How Does Nathaniel Hawthorne Use Forgiveness In The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book, The Scarlet Letter, Hester and Dimmesdale face a sin from which they can not receive forgiveness but they face enough anguish that in the end, they seem to only gain forgiveness. Hawthorne’s religion goes along to say that once you commit a sin you will go to Hell, and if found innocent you will go to Heaven. He seamingly aspires to make sure everyone can become forgiven. At the end of the book, his higher and overall moral of the story comes down to seem plain and simple, “ Be true! Be true! Be true!” Although Hawthorne states his greater meaning of the story, he seems to leave the big question of ; do they seem forgiven or not for us to decide. From all the evidence that I have seen, I can conclude that Hester and Dimmesdale have shown a sign of forgiveness for their sin of adultery. …show more content…
According to Nathaniel's writing, many things that give off the impression that the sinners forgiven. For instance, Hawthorne writes “dear little Pearl, wilt thou kiss me now? Thou wouldst not, yonder, in the forest! But now thou wilt?” Pearl then kisses Dimmesdale. In this story, Hester’s daughter has a name other than Pearl, known as Conscious. Once before, Dimmesdale had kissed Pearl, from which she washed it off in the brook. At this point, Pearl kisses him. Later Hawthorne writes “Pearl's errand as a messenger of anguish was fulfilled.” Pearl’s job as conscience has become complete since Dimmesdale confessed that he had also committed the sin of adultery alongside Hester. Therefore, Pearl has brought peace and forgiveness for their sin. In addition to the first reason, they have received forgiveness because Hester and Dimmesdale now share their tomb when they had both