Hester Prynne Sanction

The Scarlet Letter is set in modern day Boston, during the 1630s. The protagonist, Hester Prynne, is in a lot of trouble for committing adultery. She is put on the scaffold in front of the whole town and was publically humiliated. Not only was she publically humiliated, but she has to wear a letter A on her chest for the rest of her life. Many thought this punishment was not enough, for example they wanted her to be killed for this sin. The reason for Hester committing adultery is because her husband has been missing for two years. And she has lost her ‘love’ for Chillingworth, Hester’s husband. Pearl, Hester’s daughter, is the symbol of Hester’s sin in the

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“There are many things in this world that a child must not ask about” (Hawthorne). In a shameful society, prejudice against an individual can go far beyond a child’s understanding of the society. On the other side, revealed, corrupt action often yields to ignominy and humiliation in public; thus, one would rather keep their guilt or shame to themselves for a perfect image. Similarly, during the 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote a novel in Salem, Massachusetts, The Scarlet Letter, which he portrays the impact of humanity’s ceaseless struggle with sin, guilt, and hypocrisy in public or private matters. Moreover, he reveals the society’s internal and external impact on the nature of the individuals. Specifically, Hawthorne utilized

“Here had been her sin; here, her sorrow; and here was yet to be her penitence” embodies Hester Prynne throughout the novel, The Scarlet Letter (Hawthorne 239). Nathaniel Hawthorne opens the story as Hester is being released from prison adorned with a scarlet letter, “A.” The “A” is meant as a secondary punishment following her conviction of adultery a few months prior. However, Hester is not someone defined by one event. By accepting responsibility and punishment for her sin, Hester is able to move forward. She states “let us not look back” as a sign of her eagerness to evolve and rewrite her future (Hawthorne 182). Hester’s ultimately productive life is fueled by her sheer determination and desire. Specifically, Hester was able to

Conscience is a sense of what a person believes to be right and wrong. To form a mature conscience, people must communicate with others, that are considered to have moral wisdom, within communities. According to Richard M. Gula in his book Reasons Informed by Faith, “A criterion of a mature moral conscience is the ability to make up one’s mind for oneself about

Every single human being ever born has had a conscience. Some have used their conscience for the good, while others have used it unwisely. I personally have used my conscience every day. The conscience can help you make both big and small decisions as well as good and bad decisions. Being an important part of every day life for a human being, one should use their conscience in a good manner.

How would you feel if you made a mistake, and you were labeled by that mistake for your whole life? In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne commits adultery, and is forced to wear a scarlet A on her clothing for the rest of her life. This allows everyone in the town to know that she has committed a crime. Although wearing the scarlet letter for a shorter period of time could’ve acted as a fair punishment for Hester, it is unfair for a criminal to be labeled by their crime permanently.

Many years ago a woman named Hester Prynne was sent by her husband to move to Boston while he settled his affairs. After two years of waiting for him to arrive she lost hope and did something that she would regret for a long time after. As a result of what she did the people of Boston ridiculed and mocked Hester Prynne, but soon came to change their minds about her since she turned out to be a genuine, Godly woman who did not seem to deserve any punishment at all.

The conscience is viewed typically as the Holy Spirit in Christianity. Macbeth is planning to overthrow King Duncan because of the revelation from the three witches. He believes the prophecy provided to him is his destiny and ultimate life goal. However, the internal turmoil he is experiencing from deciding on how to secede the king is enough to overtake his conscience. “If th’ assassination / Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, / With his surcease, success; that but this blow / Might be the be-all and the end-all” (1.7.2-5).

Everyone have their conscience to tell them the difference between right and wrong. If they have a clear consciences, they could sleep quietly and peacefully. However, if the

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is an examination of how Hester Prynne uses her misfortunes to transform a Puritan society. Punishments in a Puritan society are composed of embarrassing and ostracizing the offender. Residing in a Puritan community, both Hester and her illegitimate daughter are punished for an affair between Hester and Reverend Dimmesdale. However, as a result of her punishment, Hester is able to reveal the evils of the rule behind the Puritan society.

At the scene of Hester’s public shaming, Hawthorne describes Hester’s punishment as vicious and demoralizing. By comparing society’s treatment of Hester to “stings and venomous stabs,” Hawthorne dramatizes the effects of the public shaming on not only Hester’s physical self, but also her mental one. The town’s hurtful actions are meant to torment Hester, and shun her for going against a societal norm. The townspeople’s actions can be described as methodical, since they are all lead astray their own idea of moral righteousness by the imposed common norm that a sinner must be severely punished. Hawthorne conveys to the reader that the punishers and their followers have a utopian idea of society, which is bound to be defied by those, such as Hester, but unlike Dimmesdale, who are unwilling to face torturous punishment to accept the fact that human sin is inevitable.

while Hester Pryne got punished at the beginning and had been shamed throughout the novel

The significance of this quote describes how the sin that Hester Prynne committed almost turns her into something inhumanely. The book sends a message that back in the Puritan time sin was considered evil. The letter “A” changed the way people looked at Hester and they could not accept that. They also wanted to take Pearl away from Hester because they thought she was a bad influence on her.

Conscience, in modern usage, term denoting various factors in moral experience. Thus, the recognition and acceptance of a principle of conduct as binding is called conscience. In theology and ethics, the term refers to the inner sense of right and wrong in moral choices, as well as to the satisfaction that follows action regarded as right and the dissatisfaction and remorse resulting from conduct that is considered wrong. In earlier ethical theories, conscience was regarded as a separate faculty of the mind having moral jurisdiction, either absolute or as a representative of God in the human soul.