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i am writing about the irony of religion in this book. In most peoples lives religion provides us with comfort. Tells us that there is meaning in life and that even when we die we will just leave this world to meet up with all our family and loved ones in heaven. the irony is that dimsdale believes in his religion with so much power that he is being crushed by it. He knows he has sinned and that he shall never gain the fogivness of heaven. Yet because society never found out he had sinned they still accepted him and he had to carry his burden in secret. unlike hester who was shunned and her secrets were out in the open. they were not crushing her because she cast of the shackels of society and became her own person. so while it may seem worse having everyone know you are a sinner. having it out in the open instead of trying to hide your shame. dimmsdale still belived in the might of heaven and that he would be sent to hell for all of this sins. yet because hester has been repenting since the day she stepped out of the jail by wearing the scarledt letter and being an upstanding member of society we have seen her transformation. From the A stading for adultery to able and finaly to angle. and trhough all her suffering she may have gained passage to heaven for herself. if neither of them belived in their religion their sharred sin wouldnt have bothered them and they could have lived their lives in happines instead of in shame and pain. look at dimsdale giving his sermon telling all the people how they should be pure. while the intire time he knows he is the most impure and corrupt person in the church.