not being able to commit his crime to public eats away at every fiber of Dimmesdale’s being. On Election Day, he stands on the scaffold with Hester and Pearl, the daughter between them, to finally denounce his sin of adultery with Hester. He admits his wrongdoing, and then he dies in Hester’s arms, freed from the debilitating burden of his secret. Dimmesdale kept his sin inside till he is entirely destroyed and couldn’t heal himself.In addition to Arthur Dimmesdale, another character of the story is Roger Chillingworth. He confronts downfall by setting his goal to seek revenge on Dimmesdale, which turns him into evil. Chillingworth responds to Hester’s betrayal by sacrificing everything he has. First, he gives up his independence. Chillingworth soon becomes obsessed with his new mission in life that once he targeted Arthur Dimmesdale as a possible partner, he dedicates all of his time becoming his confidant in order to destroy Dimmesdale’s sanity. The obsession turns him from a peaceful scholar into a fiend. He gives up his true identity as Roger Prynne to truly corrupt Dimmesdale and to be by his side everyday. Second he pays enormous price for his vengeance, his own life. After spending so much time dwelling on his revenge, he forgets that he still has a chance to lead his life of his own. So accordingly, after Dimmesdale’s death, he dies less than a year later, because Chillingworth has nothing left to live for. In this novel, Chillingworth shows the readers how revenge can be much more deadly than a hidden sin.Finally, Hester Prynne admits her sin, which benefits her to grow into much stronger woman than she was before. Hester Prynne has to wear the scarlet letter “A” on her bosom as her punishment, which at first symbolized shame and embarrassment. However, as time passes by Hester realizes every different view of the letter “A”, she does not use it as a da...
