The Scarlet Letter
Title: The Scarlet Letter
Category: Literature / English | Words: 926 | Pages: 3.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Scarlet Letter
A great deal of blood has been shed and many wars have been fought during the history of
civilization; however, man’s
greatest battle and most formidable enemy is only himself. This has been made only more evident
with the passage of
time and the development of the human character. However, one factor that has remained constant
in the human
character through this development is conscience. Conscience can be man’s saving grace or his
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showed last 75 words of 926 total…Arthur’s change from merely feeling the pains
of his human weakness
while being interviewed, to his attempts at relieving his pain through scourging, fasting, and
vigils, to his ultimate
acceptance of the truth at the final scaffold scene, Nathaniel Hawthorne succeeds in showing
that redemption can be
achieved through truth alone; complete atonement comes only with complete truth. This is
universal – for all men – who
possibly will, through the truth, finally conquer themselves.
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