When someone sins, they have to go through several consequences other than just the fact of living with what they have done. In the book The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, several characters sin and the consequences they have to suffer because of this are awful but deserving. You have to be able to accept your sin in order to get rid of some of the consequences such as shame and regret. Hester and Dimmesdale are two of the main characters who have sinned because they have committed adultery. When you sin, your social status is lowered and it takes a lot to accept it in order to be redeemed. Hester is one of the biggest culprits of sin within the story. When she had the letter put on her chest, it was said to be “another ruin”
