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Essay Archive - The Scarlet Letter: Do You Dread Guilt?
The Scarlet Letter: Do You Dread Guilt?
What is guilt? We all have guilt about something. Maybe forgetting
something, lied about something, or even did something that shouldn't of been
done. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne we saw guilt fester in the
minds and outward appearance of the main characters, Hester Prynne, Arthur
Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth.
When you hear the word guilt what do you think it means? Guilt means
remorseful awareness of having done something wrong or of having failed to do
something required or expected. Does that sound about right? Guilt is
something everyone has....
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