How Is Arthur Dimmesdale Guilty

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In the book “The Scarlet Letter” written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a lot of the characters are cruel, ruthless, evil, and convicted sinners. The worst of them all was Arthur Dimmesdale. Through the showing of Pride, Lying, Adultery, being a misleading town reverend, and guilt, Arthur Dimmesdale is the most at fault in the book, “The Scarlet Letter”. The way he was punished for theses brutal sins was his own self-guilt.
In the book “The Scarlet Letter”, The main character is a young woman named Hester Prynne. She committed the sin of adultery with the town reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. The outcome of their sin was a baby named Pearl. When the town of Boston found out about the sin, Hester was convicted. However Hetser decided never to disclose who the father of the child was. Hester had to, ”Stand a certain time upon the platform….”(Hawthorne 54). While she endured all the stares and glares of the townspeople, Arthur Dimmesdale could have stood up and took the blame also, however his pride overtook his body. Hester had to deal with, “Shame before the mass of
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However the lie is always worse then act. Dimmesdale took his lies so far he said, “ at least, they should say of me, that i have no public duty unperformed or ill-performed.”(Hawthorne 136). In this quote he says that he has done nothing wrong, and that everything he does, is always a good deed. Nonetheless, Arthur stills misses Hester, and his sins of lying are destroying him on the inside. He, “ carves the letter “A” on his chest and suffers internal feelings guilt and shamed which eventually diminishes his health.”(Why Arthur Dimmesdale the character who holds the most guilt in the scarlet letter). Arthur longs for her and his shame internally is driving him mad. However if Dimmesdale would have never of committed the sin of adultery, None of this would've