Commandments, also known as the Decalogue, or rules by which everyone should follow. All three religions believe that adultery is a horrible offense that one should never commit. Adultery plays a huge role within The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn, where two of Hawthorne’s characters, Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne, have committed one of the greatest sins known to the Puritan community in which they live. According to the community, Hester is the greatest sinner since they do not know that Dimmesdale
In the romantic novel, The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale commit adultery, but only Hester receives the consequences of their shared sin, which is to wear a scarlet letter and face public shame. The intensity of Hester’s punishment is partly due to the fact that she’s married, a woman, and has a child, due to her sin. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne portrays Hester Prynne’s identity and opinions as pertinent, yet useless at the same time
main character, Hester Prynne, commits an act of adultery, subsequently has a child, and is forced to wear the scarlet “A” as punishment. The child produced from Hester’s sin is called Pearl. Pearl is her mother’s greatest treasure, as well as the greatest price Hester has ever paid (Hawthorne 499). In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne uses Pearl to symbolize the Scarlet Letter; her fiend-like actions, her attachment to the letter, and her curiosity of its meaning may all explain why she is the perfect
Hawthorne’s Fiction.” She comments on Hawthorne's writing which includes The Scarlet Letter. In Hawthorne's novel Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth repeatedly transgress the religious laws of the Puritan society they follow. Hester's affair with Arthur Dimmesdale causes Roger, the husband whom she thought dead, to seek vengeance since he feels humiliated. Although both Hester and Arthur sin, Roger’s sins are made with the intention of harming the other parties involved. Roger's mass