The Scaffold In The Scarlet Letter Essay
The Scarlet Letter
In the “Scarlet Letter” Nathaniel Hawthorne describes the consequences for sinning. The story takes place in a puritan community in Boston, Massachusetts in the 17th century. In the story the main character, Hester Prynne, commits adultery with the Reverend mr.Dimmsdale. As a result of their actions, Pearl is born. Hester is punished to wear the scarlet letter A, which stands for Adultery, on her breast. Hester’s husband, Roger Chillingworth, made her keep their marriage a secret to get revenge on Dimmsdale. His struggle to free himself of is sin is represented in three scaffold scenes, at first he is a coward, then he feels guilt and remorse, and finally frees himself of his sin through confession.
The first scene is on the platform for the crowd to witness Hester’s shame. The Reverend Mr. Dimmsdale is in great grief but he is …show more content…
Dimmsdale is standing at the scaffold suffering his shame and hating himself. He feels this deep feeling of remorse which brings him to the scaffold at night; he wants to free himself of penitence. Dimmsdale lets out a scream of pain and torture, he hoped that the town would awake and find him there but only finds Hester and Pearl. Hester, Pearl, and Dimmsdale are together for the very first time. “The three formed an electric chain”, like they were meant to be together (105). This was his one moment of peace, until Pearl then asked the minister to stand with them tomorrow and the thought of the public finding out raced across his mind and he realized how dreadful it would be. “Not so, my child. I shall, stand with thy mother and thee one other day, but not to-morrow!” Dimmsdale was trying to relieve his guilt but he only stood with Hester and pearl at the scaffold during the night. The minister tried to confess but cowardice overtook him and he drew back. He knew that his day would come though, the day where he would tell everyone of his
In the “Scarlet Letter” Nathaniel Hawthorne describes the consequences for sinning. The story takes place in a puritan community in Boston, Massachusetts in the 17th century. In the story the main character, Hester Prynne, commits adultery with the Reverend mr.Dimmsdale. As a result of their actions, Pearl is born. Hester is punished to wear the scarlet letter A, which stands for Adultery, on her breast. Hester’s husband, Roger Chillingworth, made her keep their marriage a secret to get revenge on Dimmsdale. His struggle to free himself of is sin is represented in three scaffold scenes, at first he is a coward, then he feels guilt and remorse, and finally frees himself of his sin through confession.
The first scene is on the platform for the crowd to witness Hester’s shame. The Reverend Mr. Dimmsdale is in great grief but he is …show more content…
Dimmsdale is standing at the scaffold suffering his shame and hating himself. He feels this deep feeling of remorse which brings him to the scaffold at night; he wants to free himself of penitence. Dimmsdale lets out a scream of pain and torture, he hoped that the town would awake and find him there but only finds Hester and Pearl. Hester, Pearl, and Dimmsdale are together for the very first time. “The three formed an electric chain”, like they were meant to be together (105). This was his one moment of peace, until Pearl then asked the minister to stand with them tomorrow and the thought of the public finding out raced across his mind and he realized how dreadful it would be. “Not so, my child. I shall, stand with thy mother and thee one other day, but not to-morrow!” Dimmsdale was trying to relieve his guilt but he only stood with Hester and pearl at the scaffold during the night. The minister tried to confess but cowardice overtook him and he drew back. He knew that his day would come though, the day where he would tell everyone of his