The Bible quotes in James 2:14, "What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? ... However, in The Scarlet Letter, a famous novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Reverend Dimmesdale carries the problem of confession and his wrongdoings are what makes him a far greater sinner than any other character in the novel. ... Although, the narrator points out indirectly that Dimmesdale is a person of self-harm as he explains that "Crime is for the iron-nerved, who have their choice either to endure it, or, if it press too hard, to exert their fierce and sa...

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