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Essay Archive - The Scarlet Letter: The Theme of Punishment
The Scarlet Letter: The Theme of Punishment
Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter deals with many themes, the most
powerful being punishment. In this novel, Hester Prynne becomes a highly
respected person in a Puritan society by overcoming one of the harshest
punishments, the scarlet letter. This object on "her bosom"; however, does
the exact opposite of that which it was meant for. Eventually, Hester
Prynne inverts all the odds against here due to her courage, pride and
effort. Hester went beyond the letter of the law and did everything asked
of here in order to prove that she is "able."
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