Rosencrans Paul Rosencrans 10/4/2010 4th hr Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne?s The Scarlet Letter is interrupted in many different ways and concluded to several themes. The Puritan idea that sin is permanently damaging and its inevitable destructiveness is inescapable is one of the central themes of the novel. This suggests that Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth will always be defined by their sins despite their attempts to deny or hide them.
The Scarlet Letter
Rosencrans Paul Rosencrans 10/4/2010 4th hr Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne?s The Scarlet Letter is interrupted in many different ways and concluded to several themes. The Puritan idea that sin is permanently damaging and its inevitable destructiveness is inescapable is one of the central themes of the novel. This suggests that Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth will always be defined by their sins despite their attempts to deny or hide them.
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