This is a tale of love and guilt. Everyone wants to love, and when it is found, it is not always where it should be. Sometimes its too late. And theres not a thing that can be done to change past choices. Live with the consequences. Revenge is a dish best served cold. Naturally when someone has an affair, their spouse will want revenge. When the spouse finally arrives after tying thing up back home to find a child that isn't theirs, their mind will fill with anger and sadness at the same time and cause them to act irrationally. Everyone sins. Hester is no exception. Some may say Hester's sin was justifiable, some may say not. Either was, no one is free of sin. In this Puritan society mans law is God's law. They can’t speak to God, but they still hand out punishments for him. Roger Chillingworth’s wife that he sent ahead of him to the new world, cheated on him and had a child …show more content…
But who decided these laws, and the proper punishments for them? Is it true that whoever takes this role attempting to play God? They decided to make Hester bare the mark on her chest. But that’s not the only punishment she had to endure. What she did was an act of defiance against God, as the people of this society believe. Who is this woman who dare defy the Lord himself, right? So people would talk about her and say nasty things. And why not? She was an abomination. Forcing her to live where there was no one to be around. And jeer at her when they saw her. That was her unofficial punishment. Everyone wanted her to get what she deserved, so they all helped. They may have overlooked the truth, and did not take her part into consideration. She was someplace new, starting a new life, and she thought her husband was dead. Then she falls in love with someone else. They have a child. And as the people saw it, her husband never even showed up. But they were quick to judge. Their opinion was bias because of their strong belief in their