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Personal Responsibility In Nathaniel Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter

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I felt very confident in my Scarlet Letter Project. Like Hester’s scarlet letter, I made my letter as ornate and beautiful as a piece of art. I assembled pieces of my letter from my online blog and internet pictures. Unlike Hester, I would not be ashamed for adding a “personal touch” to my letter. In the early chapters of the novel, the townspeople ridiculed Hester for having a letter of “gorgeous luxuriance” (Hawthorne 43). The townspeople even threatened to have Hester branded with a hot iron (Hawthorne 41) because the villagers believed a sin so great did not deserve glorification. However, Hester made the letter truly her own and I was inspired to personalize my letter even further. One vulnerability from the start was posed by a large
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