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Sin In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

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In his novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses three symbols to contribute to the overall theme of sin, these three symbols are the scarlet letter, Dimmesdale and Pearl. Dimmesdale is the minister of the town, he is also the father of Pearl. Pearl is the daughter of Dimmesdale and Hester, who to are not married. Hester committed the sim of adultery with Dimmesdale by having sex while she is married, then later ended up being pregnant.. They live in a puritan society, in which if they commit a crime they have a very harsh punishment. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses, the Scarlet Letter to help show sin in his book. The Scarlet Letter is a letter A embroidered on her clothes near her chest. “The letter A, in scarlet, fantastically embroidered
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