... vices around them, but in doing so corrupt themselves, and subsequently the entire human race. They degrade from perfect creatures into sinful individuals influenced by temptations, greed, pride, and evil. Similarly, Nathaniel Hawthorne's characters in The Scarlet Letter develop into less humane creatures as a result of the evil around them. The influence of evil leads to the corruption and degradation of those characters' souls and identities as members of ... mankind. They become more corrupted as their obsession with the knowledge of the evil around them grows. Roger, as a member of ...

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