The Scarlet Letter: Sin Affects

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the community who the father of Pearl is. It was her choice not to tell whom the father was and she regretted every moment of it. She was suffering because she was not strong enough to come out and tell the town that Dimmesdale was the father. It is stated in the novel that she “was patient, -a martyr, indeed, -but she forbore to pray for her enemies; lest, in spite of her forgiving aspirations, the words of the blessing should stubbornly twist themselves into a curse” (Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Scarlet Letter Pg.108). Hester feels that she has not sinned against the community, and therefore that the community has no right to inflict penalties. The only result, then, of the community’s action is to isolate Hester from her neighbors in spirit as well as in person. Dimmesdale’s sin has brought Hester’s appearance even lower to the town because she has not told them, who the father is.
Dimmesdale commits the biggest sin of all. He himself has committed adultery ...

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