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Scarlet Letter 4
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A critic, Edward Wagenknecht explains that the scarlet letter upon Hester's breast in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter "had not done its office." This means that the actions of the magistrates punishing Hester for her sin is like usurping God's power, and the scarlet letter keeps Hester fro ....
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....eness of God rather then man. This displays punishment done by God is more austere then man.
Another example of man punishing sin is Roger Chillingworth. He tries to handle God's job of punishing the sinners into his own hands. Revenge for Dimmesdale turns into the reason why he lives:
"I shall seek this man, as I have sought truth in books; as I have
sought goldin alchemy. There is a sympathy that will make me
conscience of him. I shall see him tremble. I shall myself feel
shudder, sud.... |
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