The Influence Of God In The Characters Of The Scarlet Letter
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The scenes and characters in The Scarlet Letter amplify the Biblical Significance in that God’s place is not only in the church but in the government as well. This creates a closed society based on strict principles and morals. In that, conviction lies not in breaking the laws, but in breaking t ....
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.... never actually says that he is not the other parent, he implies it by talking of the father in third person (67). Such as, "If thou feelest it to be for thy soul's peace, and that thy earthly punishment will thereby be made more effectual to salvation, I charge thee to speak out the name of thy fellow-sinner and fellow-sufferer" (67). Chillingworth's first reaction is one of shock, but he quickly suppresses it (61). Since his first sight of his wife in two years is of her being punished for b ....
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