Sin in 'The Scarlet Letter'

2. Sin in ‘The Scarlet
Letter’
Name- Rudrika gohel
Sem: 3
Batch: 2017-2019
Enrollment No: 2069108420180015
Submitted to: Smt.S.B.Gardi Department of
English MKBU
Email Id: rudrikagohel97@gmail.com
Paper No: 10

3. HAWTHORNE
Themes of sin, guilt, and hypocrisy
 Puritan society, and religious issues of the time

4. What is a
sin?
According toWebster’s Dictionary,
Sin is defined an immortal act
considered to be a
transgression(crime) against divine
law.

5. Sin in the
novel
#Hester
Committing the crime
of Adultery
It regarded very
seriously by the
Puritans
Refuse to reveal father
of her child
Not only does the
adultery but bears an
illegitimate child
Her passion and love
were more important
to her than the Puritan
moral coad
Takes responsibilities of
actions

6. #Dimmesdale
Held a heavier sin
than Hester
Keep his secret from
the public
Hester has no choice,
lives with guilt and
torture for years
Tortured inwardly
Can’t bare his guilt

7. #Chillingworth
Seeks revenge, deliberately and methodically
Keeps himself anonymous to find out the father of
Hester’s child

8. Which sin is the worst?
 Hester’s adultery
 Dimmesdale’s adultery, along with hiding it?
 Chillingworth’s revenge?

9. Adultery
in Puritan
America
Puritan Community (designed to purify society)
 Hawthorne suggests that sin is not a simple, black-
or-white, either/or proposition. Sin is messy and
complicated, but all too often we humans fear what
we can't fully understand, define, or control.
Instead, we judge, label, and punish.

10. #Society plays a role in sin
Hester must wear the scarlet letter
To remind everyone that she is an adulteress
Lives in a far off, though helps everyone
But the kids are told to stay away from her

11. Perception
of
Adultery
Now
Does society punish women or men who
commit adultery?
How would Hester be treated for her sin
today?