The Implicat of Sin in Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter :: Scarlet Letter essays

The Implicat of Sin in The ruby-red letter             Sin is the transgression of a moral code designated by every cab aret or the transgressor.  The puritans of Boston in the novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, implant a rigid moral code by which to purge their fiat of deviants.  As this society is inherently theocratic, the beliefs and restrictions established by religion are not only incorporated into law but constitute all(prenominal) law.  In this manner, the moral code of the Puritan society thoroughly pervades the lives of its individuals, and any(prenominal) presence of iniquity is felt in all aspects of their lives.  In The Scarlet Letter, the characters lives are controlled by the viciousness they commit.             Hester Prynnes adultery causes her alienation from the Puritan society in which she lives.  After the term of her confinement ends, she moves into a remote, secluded bungalow on the outskirts of town, inducing a physical separation from the townspeople.  Because of this seclusion from society, the Puritans gaze her with much curiosity and suspicion  Children...would creep nigh enough to discern her plying her needle at the cottage-window...and discerning the scarlet letter on her breast, would scamper off with a strange, contagious fear.  In addition to the physical separation, a more intangible manner of exclusion also exists, in that Hester becomes a pariah.  She is subject to derision and malice from the lowliest of vagrants to the most genteel of individuals of the community, though many an(prenominal) are often the recipients of her care and attention  The poor...whom she sought out to be the objects of her bounty, often reviled the hand that was stretched forth to succor them...Dames of elevated rank, likewise, were accustomed to subtilize drops of bitterness into her heart. H ester cannot feel any sort of kinship with the townspeople in light of the treatment she receives from them, thus alienating her even further from Puritan society.  Formerly an inhabitant within the bounds of the community as rise up as a member of the community, she is now outcast in both respects. Just as the act of adultery is pivotal in Hesters life, this evil effects a similar manipulation of Arthur Dimmesdales life.             Dimmesdales guilt over his sin continually torments him throughout