The conflict between the theme of guilt and innocence relates to the role of major sin evolving throughout the tale of the story. Nathanial believes that guilt could have certain re-flexes towards an individual’s perspective. Guilt is the feeling one has when a known wrongdoing has occurred. Moreover, guilt is the remorse that one feels for doing a sin. Unlike guilt, sin is the act of doing wrong. However, sin can be done with no remorse at all. In the story all three characters, Hester, Dimmesdale and Chillingworth created moral sin, which is visible even though they are illustrated in various ways for each apposing character. Each of the three are living in an huge load of sin that reflects their own characterization throughout the essence
