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The Scarlet Letter: Platform Of Sin
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“This scaffold constituted a portion of a penal machine . . . . The
very ideal of ignominy was embodied and made manifest in this contrivance
of wood and iron” (Hawthorne 62-63). A scaffold's effect on the novel can
be seen through an examination of the first, second, and third scaffold
scenes. T ....
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....as an example of his vengeful
nature. “It irks me, . . . that the partner of her iniquity should not, at
least, stand on the scaffold by her side. But he will be known! - he will
be known! - he will be known” (69)! An example of the scaffold being a
constant reminder of sin is when Hester and her daughter, Pearl, stand
together on the platform. Pearl's presence, as a three month old child,
represents the birth of this sin between Hester Prynne and her lover. The
final way in which the first.... |
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