If we cannot accept our own identity, how are we supposed to accept and eventually love others just like us? In the novel The Scarlet letter, Nathaniel Hawthorn addresses the issue of accepting ourselves before we can accept and love others. Hawthorn expresses this issue through the relationships between his characters of Hester Prynne, Reverend Dimmesdale and Pearl. All three characters are bound to a single situation in which Hester accepts her punishment for committing …showed first 75 words of 1314 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1314 total…discovers the identity of her father and all are now able to express their love for one another. Even though society may believe your actions are wrong, it is better to accept and express them, then to live a lie. For in the end, it is up to you to decide to live a fulfilling life filled with relationships with others or a regretful lifetime of loneliness and regret. It is all dependent on you!