The Role Of Sin In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

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The Scarlet Letter is a renowned novel that is full of literary devices, and. The most obvious sin, of course, is the one Hester and Dimmesdale committed together before the novel’s beginning. Even a minor character, Mistress Hibbins, serves Satan as a witch. It is also stated that many of the townspeople in this novel have committed their own sins, though they hide it well. Among this group is old Roger Chillingworth, who, though many may not see it as anything more than him being bitter and vengeful, has committed the deadly sin of wrath.

Roger Chillingworth devoted his life to ruining Dimmesdale’s, and over the course of the storyline, we see how his wrath affects him. Chillingworth turns into a dark, misshapen, old man who seems

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