Scarlet Letter principle/conse
Consequences Resulting from Decisions With every decision or action that is made, comes an outcome. One's principles can have an impact on how the person lives his or her life. As Hester Prynne did, one can choose to follow principles that are true and bear their consequences. Another choice is to hold back principles because of the consequences involved, such as Arthur Dimmesdale. Lastly, one could do as Roger Chillingworth did and ignore the principles in order to secure revenge. Whether or not a person acts on principles, the path he or she chooses to take has consequences involved. Hester Prynne was the one character of The Scarlet Letter that stuck to her principles from the beginning and dealt with their consequences. Her strongest principle was to remain loyal to the guilty man, Dimmesdale, because she still loved him. 'Speak out the name! That and thy repentance may avail to take the Scarlet Letter off thy breast' (64). Hester knew that if she just revealed her secret lover's identity, she would not have to bear the shame alone and would not have to wear the red A. Bravely, Hester does not give the name of the man so that his reputation d
When Hester asked Roger if he was the Devil sent to ruin her soul, he answered saying "Not thy soul. Chillingworth had been so trying hard to achieve revenge that it became all he had left in life. The quote is the part of the story where Hester finds out from a mariner that Chillingworth is planning to join her on the voyage. The action of passion over principle did lead to misery, Francisco 3but it also had other results. One night, Chillingworth sneaked up on Dimmesdale and unveiled his shirt, giving him an even confident stance on taking revenge on Dimmesdale. On the other hand, one could choose to repress the principles to avoid facing their consequences. In contrast, Chillingworth was neither like Hester or Dimmesdale in following and repressing the principles. "The poor, whom she sought out to be the objects of her bounty, often reviled the hand that was stretched forth to succor them" (78). Then again, following this choice can lead to internal conflicts such as Dimmesdale's. "After a brief pause, the physician turned away. He too has a letter that has developed on his chest that torments him. It was shown that nothing really positive came out of following this path. Furthermore, being a reverend who has sinned has made him a hypocrite. The consequences of this idea would have gave Francisco 2them more freedom, if not for the fact that even if they were to leave, Dimmesdale and Hester would not be cleansed of their sin.
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