Sin, the Carnivore

Sin is a common carnivore. It just eats and stuffs itself off of its victim until it is content--which it rarely is--and only leaves the picked off bones as evidence. So, as sin gorges off of humans fallen to the Devil, its nature is evident in numerous places. Sin’s tendency to eat away at a person’s character and reputation, though be forgivable if repented, is represented in the character’s of the The Scarlet Letter. Revealed sin dulls Hester Prynne’s personality and identifies her as notorious in the community and although it remains with her like a meat sauce stain, it is shown to be forgiven after a time. Dimmesdale’s sin is inscrutable under the napkin and, while it seems to go unnoticed under the public eye, it breaks his spirit until the misery is unbearable. Mistress Hibbins’ sin is neither like Hester’s nor Dimmesdale’s sins -- she takes on sin as if turkey stuffing portions had no limits and becomes morally unstable, as well as feared among the community. Revealed sin and its consequences are represented by Hester Prynne. Her personality is dulled and her self confidence is attacked when the community at first publicly shame her and identify her as notorious in the community. Although it remains with her and she can never get rid of the evidence of her shame, her sin is shown to be forgivable by the community after a long stretch of time. Dimmesdale represents hidden sin and how it creates a shame that tries to gnaw its way out into the public eye, leaving the sinner in the utmost misery. When he keeps his sin hidden, he is struck with guilt and when that guilt accumulates over time, it brings him to a breaking point where he eventually gives himself in as the main course of sin. His only redeeming option becomes revea...

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...ly forgiven overtime. Dimmesdale’s hidden sin in contrast seems to go unnoticed in public, although it breaks his spirit and hurts him so much until the misery is unbearable. Mistress Hibbins’ taken on, advertised, and proud sin makes her immoral and feared in the community, as well as apprehensive. Through the actions, treatment, and redemption of Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale, and Mistress Hibbins, it may be seen that the nature of sin truly does infiltrate the person by destroying their self-confidence and making them false, make a reputation unbearable, remain a part of the sinner a part forever, and only have a chance for redemption after a long expanse of time from when the sin was committed and when it is forgiven. While sin prods, pokes, and plays at its meat with a fork as torture, or decides to let a piece remain undigested, in its nature, sin is a carnivore.