Why is it that cheating in a relationship was first thought of? Cheating is immoral because it involves breaking our word, it almost always involves lying. It's as if we're breaking a promise and commitment to our partner. The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne during the romanticism period. Takes place in the 1600's where puritans are residing in a village and a woman called Hester Prynne commits a serious crime, named adultery. When her husband comes back from his 'adventure' he mentally torments Hester and the man who she committed adultery with for their sin. Chillingworth, Hester's ex-husband, turns maniacal and evil, in return for the satisfaction on who Hester cheated on him with. Basically, illustrating the downfall of a cheating relationship between Hester and Chillingworth. Cheating is losing hope for a main relationship, and gaining hope for another, which shouldn't be allowed on any circumstance.
One reason why cheating is wrong, is because the pain out weighs the gain. No one ever leaves their Lawyer's office with a smile on their face - grateful for the experience. nor has anyone ever said from their deathbed, "I wish I had an affair". This
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Its a golden rule we learned growing up, whether it was in school, or taught by our parents. After countless years of being raised to follow that rule, why ruin it now by cheating? If our spouse was to cheat on us, surely we would be depressed and contemplate on the reasons why this issue happened. As stated in chapter 10 of The Scarlet Letter "Had a man seen old Roger Chillingworth, at that moment of his ecstasy, he would have had no need to ask how Satan comports himself when a precious human soul is lost to heaven, and won into his kingdom." Chillingworth drives himself crazy, finding out why Hester committed such a crime on him. Even to the point where people describe his evil as, close to Satan's