The Theme of The Scarlet Letter
The greatest theme for the novel of The Scarlet Letter Is to be true to yourself and when you do that you will find true happiness, that is when the sun will begin to shine on you more than it has ever shown on anyone. Once you are finally true to yourself you become more open to people about the truth. Even if it is something embarrassing, if you tell someone so the guilt does not build up you will be much better off and the consequences may not be so severe. Dimmesdale missed many opportunities to tell the truth about being the father to Pearl, he let the guilt add up to an extreme amount. He didn’t look at the big picture of what would happen down the road if he did not confess, if he confessed shortly after …show more content…
In the whole chapter of “The Interior of a Heart,” Dimmesdale is suffering from the guilt that has been building up and Chillingworth has only been making it worse. Dimmesdale is very depressed and it is only made worse but his growing popularity in the town as the minister. He was scared of what the people of Boston would do to him if he confessed and Boston found out that their minister was a liar. He couldn’t bare to see them to know what they were thinking about him, he knew that he needed to tell the truth but just couldn’t, he made Hester continue to carry the burden for both of them (page 167-68). Hawthorne made the mood very sad like he did when describing Dimmesdale’s suffering and knowing that he could have told the truth because he is showing how you could feel if you aren’t being true. Hawthorne made it the very same for every scene like that with both Dimmesdale and Pearl, very depressing and knowing that they could’ve done something about the situation to help make it not bring so much pain to their …show more content…
The characters some extreme decisions to keep the truth to themselves and some extreme decisions to finally come out and tell the truth about certain situations. The ultimate theme for The Scarlet Letter, to be true to yourself and don’t conceal the truth from society, is an extremely good life lesson that could’ve made a huge difference in the way the scenarios and the story played out. Hester and Dimmesdale could’ve immediately confessed but did not, They both ended up with severe guilt which later led to Dimmesdale’s death on the scaffold after his final confession. What could have happened if he had confessed earlier? Could have he moved to Europe with Pearl and Hester to live a happy life once again without anymore guilt? Maybe, had he not been untrue to himself and
The greatest theme for the novel of The Scarlet Letter Is to be true to yourself and when you do that you will find true happiness, that is when the sun will begin to shine on you more than it has ever shown on anyone. Once you are finally true to yourself you become more open to people about the truth. Even if it is something embarrassing, if you tell someone so the guilt does not build up you will be much better off and the consequences may not be so severe. Dimmesdale missed many opportunities to tell the truth about being the father to Pearl, he let the guilt add up to an extreme amount. He didn’t look at the big picture of what would happen down the road if he did not confess, if he confessed shortly after …show more content…
In the whole chapter of “The Interior of a Heart,” Dimmesdale is suffering from the guilt that has been building up and Chillingworth has only been making it worse. Dimmesdale is very depressed and it is only made worse but his growing popularity in the town as the minister. He was scared of what the people of Boston would do to him if he confessed and Boston found out that their minister was a liar. He couldn’t bare to see them to know what they were thinking about him, he knew that he needed to tell the truth but just couldn’t, he made Hester continue to carry the burden for both of them (page 167-68). Hawthorne made the mood very sad like he did when describing Dimmesdale’s suffering and knowing that he could have told the truth because he is showing how you could feel if you aren’t being true. Hawthorne made it the very same for every scene like that with both Dimmesdale and Pearl, very depressing and knowing that they could’ve done something about the situation to help make it not bring so much pain to their …show more content…
The characters some extreme decisions to keep the truth to themselves and some extreme decisions to finally come out and tell the truth about certain situations. The ultimate theme for The Scarlet Letter, to be true to yourself and don’t conceal the truth from society, is an extremely good life lesson that could’ve made a huge difference in the way the scenarios and the story played out. Hester and Dimmesdale could’ve immediately confessed but did not, They both ended up with severe guilt which later led to Dimmesdale’s death on the scaffold after his final confession. What could have happened if he had confessed earlier? Could have he moved to Europe with Pearl and Hester to live a happy life once again without anymore guilt? Maybe, had he not been untrue to himself and