How Does Hester Prynne Create A Moral Wilderness In The Scarlet Letter
In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character Hester Prynne goes through a moral wilderness during her seven years of suffering, during this time she gains insight and knowledge about life and sin. The scarlet letter doesn’t teach her to be atone or it doesn’t make her an example for the community, instead it leads her into a “moral wilderness”. Although sin leads Hester into expulsion and suffering, it also results into knowledge. Hester was able to change the meaning of the Scarlet Letter “A” from adultery to “able” and even to angel…
Many religious books such as Quran and The Bible tells the story of Adam and Eve, who were expelled from the Garden of Eden for eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. As the result of their sin, Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden, they were forced to suffer and repent. The experience of Hester and Dimmesdale recalls the story of Adam and Eve because, in both cases, sin results in expulsion and suffering. But it also results in insight knowledge about life and sin. For Hester, the scarlet letter functions as “her passport into regions where other women dared not tread,” leading her to understand about the Puritan society and herself as well as about life. She sees that no matter how hard it is to live a life, where even the people Hester Prynne continuously helps, looks downward upon …show more content…
The scarlet letter doesn’t teach her to be atone or it doesn’t make her an example for the community, instead it leads her into a “moral wilderness”. Hester’s sin results in expulsion and suffering, but it also results in insight knowledge about life and sin. Hester stays with the Puritans and faces everyday challenges with her newborn baby. And every day throughout her journey through moral wilderness for seven years, Hester gains more and more insight and knowledge about life, sin and also
Many religious books such as Quran and The Bible tells the story of Adam and Eve, who were expelled from the Garden of Eden for eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. As the result of their sin, Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden, they were forced to suffer and repent. The experience of Hester and Dimmesdale recalls the story of Adam and Eve because, in both cases, sin results in expulsion and suffering. But it also results in insight knowledge about life and sin. For Hester, the scarlet letter functions as “her passport into regions where other women dared not tread,” leading her to understand about the Puritan society and herself as well as about life. She sees that no matter how hard it is to live a life, where even the people Hester Prynne continuously helps, looks downward upon …show more content…
The scarlet letter doesn’t teach her to be atone or it doesn’t make her an example for the community, instead it leads her into a “moral wilderness”. Hester’s sin results in expulsion and suffering, but it also results in insight knowledge about life and sin. Hester stays with the Puritans and faces everyday challenges with her newborn baby. And every day throughout her journey through moral wilderness for seven years, Hester gains more and more insight and knowledge about life, sin and also