The Scarlet Letter: How Are Life's Lessons Learned?
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There are two sides of consequences for almost everything that
happens in life, directly or indirectly. In life, we could learn mostly
from the consequences, rather than from the punishments of our actions. If
the consequences are good, we know that the action should be repeated,
sometimes. If ....
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.... an outcast. Even though she did not name
her lover, so that he could be punished, he did not go unpunished.
Reverend Dimmesdale had taken it upon him to stand on the same platform
that Hester had, and he also whipped himself. The whipping did not serve
its purpose, he was laughing all the while that he lashed himself. Neither
means of punishment had taught him anything, as well as Hester.
To fill in for what punishment had not taught, consequence brought
forth the lessons of life. The ....
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