One of the ladies mentions that, "the reverend master Dimmesdale, her godly pastor, takes it very grievously to heart that such scandal should have come upon his congregation"(Hawthorne 45). The mention of Dimmesdale and how he took it "grievously to heart" predicts that he is the one who had an affair with Hester. "Human frailty and sorrow" is foreshadowed because as soon as the townspeople hear about what he did, he will not be credible and become a hypocrite to the people for preaching to avoid sin, but committing it
One of the ladies mentions that, "the reverend master Dimmesdale, her godly pastor, takes it very grievously to heart that such scandal should have come upon his congregation"(Hawthorne 45). The mention of Dimmesdale and how he took it "grievously to heart" predicts that he is the one who had an affair with Hester. "Human frailty and sorrow" is foreshadowed because as soon as the townspeople hear about what he did, he will not be credible and become a hypocrite to the people for preaching to avoid sin, but committing it