The Consequences Of Sin In The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne

As John Bunyan states, in his book the Pilgrim’s Progress, “One leak will sink a ship, and one sin will destroy a sinner” (qtd. on BrainyQuote). Sin is a transgression of divine law, especially a willful or deliberate violation of some religious or moral principles (Sin n.p.). Sin is just another characteristic of human life. The consequences of sin are something that every human being will experience during their lifetime, because everyone is bound to make a mistake along the way. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s the Scarlet Letter uses Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale to describe his views on the main results of sinning. Hester committed the crime of adultery with Dimmesdale against her husband, Roger Chillingworth, in Boston. Puritanism was the overall religion during the 1600s; therefore, Hawthorne also tries to show the consequences of sin based on Puritan …show more content…
Nathaniel Hawthorne explains in the Scarlet Letter the consequences of sin, guilt, isolation, and a form of punishment and how one’s sin effects the individual, society, or both depend on the severity of