Forgiven In The Scarlet Letter

They are forgiven Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter hoping he had shown forgiveness for his father's mistakes. He wanted to make statements for example, “Be True” and “Everyone is Forgiven”. In the story Hawthorne had it seem as if everyone had shown forgiveness. When he wrote the characters that had died he wrote about the good things that they did or the good things that happened to them before they died. The characters that lived went on to live happy successful lives. Hawthorne had written the story for people to believe they are always forgiven. The story has many reasons to why the people were forgiven. First, story states that Hester thought of herself as dark, evil, and ugly, but turned out to be the opposite. She thought …show more content…
This shows that even conscience can be forgiven for things she did. Third, Dimmesdale even had a very happy good moment before his death. “an epoch of life more brilliant and full of triumph than any previous one, or intellect, rich lore, prevailing eloquence, and reputation of whitest sanctity”. He’s given a happy moment before his death to show he will be forgiven. Chillingsworth did something very selfless and kind for Pearl. “By his last will and testament, of which Governor Bellingham and the Reverend Mr. Wilson were executors, he bequeathed a very considerable amount of property, both here and in England to little Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne.” This shows that he can do good, that he was forgiven. These are many reason why the characters from The Scarlet Letter are forgiven. Hester shows because she became bright, beautiful and wise. Pearl shows forgiveness because she lived a happy married life. Dimmsdale shows forgiveness because he got to have a good, happy moment before his death. Finally Roger Chillingworth has shown forgiveness because he did one last good thing before his death. This why The Scarlet Letter shows that all are