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The Scarlet Letter: Hester's Attitudes
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....re ambivalent. This ambivalence is shown by
breaking the book into three different parts. In each part her attitudes
change significantly.
Hester starts by seeing her act as a sin that she is sorry for
committing. She changes and no longer feels sorry for the sin. Finally,
Hester sees the act as not sinful,.... Part 2 of Paper
....t over. She decides to stay because she makes
herself believe that the town "has been the scene of her guilt, and here
should be the scene of her earthly punishment" (84). This belief gives the
impression that she views her action as a sin and feels a need to further
punish herself. But this belief only covers her actual feelings. To the
contrary, as Hawthorne describes, her real reason for staying is that
"There dwelt, there trod the feet of one with whom she deemed herself
connected in a u.... |
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