the varying effects of guilt and sin through the characters Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Hester Prynne is the first main character and the book focuses mostly on her actions. Hester is a woman who committed the sin of adultery with Reverend Dimmesdale while she was still married to her husband who was thought to be dead at the time. After her affair with Dimmesdale‚ she becomes pregnant and the community is quick to set a severe punishment. Instead of being hung‚ Hester’s
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Shrewsbury 1 Austen Shrewsbury Mrs. Tamara Kunkel English III February 1‚ 2011 The nature of sin is a questionable aspect to any society. A truly cruel hearted man that never acted on his evil intentions is considered commendable‚ yet when a genuinely acceptable person slips‚ and makes a bad decision they are considered condemned. This is the strange connotation that Nathaniel Hawthorne attempts to dissect before our eyes in the book‚ The Scarlet Letter. “Thus she
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If the people he worked with knew what he had done‚ people would start to distance themselves from him. "The Irish often suffered blatant or subtle job discrimination." (source 2‚ #6) In addition to committing adultery‚ the Maloney’s have an Irish ancestry; the Irish who came to America‚ where the Maloney’s resided‚ were very discriminated against. People thought the Irish did not belong; furthermore‚ this caused the Irish living there to feel displaced and unwanted
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that his wife was cheating on him‚ because to him it never occurred that his wife will be head over heels for another man since he “had complete assurance that his wife would always love him … he felt no distrust‚ because he had trust” (2.8.142). Adultery is something no one wants to be part of‚ because it can have a strong psychological and physical effect on that person to which it was done. In a marriage trust and respect is very important as Tolstoy has let us know through the novel‚ but when
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Philosophical questions like those are not easy to answer‚ but thankfully there are pastors and judges to provide us with insight.The crime Hester Prynne has committed is plain adultery. The child she now has is evidence of her crime. Hester Prynne has broken the law‚ she has shamed her family‚ and she will sin again. Adultery in the Bible is punishable by death. If we do not obey the law by which we preach‚ are we not hypocrites? Do not have mercy on Ms. Prynne because of her child‚ or beauty
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Tobias Wolff’s “Hunters in the Snow” centers on the actions and personalities of Kenny‚ Frank and Tub as they embark on a hunting trip during the winter. Each character faces problems (in character or otherwise) which they attempt to cover up through deception – the central theme in this short story – in order to accept their respective actions. The consequences of these cover ups profoundly change the power of each character over another. Furthermore‚ the characters don’t realize how their lies
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Cited: New York: Bloom ’s Literary Criticism‚ 2011. 48-52. Print. Bloom‚ Harold. “Laura Doyle Explores Hawthorne ’s Two Histories.” Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s The Scarlet Letter. New York: Bloom ’s Literary Criticism‚ 2011. 74-78. Print. “The Price of Adultery in Puritan Massachusetts‚ 1641‚” EyeWitness to History‚ www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2005) Hawthorne‚ Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. New York: Dover Publications‚ 1994. Print.
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fault. Along with confession comes the freedom from one’s guilt and anxiety. In “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale is a puritan minister who undergoes drastic changes physically and mentally because he would not confess to adultery. In this 17th century society‚ public acknowledgement of sin is necessary by law and religion. Due to Dimmesdale’s type of sin he finds it difficult to confess to the public; this may be because of his position as a minister and his fear of his
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Megan LeBarron Orvin 4A Global Studies 28 January 2015 Mongols DBQ Over time the Mongolian army has become synonymous with the term barbarian. The definition of barbaric is unsophisticated‚ primitive‚ and savagely cruel. These terms do not give the Mongols enough credit. I believe that they were not completely barbaric though they did have some brutal techniques. They were advanced strategists for their time period. The Mongolian army was run with a strict command and heavy emphasis was placed
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES COURSEWORK TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. SUB-QUESTIONS 3. CONCLUSION 4. BIBLIOGRAPHY INTRODUCTION According to RECENT SEARCHES it is have been proven that divorce is on the increase in the Bahamas. In this coursework I will thoroughly answer the questions that have been given on the topic of marriage‚ whether it maybe be concerning Christian marriages‚ legal marriages etc.
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