“The people knew not the power that moved them thus. They deemed the young clergyman a miracle of holiness.”
Dimmesdale is a sinner, like Hester, but the behavior of the people toward them is completely different. While the people know about the fault of the woman and punish her “every day”, they don’t know about Dimmesdale fault. The minister is continued to be consider a Saint. He is admired by everyone and took like a mode. That makes Dimmesdale madder of what he really is, making the weight of his sin heavier.
Dimmesdale dies a saint's death at the end. Is he a religious symbol?
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