Hester was a great example on the consequence of sin. In the beginning of the book, Hester was in disarray because her sin was open. She was feeling the consequences of her sin through the community, like when the ministers would write a sermon on adultery whenever she went to church, or how the people would point to her and talk about her whenever she would walk by. Later on, Hester becomes more accepted by the community through her helping the sick, poor, and dying. I think that this also shows the reward of being good, and "helping thy fellow man". Hester also started to stray from the pat

h of good, when she suggested that she and Dimmesdale would run away together, she was discouraged when she found out that Chillingworth planned to follow them. This showed me that just planning to do something bad would lead to more pain. The story of Hester shows that when she has committed evil and sinned, then there have been penalties for her mistakes, but when she tries to make up for her mistakes, she is able to shine.

Dimmesdale was a very controversial character of sin in The Scarlet Letter. Dimmesdale's first sin was the adultery with Hester, but unlike Hester, he was never publicly exposed. Dimmesdale's greatest consequence came from within himself. Because Dimmesdale was never open with his confession, he felt the guilt of dealing with the pain of sin all by himself, and this guilt was only increased by the fact that he was the minister of a religion that stressed confession. For penance, Dimmesdale did very harsh things to himself to increase his pain, like he whipped himself

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