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Nicole Larson
Period # 7
10/04/05
Scarlet Letter Essay
Pathways of Sin

Our lives are similar to an obstacle course in which we are given no direction. We will almost inevitably make mistakes along the way. Some missteps are small and easily corrected, while others are large and the damage seems almost insurmountable. We have two choices when we make these mistakes. We can change ourselves for the better, or give up and allow the error to change our direction. Hester Prynn represents the determination to correct and learn from her mistake. In contrast, characters such as Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth, give up and allow the sin to change them. The use of sin in the The Scarlet Letter allows the reader to see the changes and effects that one transgression can have on three very different characters.
Hester Prynn, the main protagonist in The Scarlet Letter, commits the sin of adultery. As punishment for this wrongdoing, she is forced to wear a scarlet ‘A'......

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