Theme

The theme in The Scarlet letter is varied just like tone. Through out the story the various themes that stand out to the reader are sin, experience and the nature of evil. These themes stand out because they cause the major turning points in the story. For example sin is a major theme because it causes the conflict, experience because it causes Reverend Dimmesdale to have exceptional speeches  due to his experience with Hester and finally nature of evil because Hester's affair causes Chillingworth to act evil against Dimmesdale which causes Dimmesdales death. So the reader learns that the human experience is the different main characters reactions as they deal with the affairs consequences .