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The Scarlet Letter: Hypocrisy Is A Sin
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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is about the trials and
tribulations of Hester Prynne, a woman living in colonial Boston. Found
guilty of adultery, Hester's punishment is to wear a visible symbol of her
sin: the scarlet letter "A." Through the book, the reader comes to know
Hester, th ....
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....nk with thee. I felt no love, nor feigned any"
(74). Then, later, speaking to Dimmesdale, Hester further imparts her
belief that she has not sinned, saying, "What we did had a consecration of
its own. We felt it so" (192). Therefore, Hester, in her mind, has not
committed a sin. The fact that she accepts the courts decision so meekly
and wears the scarlet letter denoting her as an adulteress is the first
way in which she is hypocritical. Hester, although she does not believe
she has sinned, .... |
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