1. Corruption in The Scarlet Lett
... the novel, Hester is the antithesis of Roger and Arthur. Because Hester does not view her actions as evil, she is not influenced by the knowledge evil. She remains pure to her emotional role as a member of mankind. By accepting her sin and its consequences, she strengthens her understanding of humanity: "[ ] she felt or fancied [ ] that the scarlet letter had endowed her with a new sense [ ] it gave her sympathetic knowledge of the ... sin, she becomes united with humanity based on this recognition. Dependent on how each character identifies evil, the increase in the knowledge of evil p...
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