Scarlet Letter Greed Quotes

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Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Pride, Sloth and Wrath. In Christianity the seven deadly are the worst sins you could commit, if committed the sinner is supposedly damned. They have been used throughout more recent history to tell the difference between good and evil. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne they are used to show the downfall of the characters. Envy can be characterized by the green monster, an ugly thing that wants what others have. Gluttony is known for its relevance to food, where someone eats and eats, yet it is just like Greed. Greed is most repeatedly thought of as the thirst for money, but it can be anything that someone desires. Lusting after someone is the intense craving for something, or more often someone. Pride tends to keep people from saying or doing things, it is the opposite of humble, and prideful people frequently think of themselves first. Sloth, the often forgotten sin of …show more content…
Chillingworth is the very embodiment of sin, he is referenced as the devil a few times such as when Chillingworth discovers the carved “A” on Dimmesdale’s chest “had a man seen old Roger Chillingworth, at that moment of his ecstasy, he would have had no need to ask how Satan comports himself when a precious human soul is lost to heaven, and won into his kingdom. But what distinguished the physician's ecstasy from Satan's was the trait of wonder in it!” (130). While Chillingworth is referenced as the devil, there are many devils and there are specifically seven for the deadly sins
….Chillingworth tries to hide his true nature and who he really is to save his reputation. His greed and envy are mere personality traits to his overall personality of sin.
Appearances are everything, at least according to Chillingworth and Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale protects his
Pearl is born of sin and symbolizes sin, yet sinned she not, but in existing and sinned she in
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