Adultery In The Scarlet Letter Essay

Adultery is the most common and sensitive subject in today’s society. What is adultery biblically? It’s the breach of a marriage contract, and occurred when a man (married or unmarried) had sexual intercourse with a woman who was either betrothed or married. By definition adultery is voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a partner other than the lawful husband and wife. Hawthorne incorporated infidelity on the perspective behind the idea of sin in The Scarlet Letter. Adam and Eve first committed sin, which displaced them from the Garden of Eden. “People often joke that women must be the gender to carry children as a result of the original sin” (Pam MS, 2016). The seven deadly sins are pride, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, avarice, and sloth. Hawthorne embodied some of these deadly sins into the novel. Lust was the most serious sin that occurred in the
We judge others during elections by comparing candidates. We let judges “judge” court cases on television to entertain viewers. Judgement upon others is just human nature. Sometimes judging others can escalate and manifest new problems. Jesus knew humans would struggle with judging and he made his warning very clear. “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye’, when all the time there is plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye”. (Matthew 7:1-15) Sometimes people could judge others just to make themselves feel better and that’s exactly what the townspeople did in The Scarlet Letter. They pointed their fingers at Hester’s sin and made her feel ashamed for what she has done when they have committed sins of their