Hidden Guilt Inflicts Suffering Without sin there would be no suffering. This is a moral law that applies mentally, socially, spiritually, and physically to the suffering that is put upon the characters of The Scarlet Letter through sin. The dolor that is found in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is respectively from Dimmesdale's and Hester's sin and Ironically, Dimmesdale is the one who eventually is agonized by this sin the most. In the story, Hawthorne puts …showed first 75 words of 1219 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1219 total…fear of Gods judgment. These two torments even further intensify the other sever sufferings Dimmesdale has to deal with which ultimately lead to his death. Pearl, Chillingworth, and Hester all do suffer from the effects of sin to a great extent. However, the combined amount of anguish Dimmesdale faces as extremely greater and more vexatious. (2) coveres who suffers the most ans what types of suffering they experience. (3) also covers why those people suffer the most