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Scarlet Letter Essay
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is the story of the puritan, Hester Prynne. It slowly (very slowly) depicts a story in which Hester is punished for committing adultery by being forced to wear a scarlet letter “A” on her dress at all times. But when her actual husband returns to Boston after being absent for years he is determined to discover and personally seek revenge against Hester’s lover. Through out the story Hester harbors others secrets, by keeping these secrets she ultimately destroys their original owners, yet although many opportunities reveal themselves to divulge said secrets little could have been done to avert the dire ending of this story.

Hester’s secrets harm just about everyone they concern. Dimmesdale is one of these secrets first targets exemplified by the quote “He bears no letter of infamy wrought into his garment, as thou dost: but I shall read it on his soul” (Hawthorne, 28). This quote demonstrates how because......

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Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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