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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 ....
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