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Being True To Oneself In The Scarlet Letter
Title: Being True To Oneself In The Scarlet Letter
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 565 | Pages: 2.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Being True To Oneself In The Scarlet Letter
Being True To Oneself In The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter, a novel that takes place in a New England colony, depicts a lady
named Hester Prynne who is being punished for committing adultery by wearing a scarlet “A” on
her chest. Hester and her daughter, Pearl, live with disgrace and mocking from the colonists.
Reverend Dimmesdale, Pearl’s father, is also being tortured by his deceptive friend, Doctor Roger
Chillingworth, who is Hester’s …showed first 75 words of 565 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 565 total…everyone despises her. If she would have been untrue to
herself, she would have never known her true self and died an unhappy women.
Nathaniel Hawthorne states, “Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not
your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!” Being untrue to one’s self leads
to unhappy consequences. If one is true to himself, one lives a simpler life with happier
consequences.
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