The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet letter starts out with an unfortunate marriage between Hester and Roger Prynne, within this marriage we see it lead to adultery and revenge, which is all a sin in the puritan world of which is the setting of the book. We see that with Hester’s sin of committing adultery lead other people to get caught in the midst of it all, and to sin themselves. Hester Prynne the stories main character is …

…polluted minister that old mans revenge has been blacker then my sins. He has violated in cold blood, the sanctity of a human heart, thou and I Hester never did so.” (Ch 17) And other say that Pearl is the worst sinner, due to her anger and hatred towards the puritan society. Despite all of these conclusions, I conclude with a thought that makes more sense to me, that all sins are equal in Gods eyes.