The Effects And Implications Of Sin In The Scarlet Letter
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Sin is the transgression of a moral code designated by either
society or the transgressor. The Puritans of Boston in the novel, The
Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, establish a rigid moral code by
which to purge their society of deviants. As this society is inherently
theocratic, the beli ....
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.... much curiosity and suspicion: “
Children...would creep nigh enough to behold her plying her needle at the
cottage-window...and discerning the scarlet letter on her breast, would
scamper off with a strange, contagious fear.” In addition to the physical
separation, a more intangible manner of exclusion also exists, in that
Hester becomes a pariah. She is subject to derision and malice from the
lowliest of vagrants to the most genteel of individuals of the community,
though many are often ....
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