As illustrated by The Scarlet Letter, can love, compassion, and forgiveness have the power to overcome evil and sinful deeds?

Sadly, I don't believe
this novel illustrates
the idea that love, compassion, and forgiveness have the power to
overcome
evil and sinful deeds. Despite 's love for , the father of her child, he
tortures
himself with guilt and eventually dies before they can run away
together. If their plan to
escape Boston and their neighbors' judgment had
become a reality and if they'd been able to get
away and finally enjoy one
another's company and love, then the book would have conveyed this
idea.
However, the fact that they never get this opportunityin part because Dimmesdale is
too
dependent on what the community thinks of him and their values in
generalseems to me to show
just the opposite.