Hester Prynne And Arthur Dimmesdale In The Scarlet Letter

There are many different types of people in the world. People vary due to physical attributes, emotions, cultures, daily life, and ways of thinking. These differences are also present in characters of a novel. The different ways characters handle situations is part of what makes the book interesting. If all the characters handled obstacles the exact same way than the novel would get boring quickly. In The Scarlet Letter there are plenty of characters that vary due to daily life, culture, emotions, and ways of thinking. Two characters whose ways of thinking are very different are Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale are both faced with a destructive sin. Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale have different way of dealing with this sin and it affects them the whole novel. In The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne uses sin in order to make evident the differences in Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale 's personalities. Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale both committed the same sin. Hester Prynne sin of adultery was committed against another person, while Arthur Dimmesdale’s sin was committed against the church. The …show more content…
Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale committing adultery allowed the reader to find out more about the characters and provided a valuable lesson on how to handle sin and guilt. Everyone has different ways of handling situations and a big part of handling situations is your attitude. If you accept that you have done wrong that it will eventually be okay, but if you live your life in a lie than you will be mentally torn apart. Reading The Scarlet Letter gives insight on how dangerous sin and guilt can really be and how much it affects you as a person. Hawthorne uses The Scarlet Letter as a warning that there will be consequences for your actions and if you are not willing to accept them than it will affect you