Critics have commented that hawthorne's narrator seems to adopt an opinion that characters must repent for and atone for what they have done. at other times, the narrator seems to adopt the opinion that dimmesdale's and hester's actions are understandable given the circumstances, and that love such as theirs represents something truly sacred. where does the narrator stand, or is he of two minds? where do you stand on the issue? be of two minds. where do you stand on the issue?

It is my opinion that the author represents the incongruency of every human choice. From a broad perspective, it is easy to judge and point out what is bad, but when taking into account more facts, like emotions and situations it is easy to see reason in the actions even though they can contradict the principles of the narrator. I think that Dimmesdale's and Hester's represent this duality in everyone's mind, not only the author's. My stance is that we can have two minds in different circumstances but we have to try and treat people as justly as possible.

old english did not sound like modern english, which differs widely in phonology and especially in grammar, so taht old english is unintelligible to modern speakers.

the average english was strongly influenced by the anglo-norman as later by the anglo-french. the pronunciation was affected by the norman with the sounds   "/ θ / and / ð / " transcribed as th.

modern english was standarized from the london dialect and extended by the government and administartion as well as by the effects of printing, began to acquire more words from other languages as well to imporve in a more fluent pronunciation.