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Review of The Scarlet Letter(1)

Mengyan Li, Oct 13

The story is based on the colony times of America.It shows the cruelty of the law and the deceit of religion.It happens in Boston about 200 years ago.The author narrates love affairs between a woman and two men.The beautiful and intelligent young woman, named Hester Prynne, has been led from the town prison with her infant baby in her arms, and on her chest is a rag of cloth which has a scarlet letter “A” on it.The scarlet letter “A” represents a symbol of her sin and for all people to see.The husband of the punished woman, who called himself Roger Chilling worth, is an old mihapen man and a doctor.He is elder than Hester and no one knows his real name.Hester doesn’t love him at all.He sends Hester to America but he does not arrive in Boston.While Hester is waiting for her husband, she fall in love with Dimmesdale and she lead a birth to their baby.Dimmesdale is a scholar and has a high position and is highly respected by people in that town.In that age, according the law and religion, their love is sinful and forbidden.Due to this, Hester is punished by the society with a scarlet letter “A” on her chest, which considered a big shame.Facing the terrible punishment, Hester refuses to give her lover’s name away to protect him.Hester is brave enough to face the cruel reality.She is always with a mind of courage.But Arthur Dimmesdale, his sin against Hester and Pearl is that he will not acknowledge them as his wife and daughter in the daylight.He keeps his dreadful secret from all those under his care in the church for seven years for fear that he will lose their love and will not be forgiven.He is too weak to admit his sins.