Journal 5: Guilt

Hester is guilty as charged. This is because that adultery is very clearly stated as immoral, bad, and least of all illegal. Hester knows the consequences of committing an adultery but she doesn't care and still committed the crime which is not even a less crime of negligence. She broke the law with full awareness of the law and consequences so she is guilty as charge. Aside from the fact that adultery is not tolerated in the society, it is even worse in a Puritan society. The Puritan society is supposed to be a clean, evil-free place where crimes, temptations, and all the devilish sins are not supposed to be found here but Hester committed adultery in this pure society. However, even though Hester is guilty as charged, she's not the only one worthy of the blame. There must be another person that takes the same responsibility and also be take the punishment because it takes two people to have an adultery and the other person involved in this huge scandal should also be guilty and be brought to trial. Usually after you do something bad, you feel guilty about it. Some people feel guilty because they feel bad about what they've done because it's uncalled for. Some feel guilty because they are afraid of getting caught and they try their best to not get caught. When I feel guilty, i feel both. Sometimes I feel guilty after I scorn a person and he keeps saying sorry. Sometimes I feel guilty when the authority is on the verge of finding out the bad deed I've done.