Forgiveness in Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter :: Scarlet Letter essays

Forgiveness in The Scarlet Letter   Time heals all wounds. is a famous parameter in American history. I dont think that this is true. My line would be, Forgiveness heals all wounds. I think that Forgiveness in a very important part of life. Without it, people can not move on with their lives. Lets take for instance a murderer and the family of the person he killed. The murderer may be sentenced to death. The family of the person who was killed could go in and watch the man that killed their family fellow member be put to death. That may give them peace of mind, but they still can not completely move on. They must forgive murderer for cleansing the person before they can really move on with their lives. Once they do this it will be easier for them. A book that really illustrated this is The Scarlet Letter. In this book there are three main characters, Arthur Dimmesdale, Hester Prynne, and Roger Chillingworth. These three people either needed forgiveness or needed t o forgive both(prenominal)one. Some got it, some didnt. Whether or not they fulfild or gave forgiveness had a great impact in their lives.   Arthur Dimmesdale was a Reverend. He was supposed to be a great, perfection fearing person. He was supposed to never break a rule and be the kind of person everyone wanted to be. The only problem was that Dimmesdale had sinned, and it had been a horrible sin. He had slept with a married woman, and she ended up pregnant. This married woman was Hester Prynne. He needed forgiveness from everyone else before he could forgive himself. Dimmesdale couldnt tell anyone what he had make because he could have been put to death for it. He was too afraid of everyone elses reaction to tell them what he person had done. Therefore he could not receive forgiveness. This sin ate away at Dimmesdale till he couldnt live anymore. All this happened because he couldnt receive forgiveness from the people of his community and himself.   Hester P rynne had been sent to capital of Massachusetts with reports of her husband to follow. After about a year she got kind of lonely. She wasnt sure is he even was going to come to her.