A Summary Of Dimmesdale In Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter'

After watching “The Scarlet Letter”, teenagers can learn that if a sin is committed there will always be punishment. For example, Dimmesdale did not confess that he was Pearl’s father. He did not get his public shame, until he stood on the scaffold, but he would secretly whip himself until he bled, and he burned an “A” onto his chest which symbolized adultery. The whole time Dimmesdale knew that what he was doing was wrong, but it took him a very long time until he confessed, and when he did confess he died on the scaffold next to Hester. If Dimmesdale had confessed originally he probably would not have been punished so severely.