The Scarlet Letter: Who is the Greatest Sinner? Geoffrey Chaucer once said, “ The guilty think all talk is of themselves.” In the case of Hester Prynne, a character in the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, it is true. Hester Prynne is a middle-aged woman who has committed a sin in the Puritan society and is punished by the society to wear a scarlet letter for life. She was often ridiculed by society for her act in sin and was the center of society ignominy. Her sin was adultery, but that is just a prelude to the other sins that she committed. Hester is guilty of three other charges, lack of repentance, being a poor mother and selfishness. With these sins, Hester Prynne will be proven to be the greatest sinner. Having committed the sin of adultery already, Hester’s lack to acknowledge the puni....

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