The Greatest Sin in The Scarlet Letter In essence, there were three main sins committed in The Scarlet Letter, Hester's Sins, by Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth. Roger Chillingworth committed the greatest sin because he allowed himself to be dominated by hatred and the all-consuming desire for revenge. The overwhelming vengeance and hatred Chillingworth felt caused his life to center on humiliating Dimmesdale and tormenting him until the end of time. Both Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale committed sins for which they felt deep remorse, Roger Chillingworth, however, committed the greater sin because he felt no guilt. Unknowingly, Hester Prynne sailed from Europe to the Americas betrayed and deceived. Waiting for the arrival of her husband, Roger Chillingworth, she lost hope that he would arrive or even that he was still alive. After enduring two years of tormented loneliness and lost love, Hester longed to feel the warmth of love again. She tried to fill this void by making love to Reverend Dimmesdale. When her daughter Pearl was born, Hester's adulterous sin was discovered and she was cast out of their society and required to wear an "A" embroidered on her chest in punishment. Hester felt guilty for her sin for the rest of her life and sought repentance and absolution until the time of her death. Hester never had a true love for Chillingworth, but was tricked into marrying. She later told him as she spoke in his prison cell telling him, “…you know I was true to you, I felt no love, nor feigned any love” (Hawthorne, page #). Hester was betrayed, deceived, and involved in the evil desires of another. Then she got trapped by sin, cause…half of paper…a year as a result of that. Roger Chillingworth's sin was the greatest sin committed because it governed his life even until his death. By comparing the sins of Hester Prynne, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth, the reader can easily determine that Roger Chillingworth committed the greater sin. He did so by letting himself be guided by hatred and the feeling of revenge.1. In your conclusion it would have been good practice to also restate the conditions of Prynne and Dimmesdale.2. Always cite your quote with the author's name and the page number where the quote occurs. For example, a correct quote would be (Hawthorne 60).3. Even in quotation marks, punctuation should be placed after the parentheses. For example, “My folly and weakness.” (Page 52) should read “my folly and weakness” (Hawthorne 52).