... next to the rusted prison door. The scarlet letter was a stigma worn by someone who had committed a sinful act many Puritan settlements. The Puritans believed that public humiliation was a just punishment for these offenders. Hester was forced to wear the letter "A" on her chest for the rest ... Puritans tried to disgrace Hester, she turned the symbol around into something special. And as time went by, her efforts proved to be worthwhile. This stigma was thought to be something great by those who were unfamiliar with Puritanical ways of punishment. Both the governor's servant, and the Nat...

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... . Is it possible to attain forgiveness in a Puritan society after committing such a heinous sin? Forgiveness is always a possibility in my eyes, though the puritans see black and white. It is either wrong or right, and Dimmesdale is wrong for having relations with Hester. A punishment suitable for such a sin ... is already been instituted since the day it happened. Dimemsdale is living with this guilt on his conscience for seven years. One cannot earn their forgiveness without doing some sort of penance, ... sermon is a joyous occasion in which he revealed the evil that he has done. Th...

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... , the scarlet letter concealed who Hester really was. The last identity the "A" took on is the adjective able. On pages 241-242, the Native Americans who came to watch the Election Day pageant thought the "A" marked Hester as a person of importance and high status! People viewed Hester as defiant, strong, and able. However, everything Hester is viewed as is due to its ... adulteress, ashamed, artistic, alienated, armor, or able, is it because of one source- the scarlet letter. The narrow-minded Puritanical society only sees her for these few things. What the Puritans should have seen in ...

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... the predicament and decide to leave for England, Dimmesdale is so relieved that he might be able to escape his sin that he thinks five evil thoughts, which for the puritans is as bad as sinning itself. Unlike the sins of Hester and Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth's secret sin is more severe. While the sins of the other characters were sins against ... character endures and by the fact that each character dies in the end of the story. He also shows his support for confession of these sins. When Dimmesdale finishes his Election Day sermon, he walks up onto the scaffold with Hester and Pea...

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