Since the beginning of mankind, people have been making mistakes. As time passes and the world becomes more modernized, these mistakes are recognized and judged greater than before. Dealing with one's own sin committed and the complications it arises is a struggle for humans. In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses two of his main characters, Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne, to convey a message about sin to his readers. This message can be easily related to, as sin is hard to avoid throughout a lifetime. Moreover, not only can committing a sin negatively affect someone's persona, but it can also impact someone positively. Hawthorne explores this theme of effects of sin of individuals on two different levels: negative when sin is hidden and positive when it is revealed. Hawthorne uses Dimmesdale to express how there are greater negative effects on a person when their sin is hidden. Reverend Dimmesdale, a pious and honorable man, struggles to listen to Hester Prynne’s advice to accept peace and move forward from his unholy act.
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Dimmesdale’s reactions to his sin proved to be negative because he is described to lose feelings of goodness and gain feelings of falseness since the truth lingered inside him. He struggles with knowing that he cannot be a father figure to Pearl because it would mean he would have to confess. In the end, without the scarlet letter burning into her chest and shining in the faces of others, Hester Prynne would not have gained knowledge, independence, and the mind to move forward, spreading the goodness she had, which correspondingly would help her to receive positivity from the townspeople. Committing a sin is hard to deal with knowing that the world is judgmental, but oneself is even more of a critic, and trapping sin inside oneself can leave internal
Dimmesdale’s reactions to his sin proved to be negative because he is described to lose feelings of goodness and gain feelings of falseness since the truth lingered inside him. He struggles with knowing that he cannot be a father figure to Pearl because it would mean he would have to confess. In the end, without the scarlet letter burning into her chest and shining in the faces of others, Hester Prynne would not have gained knowledge, independence, and the mind to move forward, spreading the goodness she had, which correspondingly would help her to receive positivity from the townspeople. Committing a sin is hard to deal with knowing that the world is judgmental, but oneself is even more of a critic, and trapping sin inside oneself can leave internal