Dimmesdale's Chest In Scarlet Letter

In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne the author doesn’t reveal what’s on Dimmesdale’s chest as there are many theories of what’s on his chest and he reveals it in public with Hester. In Hawthorne's novel the Scarlet Letter, an illusion to argue to the truth or reveal on what can be on Dimmesdale’s chest. The readers are wondering what’s on Dimmesdale’s chest it’s something to think about and make our head scratch to know what’s on his chest. To help us understand all the theories that’s been going on towards the end of the book of him not wanting to reveal his chest then to revealing it at the end with Hester on a stand in front of a big audience as he gets their attention. As our attempts to think what’s on the chest maybe it can be a letter of a “H” to represent “Hester” to prove to her how much he loves her when he reveals the letter to the public and to Hester. As Dimmesdale goes out in public and explains as to how he “should have stood; here, with [Hester]...” (Hawthorne) the day they shamed her for adultery he wished to be with her so he can reveal his chest and “he tore away the ministerial band from before his breast. It was revealed…” (Hawthorne) but that is what caught us the readers in suspense and with a question mark on our face. When “it”
He doesn’t confess for what he sinned and won’t be punished for it as Hester was punished for adultery. There’s always a secret or hidden symbol in a book and the Scarlet Letter won’t reveal what’s on Dimmesdale’s chest it as the readers try to figure out and out the pieces of puzzles together trying to see what can be that he revealed towards the end. As the readers we noticed that Dimmesdale has been in great pain as he touches his chest and then Chillingworth notices a mark on his chest as he’s asleep and grins of what he finds out, but we won’t know what was revealed at the