Both Uses of
perpetrator
in
The Scarlet Letter
- After her return to the prison, Hester Prynne was found to be in a state of nervous excitement, that demanded constant watchfulness, lest she should perpetrate violence on herself, or do some half-frenzied mischief to the poor babe.†
p. 50.1 *perpetrate = to do something wrong or illegal
- But for my aid his life would have burned away in torments within the first two years after the perpetration of his crime and thine.†
p. 115.2perpetration = something done that was wrong or illegal
Definition:
someone who has does something wrong -- usually something illegal