The Scarlet Letter Themes. Sin and the sense of sin is one of the major themes that appear from the very first chapter from the discovery of the story and the scarlet letter. The scarlet letter addresses themes such as forgiveness, guilt, truth, identity, and good versus evil.
A summary of themes in nathaniel hawthorne's the scarlet letter. Although it seems at first that hester has committed a serious sin—adultery—it is dimmesdale and chillingworth who are the true sinners as they are consumed by the sins they commit. The letter of “a” written in scarlet color and placed around the neck of hester becomes a symbol of sin, especially adultery.
We'll see examples of these themes in the following quotes.
Major themes 1) sin 2) women and femininity 3) isolation 4) fate and free will 5) memories vs the present 3. Themes in the scarlet letter theme #1. We'll see examples of these themes in the following quotes. A hierarchy of sins chillingworth’s pursuit of revenge is deemed as “worse” than the passion of hester prynne and.