American lit 1900
After reading the selections from Hawthorneâs fiction and studying the lecture notes, prepare a two-page essay (double-spaced) in which you discuss
Hawthorneâs use of ambiguity in dealing with the sin, guilt, and punishment of two of these characters: Mr. Hooper or Aylmer, and Arthur Dimmesdale or
Roger Chillingworth. (Consider questions such as these: What is the manâs sin? How is he being punishedâinternally or externally? Is he truly guilty? Does
Hawthorne sympathize with him?) Cite sentences from the story which are examples of ambiguity, and indeterminacy