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CHAPTER IV
CONCLUSION
4.1 Conclusion
Having analyzed Hester and Dimmesdale sin, the researcher found that theme
of scarlet letter novel is about a big mistake from saint person. The moral value of her
analyzed is about every people has mistake in them life. Nobody is free from mistake
and sin.
The internal conflicts that occur on Hester Prynne in the scarlet letter novel is
appears when Hester as the young beautiful and independent woman suffers from
loneliness and want to seek her own happiness. Her husband is very busy with his
work. He finishes off most of his time in the library with number of books. When she
sent by her husband to Boston, She meets Arthur Dimmesdale and they are trapped
into a forbidden love. Finally, she has a baby without a legal married. After doing her
adultery, Hester gets several conflicts from herself and the society. The conflicts of
her come when she wants to get a truth love in her life. She also has several conflicts
with society. Because of her adultery, most people insult her by directly nor
indirectly.
For the resolution the writer use formalism theory by Boris Tomashevsky
because him theory is about motive. And formalism used by writer in the scarlet letter
novel is about love and desire. So the writer includes the paper into puritan and
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The conclusion of this thesis which entitled “Theme and Moral Value of the
1. Theme of the Scarlet Letter’s novel is about big sin and mistake, which is
adultery. And then the punishment of adultery on the novel is entering to jail,
wearing the symbol “A” in clothes, the mean of “A” is Adultery, and swing. It
2. Moral value of the Scarlet Letter’s novel is the minister or the priest don’t
always free from mistakes and sin. The sinners don’t always have mistakes,
despicable act, and bad attitude. But, sometimes it becomes a paradox. It‘s
mean that once in a while the sinners on the right way and the priest on the
wrong way. Adultery is the despicable act which forbidden by almost of all
religion. The sinners must admitted and responsible with act. They also repent
to God and promise for themselves never repeat again. If they repented truly, in
the Islam, God will forgive them and they become like a priest baby, free for
sin.
4.2 Suggestion
The research of theme and moral value of scarlet letter novel in Nathaniel
hawthorne in formalism theory. The writer of this research has limited data of
references. In fact, it makes the analysis of this research is not completely perfect. If
this research is not give the sufficient analysis, it seems that it will become a task for
those who are interested in this subject to complete this research in the future.
In addition, regarding that the fields of literature are very extensive; the writer
believes this research can be explored deeper. Furthermore, scarlet letter are the great
and phenomenal novels which can be analyzed in various point of view. Because of
this reason there are many possibilities way to analyze one or both novels in many
different subjects and approaches. For the last, this research can be used as the prior
research about the scarlet letter novel give the basic knowledge to related prior
research.
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SYNOPSIS
through the scaffold and then, stand on a pillory for three hours there. By meants, she
can be seen and kown by puritan public spectators. In the meantime, all people are
talking abouther shame and bad fate, a man known as Roger Chilingworth, the
husban of hester, just arrives and sees his wife is being disgraced. Not knowing what
is going on, he eventually asks to a man next to him. Then, that man tells what is
When the physician has understood what is going on, He decides to conceal
his identity including to the pastor, Arthur dimmesdale. After Hester has been led out,
the physician visits her in prison. There, he declares his purpose in front of Hester
that she will never speak out of his identity to everyone especially to the pastor.
Hearing the man’s explanation, he insists or revealing her wife’s sinner partner. To
make his plane works out, he then gets along with the pastor and in the future, the
physician can reveal who actually Arthur dimmesdale is. In the colony, the physician
As the story goes on, Hester cannot stand with her burden, notably hiding the
physician’s identity. She tells the truth to Arthur Dimmesdale. Beside that reason,
there is something urgent that Hester cannot hide, is the condition of the pastor that
always reduces day by day. That is happened because the pastor cannot stand with his
the partner sinner of Hester. Before he does he will, the physician tries to stop him,
but that is useful. He insists on saying his darken sin in front of the puritans Boston.
Yet, meanwhile, he stand on the scaffold, he firstly, calls out Hester and pearl
to stand up with him. On the scaffold that three person against the crowd and exclaim
that they are a family. During their standing, the puritan society cannot believe that
Therefore, lost of puritans feel shock knowing that fact as the consequence of
his sin. He dies on Hester Prynne body after kissing pearl for the last time. In the end,
Hester and pearl meet happiness when year after year have passed away. For pearl,
she gets an amount of heritage from the physician after his death in the same year of
As the only one who can survive from various taunts, accusation and fiends,
Hester symbol becomes the symbol of love among other colonies. Then that symbol
at last does not have a function anymore and it has been ignored by puritan society.
Since pearl accepts a heritage, she becomes an heiress among that society and she
eventually has married and lived happily it her husband. For Hester, she keeps
staying in that colony until her death comes after her.
Appendix 1
The Author of The Scarlet Letter
“Nathaniel Hawthorne”
Appendix 2
Boris Thomashevsky
Appendix 3
The Cover of Scarlet Letter’s Novel
Appendix 4
Born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804 and died in Plymouth, new Hampshire after a
short illness in may 1864, that is Nathaniel Hawthorne who is recognized as the great
all his works, he tries to accommodate his real experiences into his works. That
Hawthorne is the descendant of puritan magistrate who dealt with a condemnation for
witchcraft trial. His ancestor was john Hawthorne, a someone that caused him and all
Reared in Salem by a mother who came from a family long involved in business and
a father who his occupation was a sea captain, leaf him when Hawthorne was four
years old, not to make Hawthorne was stuck on his status as orphan child. He even
successfully graduated from Bowdoin college in 1825, which there, he got a long
with a couple of people which then one of them became the president of the united
states of America, his name was Franklin pierce. From his position, Hawthorne was
Beginning to write his first novel fans haw, he wants to reflect his memory while he
was a child being haunted by the figure of prominent, toward his ancestor who was
quality because of sins, yet he did not successfully create it. Learning from his first
fail, that does not make Hawthorne gives up but opposite that, he insists on making
up new novel over and over again romance leads him to the door of fame. That story
romance is The Scarlet letter which was launched in 1850 and until right now that
Before becoming a great and famous writer, Hawthorne begins his career on writing
some essays in magazine or annuals and Christmas gift books. But all those things
were unable to support his life because the rate of pay was very low. Kept on
poorer. And he started again with his work in 1846 by publishing “moses from old
manse” a collection of his earlier story. In the end, he finally found his fortune by his
next story” the scarlet letter” that brought him to the better condition financially.
Produced in 1850, at that time, it was not only a fortune but he also harvested a lot of
critics from his neighborhood that mind with the story of the novel. And he felt sorry
about that.
Succeed with his first story romance; he continued with the house of the seven gables
in 1851 and in the same year, the snow-image and other twice-Told Tales was
released. Then in 1852 The Blithedale Romance and The Life of Franklin Pierce were
made in the same period. A wonder-Book for Girls and boys, are published which
concerned on story for children. Afterward, Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys in
1853 which after he got a rest for seven years, he continued his eleventh work in 1860
and after three years ahead, he published his next work in 1863 which was entitled
Our Old Home in the time while he was not really good on health and he was haunted
by the shadow of death. For that reason, Hawthorne insisted on writing his work by
any reason to leave his family sum of wealth. But how hard he had tried to finish it,
but he could not complete it. Finally he died when he was on a trip with former
President pierce to benefit his health and he was away from home both literary and
symbolically. In those days, from the wayside in Corncob and father still from that
home the heart’s desire that Eden that had been lost so long ago.