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Lav, was a dog in many respects, but there were some integral difference between him and the normal household canines. Purple Pup is a children's story written by Karl Steam and illustrated by Joshua Lagman ![]() ![]() ![]() The sin for which she is being punished is that of adultery – which she commits with a Christian preacher, Arthur Dimmesdale.īeing she lives in the era of a Christian-inspired puritan society, her punishment becomes one of massive social shaming and disgrace – whereby she has to wear a dress with a large inscription of the letter ‘A’ appearing on her chest in blood red color. ![]() Hester Prynne, who is the heroine of the book, is one of the characters who bear such guilts of sin and punishment. These are probably the two most obvious themes of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘ The Scarlet Letter’ and they are very clearly executed throughout the pages of the book – beginning from the first chapter. The most important ones will be analyzed in this article. 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