Hester chooses the optimistic path by tending to assist others. On the other hand, Dimmesdale decides to grieve himself for redemption. It is clear that Hawthorne prefers the idea of ​​Hester's repentance because he describes her as a "Sister of Mercy" (152). Meanwhile, Dimmesdale is filled with grief. If Hawthorne desired Dimmesdale's method, then there would be neither pain nor pity in his tone. Hawthorne describes Dimmesdale's numerous failed attempts to confess in a tone full of disappointment: "He had endeavored to deceive himself by confessing a guilty conscience, but had gained only one more sin, and a self-acknowledged shame, without the momentary relief of having been self-deceived .He had told the true truth and turned it into the truest lie” (136).Hawthorne portrays Dimmesdale as a pitiful man, who only wants to be free from the darkness within him sins when Hester endured public ignominy. In these situations, masking the sin only causes a worse conflict that could have been avoided. Hawthorne designates Dimmesdale as the one who chooses the desolate path to demonstrate the future of those who walk the same path. He wants the public to remember that repentance can be achieved without necessarily having to do it