Hester Prynne is forced to be isolated in The Scarlet Letter. This isolation is obviously harsh for a sin she committed with someone else. On the other hand, she is isolated within society. She chooses not to run off into the woods/wilderness. She in fact grows from her isolationism - she raises Pearl and she goes good works for the community.
Dimmesdale on the other hand is not isolated and committed the same sin. Through his own guilt and Chillingworth's influence, he comes forward to the community, which had embraced him.
From Shmoop Lit/The Scarlet Letter
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