Projection of ‘sin’ and ‘guilt’ as common human experiences in nathaniel hawthorne’s the scarlet letter: a brief analysis
International Journal of Development Research
Projection of ‘sin’ and ‘guilt’ as common human experiences in nathaniel hawthorne’s the scarlet letter: a brief analysis
Received 20th December, 2017; Received in revised form 26th January, 2018; Accepted 22nd February, 2018; Published online 30th March, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Dr. Chelliah. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This paper neatly analyses the artistic skill of Nathaniel Hawthorne in projecting ‘sin’ and ‘guilt’ as common human experiences in life and how it gets beautifully reflected in his novel The Scarlet Letter. It attempts to show how a sense of guilt is awakened either by the violation of a religious edict or some moral law and ‘sin’ is pictured as an offence against the will of God, an act which undermines the entire humanity at all levels possible, bringing home the point that the will of man is the cause of sin.
