The story follows some ideas from the Romantic period as Hester grows as a person while trying to save her sin. Also in Preston Harper's scholarly work, "Puritan Works Salvation and the Quest for Community in the Scarlet Letter", he writes "that she has not repented, at least by the standards of those who demand that she fully reveal her love partner, Hester." of guilt, the great motivator in a community of salvation works, seeks to redeem himself by doing good works, first by producing beautiful clothing and finally, when he begins to feel "a comprehensive knowledge of the sin hidden in other hearts,"32 by helping those in need of the community.”