I believe that Hester Prynne and Dimmesdale should not be forgiven. They are supposed to be role models for everyone else and do the right thing. They did very wrong. The 2 most important people in town have done a sin that punishment could be death. They will cause a lot of ruckus for everyone in town. Hester and Dimmesdale did very wrong to themselves and everyone around them. Dimmesdale was the reason of Hester Prynne cheating on Roger Chillingworth. Not only did Hester just cheat, but she had a child with Dimmesdale, who served as a conscience for Hester. In the story, it says, “Roger Chillingworth...who for two or three years past had been settled in the town.” This quote shows that Chillingworth is not the father because Pearl is 3 years and Chillingworth had been in town for 3 years. Therefore he was not in town the 9 months before Hester gave birth to Pearl to get her pregnant. Dimmesdale has been a huge hypocrite throughout the story, telling everyone not to sin and punishing people for sinning, while he is the biggest sinner of them all. In the text, it …show more content…
People will start thinking that it is okay to sin because their role models of the town have sinned. In the text, it says, “And, even with terror in his heart, he could hardly avoid laughing, to imagine how the sanctified old patriarchal deacon would have been petrified by his minister’s impiety.” In this quote, he is laughing at everything that has happened. He thinks that it is funny that he hasn’t gotten caught but Hester has. Now that the minister and Hester have sinned, more people will start to sin, thinking that it isn’t so bad if you can be forgiven. In the text, it says, “Hester, holding little Pearl by the hand! And there was the scarlet letter on her breast!” This shows that a “leader” or very worshipped person has done wrong, when she is supposed to be a role model for everyone