The Scarlet Letter Ending

As most endings do the end of the scarlet letter wrapped up the unresolved conflict that kept the reader reading on. The sin of adultury has completely saturated the minds of Hester, Dimmsdale and Chillingworth nearly to the point of insanity. The third and final scene dealing with the scaffold is where all the conflicts come to a conclusion. Pearl now has a father to the public, as Dimmsdale confesses, and Chillingworth looses his chance at revenge. The theme of sin followed every character to their grave except Hester, after Hester moves away the scarlet letter's original meaning becomes saturated and confused. Sin can end you, if you let it, as evidence to Dimmsdale, and on the contrary it can be conquired as in Hesters case.