The Consequences Of Adultery In The Scarlet Letter, By Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Everyone is sinful or guilty in a way, weather it is lying or doing Adultery. “Guilt is through the spirit and Pain is the body.” It is mistakes that are caused by people. Because you will have to be guilty first, in order to suffer the pain that was caused by their sin. Mr. Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, he had to suffer his own sin, because he committed adultery with Hester and had a child called Pearl. Hester has to suffer from her own sin, because of adultery and she has to fight the society with no one helping and no one by her side. This is the same situation in The Crucible by Arthur Miller, John Proctor had to suffer the sin of his own, because the affair between him and Abigail Williams. But all the people …show more content…

They do not trust you because you have done sin that hurt them. John had affair between Abigail Williams, he cheated on his wife, and Elizabeth doesn’t really trust him even he have repent. “ELIZABETH, reasonably: John, have you ever shown her somewhat of contempt? She cannot pass you in the church but you will blush— PROCTOR: I may blush for my sin. ELIZABETH: I think she sees another meaning in that blush. PROCTOR: And what see you? What see you, Elizabeth? ELIZABETH, conceding: I think you be somewhat ashamed, for I am there, and she so close. PROCTOR: When will you know me, woman? Were I stone I would have cracked for shame this seven month! ELIZABETH: Then go and tell her she 's a whore. Whatever promise she may sense—break it, John, break it. (Miller 59).” In “When will you know me, woman? Were I stone I would have cracked for shame this seven month!” John is really frustrated by his wife’s suspicious to him and Abigail’s relationship. He is living in his sin and he wants everything have never happened before. This shows that John is trapping in his own sin, he cannot forgive himself and also he can’t face his unfaithfulness to his wife, so there are no trust between him and Elizabeth. He is really suffering from his sin, he wants to be trusted, and especially by the person that he loves the most. If the closest people around us wouldn’t believe us, then who else will ever trust us anymore. It is painful to not be trusted by anyone especially tour beloved ones, because of your

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