An Unnatural Family as the Punishment for Sin in Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter

In the preface of Nathaniel Hawthorne 's work, Perkins and Perkins said, "Hawthorne picked up some of the darkest events of the colonial era and changed them to universal themes and problems." (Perkins 433). One of the themes is punishment for sin. In Romans 6: 23 Paul stated that "wages of sin is death," Hawthorne seems to agree with this view, or at least part of his view. This view is very popular with his novel "Red Letter". Among them, the punishment for the crimes of Hester Prynne and Arthur Ding Mesdale is an unsightly and unnatural family.

In the whole literary and art work "Red Letter", Nathaniel Hawthorne is using his character to express malfunction of the Puritan society's punishment process for sin. "Red Letter" was written in 1840 and published by Ticknor and Fields in 1850. Hawthorn draws the theme of sin and redemption through a complex story of "red". This is a story about how a woman, Jose · Blue, is committing adultery with a respected religionist in the Puritan society.

A red letter is a classic story about sin, punishment, revenge. It was created in 1850 by the famous American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. It records the life of three tragic personality. And each one suffers because of their sin. - Motivation letter My academic background is very diverse. I spent the last three years at Geelong University in Australia, where I completed my 12th grade. The choice of my theme reflects the diversity of my interest - English, mathematics, international studies, law and economics. I am good at international research and I am awarded my academic achievement award.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 masterpiece The Scarlet Letter talks about the story of Hester Prynne and the punishment she suffered because she committed adultery. A novel in the Puritan community of the Massachusetts Bay colonies in the 1640s casts doubts about the reader's assumption about the nature of sin and adultery. As the years passed, Hester noticed that her husband Roger Chillingworth was not the one the soul was associated with, according to the Church Act. She married him as a young bride and accepted family pressures and social expectations. However, he does not think that Hester wants God. That man is her lover, Pastor Arthur Ding Mesdale.