First, the consequences of Hester's actions cause her to repent and transform into becoming a strong and confident individual while being hated by the townspeople. Initially, the townspeople look down on her for her wrongdoing. “ ‘ I have greatly wronged thee, ‘ “ “Murmured Hester” (66; ch. 4). Hester admits her sin to Chillingworth as a form of confession. When Hester stands upon the scaffold as the whole town watches her, little sympathy is shown for her sin. Many of the Puritans believe that her punishment was not harsh enough for her grave sin and that they should take Pearl from her. Hester shows the town that she is able to support herself and her daughter by sewing and embroidering clothes and selling them to the townspeople. They
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The townspeople admire the young preacher because of his wise and empowering sermons. Dimmesdale is unsure about confessing his sin because he does not want to ruin his reputation with the townspeople. Additionally, because of his guilt of not being able to confess his sin, he looks at the tapestry of David and Bathsheba to remind himself of his grave sin. “The walls were hung around the tapestry, said to be from the goblin looms, and, at all events, representing the Scriptural story of David and Bathsheba”(ch. 9; 112). The tapestry constantly reminds Dimmesdale of his sin and leads him to even more guilt. The “A” drives him to commit intense penance by self-inflicting with himself the “A”, by whipping himself and starving himself. When Dimmesdale reveals the letter “A” to the townspeople on the scaffold they still view him the same way, but he himself still views ,Arthur, is an attractive man that soon becomes sick and loses his handsomeness. As a result of him being sick, this leads him to always holding his chest affecting his health. Dimmesdale starts off being a strong preacher which everyone looks up to, but as the novel continues, he becomes weak and dies because of his extreme about of
The townspeople admire the young preacher because of his wise and empowering sermons. Dimmesdale is unsure about confessing his sin because he does not want to ruin his reputation with the townspeople. Additionally, because of his guilt of not being able to confess his sin, he looks at the tapestry of David and Bathsheba to remind himself of his grave sin. “The walls were hung around the tapestry, said to be from the goblin looms, and, at all events, representing the Scriptural story of David and Bathsheba”(ch. 9; 112). The tapestry constantly reminds Dimmesdale of his sin and leads him to even more guilt. The “A” drives him to commit intense penance by self-inflicting with himself the “A”, by whipping himself and starving himself. When Dimmesdale reveals the letter “A” to the townspeople on the scaffold they still view him the same way, but he himself still views ,Arthur, is an attractive man that soon becomes sick and loses his handsomeness. As a result of him being sick, this leads him to always holding his chest affecting his health. Dimmesdale starts off being a strong preacher which everyone looks up to, but as the novel continues, he becomes weak and dies because of his extreme about of