Sin is the main theme in the Scarlet Letter. All of the characters in the book were somehow affected by the main sin, which was adultery. The three main characters were the most widely affected, and their whole lives were molded by the way they dealt with the sin. The sin surrounds, encloses, and strangles them. There was no escaping from its harsh consequences.         Hester Prynne's sin was as an adulteress, and the result of …showed first 75 words of 838 total…

…showed last 75 words of 838 total…characters in the book, and the way they each deal with it is both enlightening and unsettling. In a way, one can see why the characters acted they way they did, but it's unsettling to see them end up the way they did. If there is one thing to learn from The Scarlet Letter, it is not to give in to sin, and if you already have, own up to it and learn from it.