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Intersections Project with The Scarlet Letter, Julius Caesar, and The Pilgrimage to San Isidro
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In all three literary works, The Scarlet Letter, Julius Caesar, and The Pilgrimage to San Isidro, symbols are employed to provide a notion on the theme of judgment of criticizing condemners. In all three works, the majority of the public is disgracing a single entity, even though they are all worse than the person being critiqued. In The Scarlet Letter, Hester, the adulterer, was forced to wear a scarlet letter, which reminded everyone to be disgusted by her. In Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, everyone was disparaging Caesar, saying that he was too ambitious, but this was disproven by using Caesar’s tears and his crown. In The Pilgrimage to San Isidro, everyone seems to be disgusted by an unknown sight in front of them. This was shown with the entire public recoiling and standing close to each other. However, none of the criticizers from all three literary pieces are anywhere near as repulsive as the ones they are condemning. All three authors and artists are attempting to convey the message that before you denounce someone, you should look at yourself and ask yourself if you are, in actuality, better than them. In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne perfectly used the symbol of the scarlet letter to provide a notion on the theme of judgment of criticizing condemners. Hester committed adultery, which meant that she would have to brand upon herself a mark that showed she was a sinner. This mark would be a scarlet letter, which she would emblazon on her bosom. This would serve as palpable proof of Hester’s shameful deeds. Everyone was quick to jump on the bandwagon to censure Hester for her act of sin, as if they themselves were angels sent from the heavens. This was proven on pg. “What do we talk of marks and brands, whether on the bodice of her gown, or the flesh of her forehead?” cried another female, the ugliest as well as the most pitiless of these self-constituted judges. “This woman has brought shame upon us all, and ought to

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