Can of Pop

As we proceed in reading The Scarlet Letter, I am starting to see a moral lesson beginning to form. Humans are not meant to keep things to themselves, we are meant to express ourselves and share our emotions with others. In The Scarlet Letter, Hester expresses her sins and fully embraces them by wearing the scarlet A. In doing so, she has rid herself of the heavy burden of guilt.  On the other hand, Reverend Dimmesdale kept to himself and never opened up or communicated to anyone. In turn, his guilt started to eat him away from the inside. He became ill and started to wither away; as for Hester, she was healthy and had a radiant glow about her.  It is not healthy for humans to keep their emotions bottled up; we are born with mouths for a reason, to communicate (and to eat). This can be compared to a can of pop. Once it is disturbed, the disturbance will cause the pressure to build inside the can. The can can only stand so much pressure, and once the amount of pressure inside exceeds a certain point, the can has no other options than to burst. If Dimmesdale does not confess his sin, he will explode from the pressure of his sin and guilt building up inside him.