her‚ no one would have known the Hester and Dimmesdale committed adultery unless they were caught in the act. Pearl forces both Hester and Dimmesdale to come to terms with what they have done. This happens when Pearl‚ Dimmesdale‚ and Hester are alone together on the scaffold as a family. This is shown through them holding hands and Dimmesdale acknowledging Pearl as his child through the words‚ “Not now‚ child‚ but at another time”. This shows that Dimmesdale believes him‚ Pearl‚ and Hester will at one
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characters from the book‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ and the play‚ The Crucible‚ can be closely related. John Proctor (The Crucible) and Arthur Dimmesdale (The Scarlet Letter) share very similar character traits and the storyline emphasizes these traits. John Proctor was a farmer and highly respected townsman who lived outside of town with his wife‚ Elizabeth. Arthur Dimmesdale was a well respected reverend. Both of these characters shared a hidden sin‚ adultery. Both characters lived in the same time period
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novel‚ Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale both commit the same crime. The difference is that‚ everyday Hester shows her face and accepts her guilt‚ while‚ for seven years‚ Dimmesdale covered it up - which ultimately led to his demise. Everyone makes mistakes‚ but it is those that do not accept their wrongdoings that ultimately get punished. Hester was punished every day‚ excluded from society‚ and looked down upon‚ but in the end‚ she was respected. Reverend Dimmesdale‚ on the other hand‚ hid his guilt
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of a big audience as he gets their attention. As our attempts to think what’s on the chest maybe it can be a letter of a “H” to represent “Hester” to prove to her how much he loves her when he reveals the letter to the public and to Hester. As Dimmesdale goes out in public and explains as to how he “should have stood; here‚ with [Hester]...” (Hawthorne) the day they shamed her for adultery he wished to be with her so he can reveal his chest and “he tore away the ministerial band from before his
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guiltiest character. The three prime targets are Hester‚ Dimmesdale‚ and Chillingworth. While all of them have questionable morality and have committed "sin"‚ Dimmesdale‚ the puritan minister‚ is the guiltiest character. He initiates a physical relationship with Hester‚ knowing she is married‚ he fails at the fatherly responsibility of taking care of his daughter‚ Pearl‚ and he selfishly cares more about himself than his secret family. >Dimmesdale does not think about the consequences of having a relationship
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This story is mainly based off the scene where Dimmesdale is standing on the scaffold and asks Hester and Pearl to stand with him‚ but he is too cowardly to do so in front of the public eye. Dimmesdale ends up being dragged away by Chillingworth‚ and Hester is once again left on the scaffold by herself. The theme of this scene is “humans fear the judgement of others” because Dimmesdale is very scared of the Puritan society and their thoughts. I really wanted to portray this theme in my story‚ and
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characters‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Hester Prynne‚ are all accused of committing a sin‚ because of Theology a crime‚ in their Puritan society. Chillingworth is alleged of being “devilish”‚ Dimmesdale of lacking courage and having an intimate relationship with a married woman‚ and finally Hester Prynne of committing adultery. Out of these three‚ who is the guiltiest? In my opinion‚ Chillingworth is the guiltiest of these three because he‚ unlike Dimmesdale and Hester who did what they did
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portrays one of the more serious reasons for guilt‚ adultery. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Scarlett Letter in 1850. This book is about the adulterous lives of Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale. Hester has been forced to wear a “Scarlett” letter A for the rest of her life to repent for her crime. Dimmesdale‚ while he bares no direct physical sign of his crime‚ unlike Hester‚ still feels an equal amount of guilt‚ maybe even more so than Hester. Guilt affects people in different ways. Hester Prynne
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idea is based on the fact that‚ in order to achieve greatness‚ man must first "fall". He who rises above his offense evolves both spiritually and morally. In The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne presents the character of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale in such a humane way that‚ instinctively‚ their suffering and pain becomes a strange object of interest and pity. The manners in which their distress occurs‚ however‚ are entirely different. While the reverend undergoes a deep torment of the soul
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the novel‚ is the mother of Pearl. She must wear the scarlet letter A on her body as punishment for her adulterous affair with Arthur Dimmesdale‚ the town minister. Pearl- Hester’s daughter. Rev. Dimmesdale - Arthur Dimmesdale is a respected minister in Boston and the father of Pearl. While Hester waited for her husband to arrive from Amsterdam‚ she met Dimmesdale and had an adulterous affair with him‚ which led to the birth of their daughter. Roger Chillingworth- Hester’s husband from the Netherlands
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