The Role Of Sin In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

going, and instead of hiding her sin she embraced unlike most people who try to hide there sin. She learned to confess and embrace her sin and that helped her grow as an person mentally and physically. She grew as a person because they tried to take her daughter pearl away from her they also called her daughter a demon child, and all the public humiliation help her grow as a person. This shows that you can overcome your sin as long as you confess and deal with it. The Bible says in James 5:16 “ confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of righteous person is powerful and effective” this is just saying how if you confess your sins and pray and ask for forgiveness you will be okay like and, like Hester did she confess and did not hide her sin and Hester learned from her sin and grew as a person.
He wanted to appear as if he did nothing wrong, and did not want people to view him differently. He for what he did was carved an “A” into his chest as a symbol of his sin. It was so devastating, because he continuously harmed himself for it by keep reopening the the letter A on his chest. His sin changed him to the point where he became pale and sickly and to people people he appeared unhealthy and mentally not right. His sin merely consumed him, to the point of destroyed him emotionally. His sin killed him so much he literally died from it because it destroyed him emotionally. Therefore Dimmesdale did not confess his sin, so he died as a result. This is An example for people who do not confess there sin and this is what happens it makes you weak and hurts you mentally and