Part one of term paper
The society in which we live in today has evolved a great deal since the seventeenth century. One of the most evident changes was the moralistic attitude towards sins, crimes, and the like. The definition of evil has metamorphasized since the era of Hester Prynne. Hester Prynne, the principle character in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scar ...

Part two of term paper
... the scarlet letter she bears. The Puritans illustrate this when they force her to stand upon the scaffold with her scarlet letter for long periods of time. Dimmesdale, of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, also suffered to a great extent. In fact, he suffered more than Hester, even though his sin was not revealed until his death. Dimmesdale tortured himself with all night vigils, carved an ‘A’ onto his chest, and he severely whipped himself. He tortured himself not becau ...