The Scarlet Letter

            
             "Thou shall not Commit Adultery" is written in stone on the Ten Commandments and those who commit this dreadful sin shall suffer the consequences. Nathaniel Hawthorne, who was born in 1804 on Independence Day, and a descendent of the Puritans were strong believers of this mortal sin, and are well aware of the consequences that are placed upon the desperate souls who dare commit this unforgivable sin. The literary sensation "The Scarlet Letter" written in 1850, by Hawthorne was a descriptive novel that takes back the reader to time where Puritans governed the land and sin was not tolerated, especially the hellish sin called adultery. Anyone who commits this unspeakable crime would be put on a pedestal of shame in front of the whole community. That they would be looked on as an outcast, a devil amongst angels, and would carry a burden that only God himself could remove from their soul. Hester Prynne was the poor soul who fell victim to this sin of unforgiveness and paid dearly for her acts of passion, but Hester was not alone in this act of sin. Hester Prynne had a significant other whose name was kept secret, because of the high social status he held in the community. His name was the good reverend Mr. Dimmesdale; a young clergyman, who was looked upon as a God, because of his sinless lifestyle and keen intellect. But little did the community know what contradictive ness, what dark secret Mr. Dimmesdale held deep within his soul. It was that same intellect, powerful speeches, contradictive ness, and dark secret that let him get away with committing adultery and at the same time wilt away like a dying flower. Hawthorne uses these several elements to best describe the character Mr. Dimmesdale.
             The first elements used to describe Mr. Dimmesdale, was his keen intellect and powerful speeches. The Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale, "a young clergyman, who had come from one of the great English universities, bringing all the learning of the age into our wild forest-land.