The world of Puritan New England, like the world today, was filled with evil influences. Many people were able to withstand these temptations; unfortunately, many others have fallen victim to the evil. Often, a single act of iniquity has devastated a person's life. In The Scarlet Letter, Hester, Chillingworth, and Dimmesdale were each destroyed mentally and physically by one diabolical act that proceeded to overcome their lives. Each had the potential for excellence in his …showed first 75 words of 1490 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1490 total…to let your secrets eat you up inside. No one is perfect in this novel, the same way it is in real life. This story was about human emotions more that anything else. It is a story everyone can relate to in one way or another. That is probably why it has transcended time and been a popular novel for more than one hundred years, and will be read for many more generations to come.