for lechery and survive the punishment of her society‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ the biological father of Pearl‚ keeps the secret of his sin to himself and is compelled to sustain personal burdens that wear on him internally. Pearl‚ the product of two people’s lack of obedience towards the community’s rules‚ is a constant reminder to both Hester and Dimmesdale of their wrongdoings and deviant behavior. Both Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale suffer a sense of responsibility for their actions‚ however‚ their
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child. When asked who the father of her child is‚ she refuses to answer and is forced to stand at the scaffold for three hours. Dimmesdale‚ the town minister‚ is asked to try to get the father’s
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However they are rewarded. They get to live on as a regular member of society rather than be imprisoned or even worse‚ put to death. Arthur Dimmesdale is a minister‚ a father‚ a sinner and a man who feels incredible guilt. He commits adultery with Hester before the book begins. As the book begins it is revealed he is the true father of Hester’s child Pearl. Dimmesdale‚ afraid of losing his status and being humiliated‚ does not confess his crime. For this this he is rewarded and greatly punished. He is
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guilt‚ and redemption. A woman‚ Hester Prynne‚ must bear the guilt of sin by wearing a scarlet “A” on her bosom. The reason she wears this letter is because she had a child by a man‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ who is not her husband‚ Roger Chillingworth. Although she has committed the sin of adultery with Dimmesdale‚ her husband is also guilty of being a sinner himself. According to the narrator in Chapter 14‚ “This unhappy person (Roger Chillingworth) had effected such a transformation by devoting himself
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The Symbolism of Pearl In The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne symbolizes Pearl as four main things. First‚ the chaos inside of Hester. Second‚ the hidden sin of her parents. Third‚ a last hope for Dimmesdale. Fourth‚ a chance to start a better life. Lastly‚ the scarlet letter itself. Pearl is often described as an elf-child because of her misbehavior. She often screams when spoken to by strangers or teased by other children. Pearl lashes out when something displeases her when she is the age of three
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Chapter IX‚ pages 121-127‚ of The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne gives the reader better insight as to who truly is "Roger Chillingworth‚" and his effect on Boston ’s beloved Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. By renaming himself upon his arrival in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ Roger Chillingworth has concealed his past from everyone in the community except Hester Prynne‚ his young wife whom had arrived years earlier than him in the New World. It has been described how‚ in the crowd that
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that is preached by Reverend Author Dimmesdale. No crime against self‚ the community‚ or god goes unseen.
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seek revenge on the child Pearl’s father‚ Dimmesdale. Chillingworth can feel the guilt radiating from Dimmesdale and like a leech he attaches to the reverend. Chillingworth knows that Dimmesdale is being eaten away by his internal guilt and uses that knowledge to torture him for his sin. Hawthorne describes‚ “He now dug into the poor clergyman’s heart… like a sexton delving into a grave…” (Hawthorne 117). Like his guilt‚ Chillingworth is tearing apart Dimmesdale from the inside out. Later in the story
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when one speaker mentioned the way the baby’s eyes followed the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale
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Throughout chapters from the novel‚ Dimmesdale‚ Hester‚ and Chillingworth. Dimmesdale and Chillingworth have talks back and forth‚ and they have arguments throughout some chapters. Chillingworth being the physician he is‚ he noticed Dimmesdale has been acting different around Pearl. Chillingworth also noticed that Pearl would act like Dimmesdale at times and he started to study how she would act around him and how he would act around her‚ vise versa. Chillingworth and Dimmesdale would get into arguments because
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