balthazar Bux was a little boy around the age of ten or twelve. He lived with his father, because his mother died. When his mother was still alive his relationship with his father had been great. But since then they rarely spoke, his father became quiet, and very sad, Bastian couldn't reach ...
First, there is the obvious problem that, since questions of right and wrong often generate neverending disputes, the gods are likely to disagree among themselves about moral matters no more or less often than we do, making some actions both right and wrong. ...
Clorinda Matto de Turner's novel, "Aves sin nido," published in July 1889, caused controversies amongst intellectuals. ... After reading, "Aves sin nido," the world is left with an image of Peru filled with social oppression and corruption. ... "Aves sin Nido," shows that the native culture of Peru is based upon exploitation and the issues that arise from it. ...
Author Kurt Vonnegut was very fortunate to have the bulk of his writing years occur during a time in history in which he wrote Slaughter House Five. If this book were written in present day, I fear it would be about as broadly circulated as a Kilgore Trout novel. Slaughter House Five is a fictitio...
Author Kurt Vonnegut was very fortunate to have the bulk of his writing years occur during a time in history in which he wrote Slaughter House Five. If this book were written in present day, I fear it would be about as broadly circulated as a Kilgore Trout novel. Slaughter House Five is a fictitio...