Adultery In The Scarlet Letter

Adultery In the Puritan religion “He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil” (Thomas Fuller). Everyone has sinned in their lifetime because we are all born sinners. Although people try their best not to sin, most people fail to resist the will to sin. Sin is a transgression against divine law. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne suffered at the hands of the townsfolk, Roger Chillingworth, and the rule of the Puritan religion. As the crowd watches and waits for Hester to exit the prison door, the gossips discusses Hetser and the sin she has committed. One gossip says “This women has brought shame upon us all, …show more content…
As she stood there, she looked out into the crowd and noticed an old deformed man, she recognized him as her long lost husband. When he and Hester made eye contact he raised his finger,made a gesture in the air, and laid it on his lips telling her to stay quiet. When Hester goes back to prison she and Pearl receives medical attention from Chillingworth. Chillingworth and Hester talks and they both decide to keep his identity a secret. After Hester’s release from prison, she, along with Pearl, moved to an isolated cottage. Young children would creep upon Hester, they would see the scarlet letter on her breast and run with a strange, contagious fear. Hester was lonely and didn't have a friend to dare show themselves. She developed an art in order to supply Pearl and herself with food. Hester sew clothing for the community, however she was still a social outcast. “While seeking revenge dig two graves - one for yourself” (Douglas Horton). Revenge is the action of inflicting injury in return for someone or something. Roger Chillingworth, the physician and Hester’s long lost husband, had been calm in temperament and a pure and upright man. Chillingworth vows to seek revenge and discover the identity of Pearl’s father. He becomes friends with Reverend Dimmesdale and they move in