"The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers,—stern and wild ones,—and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss." (page 154)
Again, the theme of sin pops up towards the end of the book. In a reconnecting conversation with Dimmesdale, Hester and Dimmesdale decide to go to Europe together with Pearl. The scarlet letter truly proved to be her "passport" to another world of shame, despair and solitude. The scarlet letter, her sin, pushed her away from the rest of society. The shame, despair, and solitude in which she lived her life for the past years, taught her a lot about who she is and about her mistakes. Her sin also led her to alienation from everything else. However, in this chapter, we as readers truly get a since of companionship between the narrator and Hester. The narrator seems to be proud of Hester for handling everything the way she has. I think the narrator admires Hester for her courage and longs to do the same thing in his life.
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