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Monster Essays - The Scarlet Letter: Evil and Mistriss Hibbins
The Scarlet Letter: Evil and Mistriss Hibbins
Evil can be defined as, "That which is the reverse of good,
physically or morally; whatever is censurable painful, disastrous, or
undesirable." In the novel "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Mistriss Hibbins can also be defined in those terms. She is believed to be
evil by many of the characters. Henry Louis Mencken once said, "It is a sin
to believe evil of others, but is seldom a mistake." In this novel he was
right, Mistriss Hibbins is evil. However, she is an important character who
appears more often than most peo....
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