<Tab/>What makes an individual human is the absence of perfection. Everyone commits sin either accidentally or intentionally, but it always has a consequence. In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the sins committed by the main characters in a Puritan society are analyzed. The different ways each character psychologically deals with the effect of sin demonstrate the fluctuations of human nature. The presence of sin, and its repercussions, link Hester Prynne, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth in complex web of evil, hypocrisy, and redemption that tra…
