The Severity Of Sins In The Sc
In his criticism of The Scarlet Letter, Harry Levin discusses the severity of the sins that are committed by Hester Prynne, Reverend Dimmesdale, and Roger Chilingworth. Although all three main characters have sinned in the novel, the ruthlessness of their sins is easily identifiable.
Harry Levin takes it upon himself to “rank” the three sinners in The Scarlet Letter based upon their sins, and the circumstances that surround them. The least severe sinner is Hester Prynne, followed by Reverend Dimmesdale, and the most severe sinner in Levin’s mind is Roger Chilingworth. For Hester, Levin states that her affair with Dimmesdale is “pardonable” (Levin, 10) because the lull in her relationship with Chilingworth was natural, and there was nothing that she could do about it. Her partner in sin, Reverend Dimmesdale, is stated to be “an unwilling hypocrite, who purges himself by means of open confession.” (Levin, 11) He also has seemingly......
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