civilization vanish. This is precisely the escape route from strict mandates of law and religion‚ to a refuge where men‚ as well as women‚ can open up and be themselves. It is here that Dimmesdale openly acknowledges Hester and his undying love for her. It is also here that Hester can do the same for Dimmesdale. Finally‚ it is here that the two of them can openly engage in conversation without being preoccupied with the constraints that Puritan society places on them. To independent spirits
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ARTHUR DIMMESDALE’S HYPOCRISY AS A PURITAN CLERGYMAN IN NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE’S THE SCARLET LETTER (A Sociological Approach) THESIS Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Sarjana Sastra Degree in English Depatment Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts Sebelas Maret University By: NURIN ANITASARI C0305054 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LETTERS AND FINE ARTS SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY SURAKARTA 2010 ARTHUR DIMMESDALE’S HYPOCRISY AS A PURITAN CLERGYMAN IN NATHANIEL
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Honors American Lit. B Kathryn Durga The Scarlet Letter: The Child at Brook-side 3/22/13 In this passage Dimmesdale is speaking about Pearl standing on the other side of the stream refusing to go to him and Hester. The contrast between Pearl standing on the opposite side as them parallels the contrast in their lives. Hester‚ now not wearing the scarlet letter‚ and Dimmesdale are concealing their relationship and their sin in the forest‚ representing a world of secrecy. Pearl‚ however‚
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Dialectical Journals Chapters 1-5 Chapter 1 “But on one side of the portal… was a wild rose-bush… which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in…” In this‚ Hawthorne is speaking of a rosebush growing by the entrance of a prison. It is a symbol of how‚ in this strict Puritan society‚ the only wild and free thing is this rosebush. Its beauty brings comfort to those entering the prison‚ and is rumored to have been created by Ann Hutchinson as
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Hawthorne wrote many stories about Puritan New England. His most famous story is the Scarlet Letter. This novel tells of the punishment of a woman‚ Hester Prynne‚ who committed adultery and gave birth to Pearl. A minister of Boston‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ had an affair with Hester while believing that her husband‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ had died. However‚ Chillingworth did not die and appears during the early stages of Hester’s punishment. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the character
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During the initial scaffold scene‚ wherein Hester is the focus of attention‚ Dimmesdale addresses her almost as if he is speaking to her alone. Feeling pressure from rest of the town officials behind him‚ Dimmesdale instructs Hester to reveal the identity of her lover only “‘If thou feelest it to be for thy soul’s peace‚ and that thy earthly punishment will thereby be made more effectual to salvation’”
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Roger Chillingworth. Some may read the novel and assume that Dimmesdale is the Black Man. It may be viewed that Dimmesdale’s affair with Hester is the cause for the scarlet letter‚ but this is untrue. To assume that there was no mutual relationship between Dimmesdale and Hester is a large mistake‚ as both had affection for each other. Another mistake is to assume Hester is the only one who has a mark placed upon her‚ as Dimmesdale
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In the first scaffold scene‚ Hester and Pearl stand alone‚ publicly humiliated‚ while Dimmesdale watches from the side‚ standing with the other leaders of the community. Emotionally and physically‚ he is separate from her‚ but she bravely bears her solitary suffering. Presented in all of its beauty‚ the scarlet letter symbolizes her artistry and imagination‚ showing her in contrast to her more conventional lover. From the sidelines‚ Chillingworth‚ Hester’s husband‚ learns of his wife’s transgression
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Most of the guilt is shown in a physical manifestation by reverend Dimmesdale. He is‚ in the end revealed to be the father of Pearl‚ and the other partner involved in adultery; though it is evident from the beginning that he is Pearls father by the symptoms of his sin. Very early on there is evidence to Dimmesdale’s guilt that points to him as a fellow adulterer. Although Hester and Pearl are deeply affected by the sin‚ Dimmesdale is the one most affected by it. Early on he becomes very ill with
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Roger Chillingworth directs his anger towards‚ not his wife‚ but Hester’s lover‚ Dimmesdale. While Hester accepts the consequences of her actions and dutifully lives in social isolation with her daughter‚ Pearl‚ the affair is much more psychologically devastating for Chillingworth. His obsession over taking revenge on the reverend gradually
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