... that gloomy afternoon and is condemned for committing adultery. As the story progresses, the reader meets new characters, all of them with their own dilemma. The situations presented in the novel either have a light side, thus meaning good, or an evil darker side. These situations add drama to the novel, giving the novel life. The use of light and dark is frequently used to represent good and evil ... , in the novel The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The literary theme light versus dark is used ... where Hester was sent when she committed adultery. In the puritan society...

• Word Count: 1649
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... she must become a new person. Hester now has changed and is self-reliant in a sense that she has accepted herself, which is against the Puritan belief system. Her psychological state is now based on motivation rather than misery so she can continue on with her life. From then on, ... adultery. It also shows how he deals with the moral dilemma of choosing not to admit rather than to admit. The meteor in this scene is an important symbol for Dimmesdale and society. Although the society sees the celestial "A" in the sky to represent a conformation of the Governor Winthrop's ascending into h...

• Word Count: 1995
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... sent from heaven. Once knowing of the sin committed by the two, his reputation would be finished. The Puritans are very strict and religious and sin is not allowed or the person is condemned. Hawthorne's strategy in The Scarlet Letter is to enclose his human dilemma between the extreme positions represented by the black puritan and the fair puritan and to investigate a range of consequences ... within those boundaries. ( Stubbs Caldwell) The day that Dimsdale confessed he was ... filled with energy and was ready to tell the world what he had ... ...

• Word Count: 1408
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... one's own guilt can be relieved by admitting to one's own fault. Based upon Puritan beliefs, The Scarlet Letter is another work that promotes the confession of sin in order to achieve redemption. In two literary excerpts, the sinner endures great pain while hiding his sin, and finally ends his own torment through ... public confession In the Bible, King David, a man of high position, angered God when he committed adultery. In Psalm 32:1-5, he struggles with the moral dilemma of whether to confess or to keep silent. He begins by praising those who ... have hidden nothing from God, and s...

• Word Count: 587
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School