Scarlet Letter Guilt

Everyone has made a bad decision at one point in their lives and later felt bad about it. Many people feel remorse for things they did that not only affected their life but the people around them and who they associate with. Everyone feels the impact of regret big or small. Whether you cheated on a test or lied these decisions had some type of impact on your life. These actions most likely came with consequences that taught you a lesson in some way. The guilt of not doing the right thing may eat you up inside temporarily, but there are many people who live with guilt or remorse for most of their lives for something they did long ago. Their decision having an everlasting impact on their life; it helped mold and shape the rest of their life.
Society judges them without getting to know even though they probably committed small crimes such as possessing drugs. Society often pictures them as the one of the worst people on the earth not even knowing what they were charged for. During the Scarlet Letter the reader become very familiar with the topic of remorse, regret, and how decisions can change one's life. The main character of the story is Hester Prynne, she committed adultery and as a result became pregnant and was sent to prison. The very first time the author even mentions Hester Prynne is when she comes out of jail with her three month old daughter Pearl to be put on a platform as one of the various forms of punishment for her decisions. From the very beginning Hester Prynne is faced with the consequences of her decisions and has to deal with the regret and guilt of her actions. After committing adultery her whole life changed. The decisions she made and the consequences that came with them shaped her life from that point on. Society viewed her differently and treated her as a criminal. They placed a ugly label, and image on her without getting to know her or what she was going