The Scarlet Letter: Where The Blame Falls We go threw our lives hoping to do the right thing for ourselves and the right thing for others. Through our lives we take the blame for many things and sometimes we get the blame pushed upon us. This is shown in the book, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hester, Pearl, Chillingworth, and Dimmesdale are two of the main characters. Hester was made a scapegoat, and Dimmesdale was mortified. Hester is charged with committing a very serious sin among the Puritan's, called adultery. She does not wish to be punished for her one minor mistake. Hester pleads to let her keep the child, and the Puritans let her. Towards the end of the book, She removes the scarlet letter, and throws it on the river bank. Hester receives her punishment for adultery. Hester must stand up on the platform for thr....

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