Реферат: The Scarlet Letter Essay Research Paper THE
embraced and loved her. Her sin drew her moredeeply into the society
of Boston than she ever was before.And when her time to die came,
she did so with honor. HesterPrynne – sinner and saint. However,
Hester’s sin was shared. Whereas she was asinner on the outside and a
saint on the inside, ArthurDimmesdale is the reverse, both literally
and figuratively.On the outside, a town minister, inside an adulterer.
Of allthe characters, Dimmesdale is the most pitiful. A man sopenitent
that he whips himself, but so afraid that he cannotconfess his sin; a
sin which takes a great toll on him. Hiscountenance is disfigured in
the shape of what we assume tobe an A on his chest (that or a cow
shaped birthmark) and hissoul is eaten by his guilt. Arthur does later
confess, and aweight is lifted from his being. And with that weight
gone hefinally dies in peace. Sin has always been and will always be
a part of human life and literature. And as long as there is sin, people
willreact to it in different ways; some will hide it, some willembrace it,
some will rot from it. But no matter how the sin is handled or dealt
with, it will always leave it’s mark. Forme, the mark of sin will always
be symbolized as a scarlet A on a black background.