During this book Hester falls in love with another man because she does not love Chillingworth, she meets Dimmesdale and falls in love with him. Yet she and everyone else believes that Chillingworth is dead but in reality he is still alive. When he comes to Boston he sees Hester had an affair and he is tormented by this and throughout the book he tries to figure out who this man is. When dealing with judgement in this book you are seeing how a village judges one person because they committed adultery but in the past during their time adultery is a big deal. When you get married you are showing that you are committed to that person for life and you can not fall in love with any other person you want to share those feelings with. ¨That they remained silent and inactive spectators of the judgement which Providence seemed about to work¨. This quote shows that the people are showing judgement in the community. Another reasoning for the quote is the people do not speak to Hester because if they do they be punished for speaking to someone who has committed adultery. …show more content…
During the book Hester goes to Boston while Roger stays, then when Roger came over to New England he got kidnapped by indians and when he got rescued. He went to Boston and saw Hester pregnant with another man's child. After this Roger tries everything to get Hester to tell him who she has been with but she won't confess. ¨To confess the truth, it was my greatest apprehension¨. She can't confess because she doesn't want dimmesdale to get