Who should punish a sinner? Should it be religion, society, or the individual? Refers to Hester Prynne in "The Scarlet letter" by Hawthorne
Title: Who should punish a sinner? Should it be religion, society, or the individual? Refers to Hester Prynne in "The Scarlet letter" by Hawthorne
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Who should punish a sinner? Should it be religion, society, or the individual? Refers to Hester Prynne in "The Scarlet letter" by Hawthorne
Category: /Literature
Details: Words: 568 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
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…showed last 75 words of 568 total…Should it be religion, society, or the individual? In
Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter all three affect the main character Hester Prynne. Religion
punishes her with the scarlet letter, society ostracizes her as punishment, and individually
she was able to move on in life but still returned to her haunting past where she died. It
proves that individually a person hurts themself more then anything. Hester could live on
anywhere else, her life wouldn't be the same.