medicine and British medicine. He chooses as his spiritual mentor the Reverend Dimmesdale. 2: Chillingworth takes a strong interest in Dimmesdale; the congregation takes this as a good sign and hope that he can heal Dimmesdale. But Dimmesdale says he needs no medicine. Eventually‚ he is persuaded and Chillingworth becomes his personal physician. 4: The townspeople begin to change their opinions of him‚ fearing that Dimmesdale is being haunted and hunted by Satan himself in the guise of Chillingworth
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society in Massachusetts during the time of the 1600s had very strong religious beliefs about the importance of sin and salvation. Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ in his book‚ The Scarlet Letter tells the story of the conflicts between Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth and how their sins affect themselves and their community. All three have committed grave sin in the eyes of the Puritans‚ but the most evil sin was committed by Roger Chillingworth. The opening of the book focuses on Hester
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symbolizing the hypocritical characteristics in the members of a society. The puritan society of this novel views adultery as a serious and unforgivable crime. The townspeople place social status and high respect for Dimmesdale over the reality of his actions. Though Hester and Dimmesdale committed the same sin‚ the priest cannot be moved from his holy position at the pulpit. While Hester is persecuted and burdened with “ignominy” for the rest of her life. The puritan people claim to stand for the forgiveness
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does the doctor get the dark looking plant? 4. What does Chillingworth say makes the plant dark? 5. What causes Chillingworth’s suspicion of Dimmesdale? CH 11&12?’S 1. What is on Dimmesdale’s chest? 2. What does Dimmesdale see in his vision? 3. How does Dimmesdale torture himself? 4. Who does Dimmesdale see while on the scaffold? 5. When does Dimmesdale say he will stand with Hester and Pearl? CH13&14?’S 1. What do the people now say the A represents? 2. What does Hester think of herself
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decision to confess. At the beginning of the novel‚ the Reverend Dimmesdale has committed adultery with Hester Prynne‚ and he is constantly troubled by inescapable guilt. Dimmesdale knows he is a hypocrite and he hates himself for it. He tries many ways to pay penance‚ but nothing seems to relieve him of this terrible guilt. He tries fasting and he tries whipping himself‚ but nothing can rid him of his guilt. This guilt causes Dimmesdale to become physically ill. He constantly is holding his hand over
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sinning‚ as found in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In his novel‚ Hawthorne uses the symbolism of Dimmesdale‚ the leech‚ and the punishment scaffold to contribute to his overall theme of guilt. Firstly‚ the main character Hester Prynne was caught in the act of adultery‚ and produced a child from it‚ which she named Pearl. The father of said child is Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Throughout the book‚ Dimmesdale’s relationship with Hester was kept under secret but discreetly implied within
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Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ that one should not violate the sanctity of the human heart. Hester was well ahead of her time‚ and believed that love was more important than living in a lie. Dimmesdale’s theology and his inclinations render him almost incapable of action; Chillingsworth dammed himself‚ along with Dimmesdale. Hester was “frank with [Chillingsworth].” Hester’s real sin‚ which she admits in her first interview with Chillingsworth‚ was to marry the old man. Neither
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respected citizen‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ was perceived as an upstanding member of the community who preached the word of the heavenly Father. But before the public‚ he was only camouflaging his dark‚ hidden secret‚ which was the sole cause of his sufferings. Hawthorne successfully portrayed the personal agonies one would suffer by cowardly holding secrets within oneself. In the Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne set out to show the consequences of leading a double life. Arthur Dimmesdale‚ to the people of Boston
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and Dimmesdale: “…but Hester is not the protagonist‚ the chief actor and the tragedy of The Scarlet Letter is not her tragedy but Arthur’s. He is the persecuted one‚ the tempted one. He was whom the sorrows of death encompassed…his public confession is one of the noblest climaxes of tragic literature.” This quote by Stewart contradicts the ideas that I think were contained in The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ and therefore I do not agree with this quote. In my opinion‚ Dimmesdale is
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Author and Purpose:This novel was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. While Hawthorne had some admiration for his Puritan ancestors‚ most of whom were motivated by their goal of purifying the Anglican Church‚ his perspective is balanced by his recognition of their hypocrisy. As John Winthrop described‚ the Puritan society was to be a city upon a hill — a place where the eyes of all people are upon us‚ but‚ as Hawthorne acknowledges with this novel‚ this ideology was overshadowed by their tendency to
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