Sin

In Hawthorne's’, The Scarlet Letter, the main topic is sin. Every character in the novel commits a form of sin. However, the results and effects are different for each character. As William Shakespeare once said, “Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.” Hawthorne shows the meaning of this quote through each character's reaction towards sin. Hester is a prime example of positive outcome of sin. After she is forced to wear the scarlet letter, she takes her punishment and turns it to her advantage

Christian theologians have tried to figure out the best way to interpret why people sin and how they should repent ever since the bible was written. Some theologians explain sin as a sickness, in which people are driven to do wrong by an unknown internal urge. Theologians also use the sin as a crime method to explain sin as defilement against God and Humanity (Taylor 54-57). In addition to the sin as a sickness or crime theories, some religious scholars say each theory should be used but both are

Hester was punished for her sin, she had to wear the letter A on her chest. The A on her chest stood for Adultery, Hester had to stand in front of the town’s people where she was constantly judged by them. James 4:12 reads “There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you--who are you to judge your neighbor”? The bible also states that whoever is without sin throw the first stone meaning that everyone sins. If the world had to wear their sin, people would be judgmental

deadly sins, the sin of wrath. The bible also states that true believers of god should also “pursue righteousness, faith, love [and] peace” (2 Timothy 2:22) in reference to the sin of lust. In The Scarlet Letter, both of these sins were willingly committed by two of the most integral characters in the whole narrative. The moral consequences of sin is very drastic, but it all depends on how the sin is managed and treated by the person who is accused of the sin; although the consequences of sin can be

Everybody sins but not everybody is a deadly sinner. In Emily Bronte novel Wuthering Heights, the characters in it are the personifications of the Seven Deadly sins. Each characters’ Achilles’ heel is the sin they personify and is what leads to each character’s down fall within the novel. The most prominent examples of this is Heathcliff being the personification of wrath, Catherine Earnshaw is the personification of pride, and Edgar is the personification of envy. Heathcliff grows up as a trouble

John, I found the idea of ‘sin; particularly interesting. In the John, 'sin appears to be the barometer as to what is morally right and wrong. Nevertheless, while morals seem to be encoded in laws, sin still seems a distinct concept. I think we see this relationship in John 8:7, when Jesus writes “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” While Jesus is literally rewriting the law (as discussed in class), I think He is also redefining how sin can be conceived by the

their different sins and various choices regarding their own sinfulness affects their own lives. Hester Prynne unhesitatingly bares her sins to the town despite her own ignominy. Chillingworth lets hate motivate him and while he admits that he is a evil man he does nothing to change his actions, Dimmesdale who committed

Sin is the act of disrespecting God’s will and it can be viewed as something that violates the ideal relationship between God and man. Sin has its way of penetrating the soul of a person and changing a human’s personality as well as corrupting the personality of others; blinding them from the truth of the world around them. Such dominance and influence of sin is delineated in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter. In the novel, the blindness and hypocrisy present in the Puritan Society

Original sin is the Christian Belief that that all humans are in a state of sin because of the sin committed by Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden; Adam and Eve had committed the sin of disobeying god's rules to not eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge, and because of this sin all descendants of adam and eve are in a state of sin. The doctrine of Original sin occurred around the fourth century and it in the exists in the three religions christianity, Islam, and judaism. The concept of ancestral

Everyone sins, but not everyone owns up to it. Instead, some people try to hide it and judge others hoping to feel better about themselves, but they are not fooling anyone. Do not lie to yourself, own up to your wrong-doings and better yourself. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil”, there are many literal and metaphoric secrets. These secretive features are not just aimed at the minister himself, but at all the people in the little town. Secret sin is the most important aspect of