totellthetruthandyetnottooffend,thatisallhawthornetriestoachievein
hisworks.
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chaptertwdepravity---theoriginofthescarletletter
thestorybegiieventeenth-centuryboston,whichisunderpuritancommand.ayoung
woman,namedhesterprye,ientaheadtoamericabyherhuand---anoldandugly
scholar.however,formanyyears,hedoe’tarrive.obviously,itioiblethathehas
beenlostinthesea.whilewaitingforherhuand,hesterandayounglocalminister
calledarthurdimmesdalefallinlovewitheachother.theycommitadulterysecretly.
becauseofhester’regnancy,thesecretisfinallydiscovered.
accordingtothebible,everyoneiinful.thatistheopinionoftheoriginalsin:when
godcreatestheworld,hefirstcreatesamancalledadamandthenawomancalledeve.they
livehailyinthegardenofeden.godtellsthemthattheycaneateverykindoffruitin
thegardenexceptthoseonthetreeofknowledgeofgoodandevil.itigatedbythe
serpent,thetwocaotcontroltheircuriosityandviolatesgod’sorderandeatthe
fruitsfromthatparticulartree.thatenragesgod.fromthattimeon,theybecomesinful
andareexpelledfromthegardenofeden.however,sindoe’tstop.itiaedfrom
generationtogeneratioyreproductionofadamandeve.allsucceivegeneratioare
theirdescendantsandthereforeinherittheirsin.soatthetimeoneiorn,he/shebears
evilandhastherootofcommittingcrime.
accordingtotheprincipleoftheoriginalsin,hesterpryeiotanexception.sheis
alsotheoffringofadamandeve.t
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inheritstheiroriginalsin.thuheisasierfromthebegiingofherlife.