6/11/2023 0 Comments The scarlet letter a romanceIt appears she was untouched by the punishment given by the 18th century puritanically strict Boston. Even amidst this public punishment Hester remained unashamed and undaunted. It is, to those Boston puritans, a violation of their rigorous ethics and moral rectitude. In accordance with the puritan code of law the sexual liaison of which Hester is guilty is an act of adultery. The puritan public charges her for adultery. Time and again she was harassed and interrogated so that she tells about her lover's name despite this torturous public punishment, Hester Prynne remained silent, remained undefeated and remained superbly dauntless. She was punished to stay on the scaffold in public. It is a love story because Hester did not reveal the name of her loves when she was torturously interrogated to pinpoint her lover's name. The story of the puritanically interpreted liaison between Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale is the story of love. From the side of Arthur Dimmesdale it is somewhat difficult to say the immoral liaison between them is a token of pure love or not, but from the side of Hester Prynne it can be concluded with an air of confidence that so-called liaison is none other than pure love. When she arrived at the New England, she found Arthur Dimmesdale. Probably her marriage with such a bookworm was a source of dissatisfaction.
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