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Essay Archive - The Scarlet Letter: Evil of Isolation
The Scarlet Letter: Evil of Isolation
In the New Testament it states that "the wages of sin is death." Though
the penalty of sin in The Scarlet Letter is not a termination of life, the evil
of isolation can be a physically, morally, and socially tortuous event in
Puritan society. Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale, in Hawthorne's The Scarlet
Letter, are both victims of the cruel isolation from Puritan society on the
basis of their sins. Hester wears her sin upon her breast where it stands as a
constant reminder of her malfeasance. Shame and isolation strip her of all
passion and femininity, leaving ....
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