to be named‚ "I leave thee alone: alone with thy infant and the scarlet letter!” (Hawthorne 158) Hawthorne also shows the rejection of Hester from Dimmesdale in a somewhat awkward way by saying "“She will not speak!" murmured Mr. Dimmesdale‚ who‚
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1600’s‚ and is about Hester Prynne’s pains and sorrows after committing adultery with Arthur Dimmesdale. Hester Prynne has a daughter‚ Pearl‚ and her legitimate husband is Roger Chillingworth‚ a man who dedicates his time throughout the story to torment Dimmesdale. Early on in the story we are introduced to Dimmesdale‚ and we find out that he is Pearl’s father. Soon enough the curious
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the story. However‚ the theme that I choose is Revenge and Love. Revenge is one of the main lessons Hawthorne was trying to portray to the audience‚ because Chillingworth was up to no good in discovering Hester’s lover. The theme of love connected Dimmesdale and Hester together‚ which caused Chillingworth to have his revenge. The act of revenge began when Chillingworth returned from his journey and discovered that Hester had a baby for another man‚ he then vowed to have his revenge on Hester and her
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specific person who portrays this kind of trait towards the end of the book is DImmesdale. He sacrifices the sin he created with Hester and his placement with everyone else when he finally exposes the “A” for all to see. Dimmesdale is fond of Hester‚ but he could never share the sin he committed. No one can find out. People who are selfish never realize the impact they make on other’s lives. From the beginning‚ Dimmesdale only protects himself from his Puritan beliefs. Puritans are known for punishing
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Sin and Redemption: The Transformations of Prynne‚ Chillingsworth‚ and Dimmesdale In “The Scarlet Letter‚” Hawthorne presents the consequences of sin as an important aspect in the lives of Hester Prynne‚ Roger Chillingsworth‚ and Arthur Dimmesdale. The sin committed‚ adultery‚ between Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale had resulted in the birth of their innocent little girl‚ Pearl. This sin ruined the three main characters’ lives completely in different ways. With the sin committed‚ there were
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Prompt 1: Identify the sins of Hester Dimmesdale and Chillingworth Hester Prynne’s sin in the Scarlet Letter‚ was adultery. She committed adultery with Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. This sin in particular was one of the more frowned upon of the Puritan faith. In result of this sin‚ she became pregnant and gave birth to Pearl‚ who becomes the highlight of Hester’s life. Dimmesdale’s sin as recently explained was adultery as well. He as the priest was looked upon as the most honorable man in the
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each for which Hawthorne created a specific main character to illustrate: Pearl‚ Hester’s illegitimate daughter‚ depicts the conflict purity versus sin‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ Hester’s former husband‚ depicts good versus evil‚ and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale‚ who sinned with Hester‚ depicts the conflict love versus hate. Each of these characters has distinct qualities and actions that Hawthorne uses to establish and elaborate conflicts of human nature in The Scarlet Letter. Pearl‚ while an extremely
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sins. Although each of the characters commits their own sin‚ each of them could be argued as the one with the greatest. Through Dimmesdale’s hypocrisy‚ deception‚ and adultery‚ his sin is the greatest. Dimmesdale is the minister of the Puritan town he lives in. To everyone in the town‚ Dimmesdale is perceived as the perfect man‚ however‚ his hypocrisy and dishonesty outweighs the sin of Hester and Chillingsworth. Hawthorne writes‚ “Hester Prynne… I charge thee to speak out the name of thy fellow-sinner
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Abigail’s Versus Chillingworth’s Revenge What does revenge mean? The definition is "to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of‚ especially in a resentful or vindictive spirit" (dictionary.com). What does that mean? It means to give punishment to someone who deserves it for some specific reason‚ especially if the reason was personal or offends to the person giving the revenge. In both The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter there was revenge. However‚ they both had different types of
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Argumentative Essay: The Scarlet Letter In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ Mr. Dimmesdale’s greatest secret is his sin of adultery with Hester Prynne. Mr. Dimmesdale feared that his soul could not bear the shame of such a disclosure because of his status as an important moral figure in society. As a result‚ he keeps his identity a secret as Hester is publicly ridiculed for their act of adultery. Despite his choice of guilt over shame‚ Mr. Dimmesdale’s private self-inflicted inner
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