Reverend Dimmesdales Guilt in Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter

The Guilt of Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter   God does not like the fault of adultery. He does not like lying. He does not like hypocrisy. There be two roads that one can choose. In the end, what may have the appearance _or_ semblance like the easy way may have furthermost greater consequences than the hard way. Arthur Dimmesdale chose the easy path and learned that the pain of guilt is far greater than the pain of shame.   From the start, Dimmesdale did not want to live with the consequence of his offend. To dispirit with, he must of told Hester not to tell anyone about his sin, because on the scaffold, she get out not tell anyone (pg. 64). Clearly, Dimmesdale was afraid of the justice and the shame that would follow. He imagination that if no one knew, he could continue with his life normally. Yet, he began profound himself secretly (pg. 133). Slowly though, the sin began to nag at him, and he had to demolish himself to sooth his conscience. This shows that he has a conscience and that he is beginning to feel convicted. belated in the book, he finally confesses before the town, but then dies (pg. 231-233). As can be seen by his confession, he had the heart to change, but except then he realized that it was as well as late. His death marked the launch of the poisonous sin that had accumulated in him. The Bible says the wages of sin is death, just as repentance leads to salvation, a lesson Dimmesdale did not learn until it was too late.   Dimmesdale is very hypocritical in how he handles the subject of his sin. For example, he says Be not silent from any mistaken pity or irritation for him for, believe me, Hester, though he were to step down from a heights place, and stand there beside thee, on thy pedestal of shame, yet better were it so, than to blur a guilty he... ...glimpse of human affection and sympathy, a new life, and a true one, in exchange for the heavy doom which he was at a time expiating. (pg. 184). Hesters offer to him for a new shot at life could not lift the guilt. He had sinned against the townspeople, and he needed to confess to them. When Dimmesdale is dying at the end, he asks Pearl to kiss him (pg. 233). This kiss signifies the breaking of the hold that sin had on his life. Sadly, it was too late-the sin had already consumed the last bits of life that he had left. until now though he died shortly after he confessed, he still repented, and that was his goal.   Once he confessed his sin to the community, his guilt was gone too. Even after Dimmesdale repented, God still did not like the sin. But, once he repented, he was separated from that sin. God shows benevolence on those who repent, and He showed mercy on Dimmesdale.