So I Was Doing Some Homework Like 10 Mins Ago Right. And I Had To Do A Summary Of The Scarlet Letter

So I was doing some homework like 10 mins ago right. And I had to do a summary of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne for my notes and tell me why I was reading it yk and Dimmesdale (who is a minister in the book who's having an affair with a married women) whips himself nightly for his sins. Idk what's wrong with me but my mind immediately went to Father Charlie Mayhew. Now I can't get it out of my mind that Ryan Murphy might've taken even the slightest bit of inspiration from the Scarlet Letter for that unique quirk of Father Charlie. Help me I'll never look at The Scarlet Letter the same again.