King Arthur The Value Of Sin Analysis

Sin drives the human soul. It has been with us since Adam and Eve. But why do people sin? Has God not defeated the devil? Arthur, a pastor, respected by the members of a Puritan society, “Finds relief from the guilt and deliverance from the punishment he knows is coming upon him” (Proues). Arthur is keeping a deadly secret because he is fearful of the truth that sin is within us all. He will not admit that he is the father of Pearl. James 1:14-15 says; “But each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” Arthur’s secret is eating away at his soul. Yet, he will not concede that he can be forgiven

This eludes to the fact that this secret Arthur is hiding, him not admitting he is Pearl’s father, is literally killing him. He is pleasing the devil, again finding joy in sin within us all. As humans, it is easy to sin because so often, we try to hide the truth of not always understanding God’s plan for what it is, a journey, something we cannot see, but must hope for. Arthur loses hope in the moment, he continually pretends to ignore the reality of his

Their deaths, however, were very different. In Arthur’s case, his sin had finally caught up to him and the guilt cost him his life. Hawthorne says in the scene, “The final word came out from the minister’s breath. The multitude, silent till then, broke out in a deep voice of awe…that rolled so heavily after the departed spirit” (Hawthorne 176). The morals that this society thought were possessed by this amazing man - this pastor - was anything but the truth. All he needed to do was repent, but his stubborn reliance on himself and searching his own soul prevented this. Rodger, on the other hand, died having tried to be a physician of the soul, but he was only a physician of the body. His only purpose in life was to try and save Arthur physically, but him trying to save him in this way only lead to death. Sin feeds off sin. Rodger did not understand that this physical decay was only a result of the moral sin within Arthur. Arthur’s sin affected Rodger more than he will ever know. Rodger died due to the fact he felt he had no purpose in life after Arthur died, Arthur not confessing only exemplified Rodger’s motive to try and save him, but finding sin in our own hearts, only leads to