All 6 Uses of
culprit
in
The Scarlet Letter
- It could have betokened nothing short of the anticipated execution of some noted culprit, on whom the sentence of a legal tribunal had but confirmed the verdict of public sentiment.†
Chpt 2 *
- There can be no outrage, methinks, against our common nature—whatever be the delinquencies of the individual—no outrage more flagrant than to forbid the culprit to hide his face for shame; as it was the essence of this punishment to do.†
Chpt 2
- The unhappy culprit sustained herself as best a woman might, under the heavy weight of a thousand unrelenting eyes, all fastened upon her, and concentrated at her bosom.†
Chpt 2
- Discerning the impracticable state of the poor culprit's mind, the elder clergyman, who had carefully prepared himself for the occasion, addressed to the multitude a discourse on sin, in all its branches, but with continual reference to the ignominious letter.†
Chpt 3
- The same platform or scaffold, black and weather-stained with the storm or sunshine of seven long years, and foot-worn, too, with the tread of many culprits who had since ascended it, remained standing beneath the balcony of the meeting-house.†
Chpt 12
- But now—since I am irrevocably doomed—wherefore should I not snatch the solace allowed to the condemned culprit before his execution?†
Chpt 18
Definition:
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(culprit) someone responsible for a wrongdoing -- especially a criminal; or something that caused a problem