Committing a sin in the Puritan Society resulted in public embarrassment, jail time and a future of dislike. One of these sins would include adultery which Hester Prynne commits and has a living embodiment of this sin. The Puritan community sees Hester Prynne as a fallen woman, Dimmesdale a saint and Chillingworth a victim being the husband. The letter "A" has multiple different meanings based on what part of the story it is. Hester wears this letter as a representation of the sin and it is meant to show the struggle with her moral choices and reduce her to a dull, lifeless woman. Hawthorne states "she had not known the weight until she felt the freedom"(138). The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne has different meanings for the letter "A" including Hester's sin of adultery, hard work and the sudden change of it meaning able.
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Arthur Dimmesdale is the holy priest who everyone in town praises and treats like a God but little do they know he committed the sin as well. "Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart" (Hawthorne 39). Hester's letter hangs over her heart for many years and even to the point to where she's not recognized without it. The sin committed by these two lovers results in one beautiful creation of a young girl named Pearl. She is the living and breathing scarlet letter that proves a beautiful thing can come out of something
Arthur Dimmesdale is the holy priest who everyone in town praises and treats like a God but little do they know he committed the sin as well. "Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart" (Hawthorne 39). Hester's letter hangs over her heart for many years and even to the point to where she's not recognized without it. The sin committed by these two lovers results in one beautiful creation of a young girl named Pearl. She is the living and breathing scarlet letter that proves a beautiful thing can come out of something