Hester and Dimmesdale have undeniably sinned. They have sinned badly enough that someone could believe that they will never be forgiven. However, I will show some proof that God not only can, but already has forgiven both of them.
Hester and Dimmesdale both have done penance for their sins. Every day, Hester wore the scarlet letter, and every day she has been shamed and insulted for it. “Clergymen paused in the streets, to address words of exhortation, that brought a crowd, with its mingled grin and frown, around the poor, sinful woman. If she entered a church, trusting to share the Sabbath smile of the Universal Father, it was often her mishap to find herself the text of the discourse. She grew to have a dread of children; for they had imbibed from their parents a vague idea of something horrible in this dreary woman gliding silently through the town”. Everywhere she went Hester was judged without respite for months and years. Dimmesdale, on the other hand, has largely inflicted his penance upon himself, as opposed to Hester having hers inflicted by others, although Chillingworth did add to it largely. “Never did mortal suffer what this man has suffered” …show more content…
For example, when Hester removed the scarlet letter in the woods, God had a very big sign that he was pleased, not angy. “All at once, as with a sudden smile of heaven, forth burst the sunshine, pouring a very flood into the obscure forest, gladdening each green leaf, transmuting the yellow fallen ones to gold, and gleaming adown the gray trunks of the solemn trees.” That is what happened directly after the scarlet letter was removed, which really shows that got can’t still be angry. Then, after that, “The objects that had made a shadow hitherto, embodied the brightness now.” This is showing how the light, representing God, has made the shadows absorb and become the light, but the shadows represent Hester’s sins, and the light represents her
Hester and Dimmesdale both have done penance for their sins. Every day, Hester wore the scarlet letter, and every day she has been shamed and insulted for it. “Clergymen paused in the streets, to address words of exhortation, that brought a crowd, with its mingled grin and frown, around the poor, sinful woman. If she entered a church, trusting to share the Sabbath smile of the Universal Father, it was often her mishap to find herself the text of the discourse. She grew to have a dread of children; for they had imbibed from their parents a vague idea of something horrible in this dreary woman gliding silently through the town”. Everywhere she went Hester was judged without respite for months and years. Dimmesdale, on the other hand, has largely inflicted his penance upon himself, as opposed to Hester having hers inflicted by others, although Chillingworth did add to it largely. “Never did mortal suffer what this man has suffered” …show more content…
For example, when Hester removed the scarlet letter in the woods, God had a very big sign that he was pleased, not angy. “All at once, as with a sudden smile of heaven, forth burst the sunshine, pouring a very flood into the obscure forest, gladdening each green leaf, transmuting the yellow fallen ones to gold, and gleaming adown the gray trunks of the solemn trees.” That is what happened directly after the scarlet letter was removed, which really shows that got can’t still be angry. Then, after that, “The objects that had made a shadow hitherto, embodied the brightness now.” This is showing how the light, representing God, has made the shadows absorb and become the light, but the shadows represent Hester’s sins, and the light represents her