The Scarlet Letter Essay <Tab/>Relevant throughout human history, hypocrisy intrigues people, and shows itself in popular figureheads. Nathanial Hawthorne shows this human interest in The Scarlet Letter. The novel's main character, Hester Prynne, commits adultery and a puritan town punishes her. The Christian town believes strongly in the bible and deals with sins like adultery very harshly. Since numerous occasions of hypocrisy happen, it can charm the interest of readers, …showed first 75 words of 449 total…

…showed last 75 words of 449 total…sin, cast the first stone." (John 8: 7) Since none of the inhabitants were sinless, it was hypocritical to punish Hester and did not follow their beliefs. Hypocrisy can be found in this book, even if it must be looked at twice. <Tab/>To conclude, there are many topics used in literature to bring in the reader. Hypocrisy is just one that is found in many places and is a good attention grabber.