Compare And Contrast Hester And Dimmesdale

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel, based in the Puritan era, about Hester Prynne who commits an act of adultery and has a baby, but the father is unknown. The father is Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Both Hester and Dimmesdale face their sin daily. They are differences in how they go about their sin but there are also similarities. The Puritans also want sin expelled from their community. There are also many different ways they deal with their sin, but the sin can lead to personal growth, sympathy, and understanding of others. Throughout the book, Hester and Dimmesdale face their sin in different ways that lead to personal growth and an increase in good qualities.

Reverend Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne have many differences when facing their sinfulness on a daily basis. Some of these differences include, Dimmesdale not telling his sin, but the whole community knows about Hester’s. Dimmesdale knows that if anyone finds out about his sin then he will be shunned and shamed, just like Hester. His sin was terrible and clearly went against his religion, so him being a priest makes it worse. He will fall from his high

The elders were going to dish out a horrible punishment to Hester, instead, the gave her the scarlet letter to wear upon her bosom. This was still a terrible punishment; it brought great shame on Hester for seven years, but the worst part is that little Pearl knows nothing about her father and what her mother did until the end of the book when Hester tells Pearl in the forest that Dimmesdale is her father. Hester is almost forced to leave the community because of the act of adultery that she and Dimmesdale committed. If Dimmesdale would have told the community of his sin, then he would have been removed from the priesthood, as well as the community. The elders show no mercy when it comes to removing sin in their